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2) (Audio): This function raises the volume of a recorded
audio file to the maximum digital level without altering
the dynamic content.
Note number (Note #): Pitch of a MIDI note, controlled by
the first data byte of a MIDI note event.
Object: General term for sequences, Events or a Mixer’s
channel.
Option: Alternative function, often in the form of a check-
box, sometimes also as a menu entry to be ticked.
Parameter box: Field on the left side of the screen where
you can adjust the parameters of the selected object.
Paste: Add. The command ctrl v adds the contents of the
clipboard—i.e. whatever you copied with ctrl c or cut with
ctrl x—to the position of the cursor, or song position line.
Pitch Bend Message: MIDI message transmitted by a key-
board’s pitch bend wheel.
Pitch Bend Wheel: Hand wheel for generating pitch bend
messages.
Pixel: One matrix dot on the computer screen. Short for
“picture element.”
Play parameters: The parameters for quantization, trans-
position, velocity, compression and delay which do not al-
ter the stored data but merely affect how the events are
played back.
Position indicator: Units: bars, beats, sub-divisions (often
written simply as divisions in this manual) and ticks.
Post Fader: Positioned after the fader in the signal flow, i.e.
the level of a signal routed post fader to an auxiliary
changes when the fader is moved. Post fader aux sends are
normally used for effects (such as reverb) so that the re-
verb level changes with the channel level, and the ratio of
original and effect signal remains constant
P-Press: Polyphonic key pressure, also known as poly-
phonic aftertouch. Rare and very data-intensive type of
command, measuring the pressure exerted on each indi-
vidual key. Very few keyboards have sensors for poly pres-
sure.
Pre Fader: Positioned before the fader in the signal flow,
i.e. the level of a signal routed pre fader to an auxiliary
does not change when the fader is moved. Pre fader aux
sends are normally used for monitor mixes, so that the
mix on stage or in the studio headphones does not change
when the levels are altered in the control room.
Preferences: Storable settings for a program.
Pull-down menu: Selection menu which opens when you
grab the parameter input box. Occasionally referred to in
this manual as a flip menu.