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The MIDI editors
The Key Editor – Overview
The Key Editor Inspector
On the left in the Key Editor, you will find the Inspector. It contains tools and functions
for working with MIDI data.
The Expression Map section (Cubase only)
In the Expression Map section you can load an expression map. This is useful if you
are working with articulations, see
“Expression maps (Cubase only)” on page 555.
The Note Expression section (Cubase only)
The Note Expression section contains functions and settings related to Note
Expression, see
“Setting up the Note Expression Inspector tab” on page 567.
The Chord Editing section
The Chord Editing section allows you to enter chords instead of single notes, see
“Inserting and Editing Chords with the Chord Editing Tools” on page 492.
The Quantize section
The Quantize section allows you to access the main quantize parameters. These are
identical with the functions on the Quantize Panel (see
“The Quantize Panel” on page
136).
The Transpose section
The Transpose section allows you to access the main parameters for transposing
MIDI events. These can also be found in the Transpose Setup dialog, see
“Transpose”
on page 472.
The Length section
The Length section contains the length-related options from the Functions submenu
of the MIDI menu (see
“Other MIDI functions” on page 477) as well as a
Length/Legato slider.
• Use the “Scale Length/Legato” slider to change the length of the selected MIDI
events (or all events of the active part if no events are selected).
At the maximum value the notes reach the beginning of the next note.
• Use the “Freeze MIDI Lengths” button to the right of the “Scale Length/Legato”
slider to make the new length settings permanent.
• Use the Overlap slider to fine-tune the distance between consecutive notes.
At “0 Ticks”, the “Scale Legato” slider extends each note so that it reaches the
next note exactly. Positive values cause the notes to overlap and negative values
allow you to define a small gap between the notes.
• Activate the “Between Selected” option if you want to use the Legato function or
slider to extend a note until the next selected note (instead of the following note in
the part).
This is identical with activating the “Legato Mode: Between Selected Notes Only”
option in the Preferences dialog.