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Tutorial 4—Editing MIDI
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4. Drag the end of the second clip to the left until just the “tail” or glissando
of the data is hidden.
5. In the third clip, hold down both the Alt and Shift keys and drag only the
data inside the clip to the left by about one eighth note.
You can experiment as much as you want with slip-editing, all without
destroying any data!
Next Step: Drawing MIDI Envelopes.
Drawing MIDI Envelopes
MIDI envelopes are lines and curves you can draw on MIDI data in the Clips
pane. Each envelope produces continuous control over one of the following
track parameters: volume, pan, chorus, reverb, automated mute, or a MIDI
controller. You can show or hide any envelope you create, but the envelope
still functions when it is hidden. For our tutorial, let’s create a MIDI volume
envelope.
To Draw and Edit a MIDI Volume Envelope
1. In the Clips pane in the organ track, make sure that the PRV mode
button is off.
2. Right-click in the organ track and choose Envelopes-Create Track
Envelope-Volume (default Ch. 1) from the Clips pane popup menu.
SONAR creates a line through the organ track, with a small round dot (a
node) at the beginning of the line. The line shows the initial volume of
the track, if it has an initial volume. Otherwise, it shows a default value.
3. Scroll the Now Time to the next marker by pressing Ctrl+Shift+Page
Down; the marker is called Verse, and is located just before measure
nine. Drag the Horizontal zoom control so that the beat markers are
visible in the Time Ruler.
4. At the fourth beat of measure eight, add a node to the envelope by
moving the cursor over it until a double-ended, vertical arrow appears
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