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The MIDI editors
Key Editor operations
Setting velocity values
When you draw notes in the Key Editor, the notes will get the velocity value set in the
Insert Velocity field on the toolbar. You can use different methods to set the velocity:
• When a tool modifier is assigned for the Edit Velocity action in the Select Tool
category (in the Preferences dialog, Editing–Tool Modifiers page), you can select
one or more notes, press the modifier and click on one of the selected notes to
change the velocity.
The cursor changes into a speaker and, next to the note, a field with the velocity
value appears – the Note Velocity slider. Move the mouse pointer up or down to
change the value. Value changes will be applied to all selected notes, as you can
see in the controller lane.
• Selecting a predefined velocity value from the Insert Velocity pop-up menu.
The menu contains five different predefined velocity values. The “Setup…” item
opens a dialog that allows you to specify which five velocity values are available on
the pop-up menu. (This dialog can also be opened by selecting “Insert
Velocities…” from the MIDI menu.)
• Manually entering the desired velocity value by double-clicking in the Insert
Velocity field and typing in the desired value.
• Using a key command.
You can assign a key command to each of the five available velocity values in the
Key Commands dialog (MIDI category – the items Insert Velocity 1–5). This allows
for quick switching between different velocity values when entering notes. See
“Setting up key commands” on page 712 for instructions on how to set up key
commands.
Selecting notes
Selecting notes is done using any of the following methods:
• Using the Object Selection tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
• Using the Select submenu of the Edit menu or context menu.
The Select menu options are:
Option Description
All Selects all notes in the edited part.
None Deselects all events.
Invert Inverts the selection. All selected events are deselected and all notes
that were not selected are selected instead.
In Loop Selects all notes that are partially or completely inside the boundaries
of the left and right locators (only visible if locators are set).
From Start to
Cursor
Selects all notes that begin to the left of the project cursor.
From Cursor to
End
Selects all notes that end to the right of the project cursor.