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DRUM EDITOR
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will be darker and more colorful if it has a high
velocity; it will be lighter and less saturated if its
velocity is low.
☛ In Grid mode, notes are visually quantized to
the grid, but their actual location (when recorded)
might not be exactly quantized.
Grid with Velocity
Grid with Velocity mode displays notes as bar-
graph-like columns, where the height of the note
shows its note-on velocity. Like Grid mode,
everything is visually quantized to the current grid
setting.
Velocity shading will affect the color of each note
bar. (If the bar is tall, the color will be more
saturated to indicate a higher velocity).
Figure 41-20: Grid with velocity mode.
Notes inserted in this mode will be quantized to the
grid, but you may drag vertically within each grid
cell to set the velocity. When inserting a series of
notes, you can hold the Shift key to constrain the
velocity. You can hold shift and let go as many times
as you want while inserting a series of notes.
Velocity and Duration
Velocity and Duration mode displays three things:
the note, its velocity and its duration. The height of
the note indicates its velocity, and the length of the
note bar shows its duration. Like the previous two
display modes, everything is visually quantized to
the current grid setting.
Figure 41-21: Velocity and Duration mode.
Notes inserted in this mode will have their start
time quantized to the grid, but you can draw the
duration freely within each grid cell. When you
reach the boundary of the next grid cell, a new note
is inserted; holding the Option/Alt key overrides
this and creates one long note, spanning multiple
grid cells.
As with Grid with Velocity mode, you can also drag
vertically within each grid cell to set the note’s
velocity.
Free
Free mode is just like Velocity and Duration mode,
except that notes are not visually quantized to the
grid. Free mode is just like a miniature piano roll
display for that one row in the Drum Editor. If you
compare Figure 41-21 with Figure 41-22 below,
you can see the difference between the two modes:
in Figure 41-22, the notes are not visually
quantized to the grid. Free mode is great for
working with triplets, fills, and other rhythmically
complex material.
Figure 41-22: Free mode.
Notes inserted in this mode will have their start
time quantized to the grid, unless you hold the
Command/Ctrl key; this overrides the grid and
allows you to enter the start time freely. The