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Matrix Editor

Open the Matrix Editor by selecting Window > Open Ma-

trix.

NOTE: If you wish for the Matrix Editor to be the editor

that is opened when you double-click on a sequence in the

Arrange window, open the Options > Settings > Global

Preferences menu and select Double-click Sequence to open

Matrix Edit in Arrange from the flip menu at the bottom of

the window.

The Matrix Editor is perhaps the best editor for editing

Note length. It is also useful for those who are unfamiliar

with classical notations and who will therefore not feel at

home in the Score Editor. The Matrix Editor displays the

individual notes as bar diagrams—similar to the se-

quences in the Arrange window.

Note durations are an important element in musical ex-

pression and precise play. With conventional notation,

phrasing is left for the most part to the performer. The

Matrix Editor not only displays very exact note beginnings

and ends, it also indicates the strike dynamics with little

beams within the bars.

Sometimes notes are accentuated not by their dynamics

but by playing them very short or staccato. This is espe-

cially typical with organ parts, since organ sounds are not

generally velocity sensitive. In these situations, it is also

very important that the notes of a chord end at precisely

the same time. The Matrix Editor is the ideal tool for this

type of editing.