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The MIDI editors
The Key Editor – Overview
The note display
The note display is the main area in the Key Editor. It contains a grid in which MIDI
notes are shown as boxes. The width of a box corresponds to the note length, and the
vertical position of a box corresponds to the note number (pitch), with higher notes
higher up in the grid. The piano keyboard helps you to find the right note number.
For a description of how to display colors in the note display, see “Coloring notes and
events” on page 490.
The controller display
The area at the bottom of the Key Editor window is the controller display. It consists of
one or several controller lanes, each showing one of the following properties or event
types:
- Velocity values of the notes
- Pitchbend events
- Aftertouch events
- Poly Pressure events
- Program Change events
- System Exclusive events
- Articulations and Dynamics (see “Expression maps (Cubase only)” on page 555
and “Working with mapped dynamics” on page 891).
- Any type of continuous controller event (see “Editing continuous controllers on the
controller lane” on page 507)
To change the size of the controller display, drag the divider between the controller
display and the note display.
Velocity values are shown as vertical bars in the controller display, with higher bars
corresponding to higher velocity values.
Each velocity bar corresponds to a note in the note display.