manual/include/midi-list-editor.html

<figure>
  <img src="/images/midi-list-editor.png" alt="The MIDI List Editor window">
  <figcaption>
    The MIDI List Editor window
  </figcaption>
</figure>

<p>
  The <dfn>List Editor</dfn> is a way to look at the MIDI data of a region, not
  graphically as they are displayed in the Editor, but in a tabular form.
  This way of seeing the MIDI data allows for a quicker "debugging" of a MIDI region,
  and for a fast <em>non-graphical</em> (i.e. no mouse involved) editing. This
  list has a vertical flow, i.e. the first events (in time) are on the top
  of the window, and the latest are at its bottom.
</p>
<p>
  It is accessed by selecting the <kbd class="menu">Region &gt; MIDI &gt; List Editor&hellip;</kbd>
  menu while having one MIDI region selected, or by <kbd class="mouse">Right</kbd>
  clicking the MIDI region and choosing <kbd class="menu"><em>Name_Of_The_Region</em>
  &gt; MIDI &gt; List Editor&hellip;</kbd>
</p>
<p>
  The window displays the following MIDI data:
</p>
<table class="dl">
  <tr><th>Start</th><td>the timestamp of the start of the note</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Channel</th><td>the MIDI channel of the event</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Num</th><td>The <a href="@@midi-notes-ref">MIDI number</a> of the note</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Name</th><td>The MIDI name of the note, made of its English name and octave (e.g. "C4")</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Vel</th><td>the velocity of the note (i.e. its intensity, between 0 and 127)</td></tr>
  <tr><th>Length</th><td>duration of the note, either expressed as a number (in ticks, related to the tempo) or as a text
  (fraction of a beat, also related to the tempo)</td></tr>
</table>

<p>
  At the top of the window is a <kbd class="menu">Sound Selected MIDI Notes</kbd>,
  which is a toggle button allowing to listen to a note as it is selected.
</p>

<p>
  Each value can be manually modified, by <kbd class="mouse">Left</kbd> clicking it.
  The Name field is related to the Number one, and cannot be edited. To change a
  note, its number must be changed, which will be reflected in the Name field.
</p>