User Manual

CHAPTER
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39 MIDI Editor
OVERVIEW
The MIDI Editor is one of several edit windows in
Digital Performer. To learn more about editors in
general, see chapter 35, “Edit Windows”
(page 325).
Each MIDI track in a Digital Performer sequence
can be viewed with the MIDI Editor. The MIDI
Editor plots notes, velocities, and MIDI controller
data on a scrolling, piano-roll graph that makes
melodies, chords, dynamics, and tempo changes
easy to recognize.
You can view one or more tracks at a time in the
MIDI Editor, using Digital Performer’s standard
track selector to show and hide tracks as desired.
Notes for each track are identified by their track
color for easy identification when viewed either
individually or many at a time.
The MIDI Editor clearly organizes information by
displaying MIDI data in the center of the window
and then surrounding the data with descriptive
information such as loop indicators, markers, key
changes, and meter changes. MIDI data is placed
on two grids flanked by rulers that precisely
measure location and value. Best of all, Digital
Performer’s MIDI Editor lets you see all types of
data — notes, controllers, and pitch bend — in one
window.
Quick Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392
Tool palette quick reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394
MIDI Editor mini-menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
MIDI Editor basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
MIDI Editor title bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
Opening the MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
The Track Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
The master track selector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395
Opening a separate MIDI Editor for each track . . . . . .395
Switching tracks with the Window Target menu . . . .396
Snap, Cursor, Selection, and Event Information. . . . . .396
The Time Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396
The Marker Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
The Note Grid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397
The Pitch Ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Inserting Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399
Selecting Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400
Editing Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401
The Continuous Data Grid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .402
Three continuous data display modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403
The Continuous Data Ruler. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404
Showing/hiding continuous data types . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Cont. Data Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405
Changing continuous data colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Note velocities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406
Editing continuous data in Points or Bars mode. . . . .407
Editing continuous data in Lines mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . .409
The Median Strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412
Zooming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Graphic editing techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413
The View Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Scrolling during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Scrubbing in the MIDI Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414
Editing in the Conductor Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .414