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The MIDI editors
Opening a MIDI editor
Opening a MIDI editor
There are two ways to open a MIDI editor:
• Select one or several parts (or a MIDI track, with no parts selected), open the MIDI
menu and select Open Key Editor, Open Score Editor, Open Drum Editor, Open
List Editor, or Open In-Place Editor (or use the corresponding key command).
In Cubase Artist, the Score Editor is opened via the Scores submenu of the MIDI
menu.
The selected parts (or all parts on the track, if no part was selected) will open in
the selected editor.
• Double-click a part.
The default editor opens. Which editor this is, depends on the Default Edit Action
setting in the Preferences dialog (Event Display–MIDI page).
If the “Edit as Drums when Drum Map is assigned” option is activated and a drum map
is selected for the edited track (see
“Selecting a drum map for a track” on page 520),
the Drum Editor will open.
If the part you open for editing is a shared copy, any editing you perform will affect all
shared copies of this part. Shared copies are created by pressing [Alt]/[Option]-[Shift]
and dragging, or by using the Repeat function with the “Shared copies” option
activated. In the Project window, shared copies are indicated by an equal sign (=) in
the top right corner of the part.
Handling several parts
When you open a MIDI editor with several parts (or a MIDI track containing several
parts) selected, the editor contains a few functions that make working with multiple
parts easier and more comprehensive:
• The “Currently Edited Part” pop-up menu on the toolbar lists all parts that are
opened in the editor (or all parts on the track if no parts were selected). Here you
can select which part is active for editing.
When you select a part from the list, it is automatically active and centered in the
note display.
Ö Note that it is also possible to activate a part by selecting an event within this part with
the Object Selection tool.