User Manual

MIDI EDITOR
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Figure 39-15: Bars mode illustrates how the value of an individual
controller is maintained until the next event of the same type in the
track.
Each type of continuous data has its own color for
the bars. See “Changing continuous data colors” on
page 406.
Lines
In Lines mode (Figure 39-16), Digital Performer
employs sophisticated interpolation to draw a line
that closely approximates the contour of individual
controller events.
Figure 39-16: Bars mode.
THE CONTINUOUS DATA RULER
All continuous MIDI data has a value range from 0
to 127 except pitch bend, which has a value range
from -8192 to 8191. Because of these two separate
scales, the Continuous Data Ruler provides three
different scales:
1. a controller scale from 0 to 127, whose origin rests
at the bottom of the window:
2. a pitch bend scale from -8192 to 8191, whose
origin appears in the middle of the window:
3. a combination scale from -80 to 127, which
combines the above two scales and whose origin
appears just below the middle of the window.
To switch from one scale to another, click in the
ruler. Doing so toggles from the current scale to the
next. Each scale displays data appropriate to that
scale. The controller scale (0 to 127) displays
controller data only. The pitch bend scale (-8192 to
8191) displays pitch bend only. The combination
scale (-80 to 127) displays controller data and pitch
bend together. Note velocities, if selected in the
View Filter, appear in the controller and
combination scales. The pitch bend scale displays
pitch bend even if it is deselected in the View Filter.
All three scales provide numbered marks in the
ruler and an origin line extending to the right that
indicates where zero is on the ruler.
Combination
scale
Pitch
bend
scale
Controller
scale