User manual

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The MIDI editors
Key Editor operations
Step input
Step input, or step recording, is when you enter notes one at a time (or one chord at
a time) without worrying about the exact timing. This is useful, for example, when you
know the part you want to record but are not able to play it exactly as you want it.
Proceed as follows:
1. Click the Step Input button on the toolbar to activate Step Input mode.
2. Use the note buttons to the right to decide which properties are included when
you input the notes.
For example, you may not want to include the velocity and/or note-off velocity of
the played notes. It is also possible to turn off the pitch property, in which case all
notes will get the pitch C3, no matter what you play.
3. Click anywhere in the note display to set the start position (the desired position of
the first note or chord).
The step input position is shown as a blue line in the note display.
4. Specify the desired note spacing and length with the Quantize and Length
Quantize pop-up menus.
The notes you input will be positioned according to the Quantize value and have
the length set with the Length Quantize value. For instance, if you set Quantize to
1/8 notes and Length Quantize to 1/16 notes, the notes will be sixteenth notes,
appearing on each eighth note position.
Ö If “Length Quantize” is set to “Quantize Link” the note length is also determined by the
Quantize value.
5. Play the first note or chord on your MIDI instrument.
The note or chord appears in the editor and the step input position advances one
quantize value step.
Ö If Move Insert Mode is activated, all notes to the right of the step input position will be
moved to “make room” for the inserted note or chord.
6. Continue in the same way with the rest of the notes or chords.
You can adjust the Quantize or Length Quantize value as you go along, to change
the timing or note lengths. You can also move the step input position manually by
clicking anywhere in the note display.
• To insert a “rest”, press the right arrow key on the computer keyboard.
This advances the step input position one step.
7. When you are done, click the Step Input button again to deactivate step input.