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<p>
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MIDI notes can be added a few different way in Ardour:
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<p>
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<h2 id="add-new-notes-using-the-mouse">Using the mouse</h2>
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<p>
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Drawing notes with the mouse requires that a MIDI track <a
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href="@@create-midi-tracks">exists</a>, and a blank MIDI region has
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been <a href="@@create-midi-regions">created</a> in this track.
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</p>
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<p>
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In either <em>Draw</em> or <em>Internal Edit</em> <a
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href="@@toolbox">Mode</a> new notes can be added with a click or
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drag: a mouse <em>click</em> creates a note at the pointer location
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(or the nearest grid anchor if grid is enabled), and its duration is
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one <a href="@@grid-controls">Grid unit</a>. A mouse <em>drag</em>
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creates the note like a click does, but allows continuously setting
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the duration of the note until the mouse button is released.
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The toolbar available in the <dfn>Draw</dfn> mode helps drawing notes
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of exact length, in a certain MIDI channel, with predefined velocity:
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<figure>
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<img style="width:75%" src="/images/midi-draw-toolbar.png" alt="MIDI draw toolbar">
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<figcaption>MIDI draw toolbar</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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While the <dfn>Velocity</dfn> drop-down list only displays presets,
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you can hover it and use mouse wheel scrolling to increment the current
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value by 1. Scrolling above the other two drop-down lists will cycle
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through the presets.
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<p>
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The <dfn>Auto</dfn> option in three drop-down lists works differently
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in all three cases:
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</p>
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<table class="dl">
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<tr>
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<th>Length</th>
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<td>The length will be defined by the grid snapping setting</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th>Channel</th>
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<td>This value will be inherited from the closest note</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<th>Velocity</th>
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<td>The value will be an interpolation between two closest notes,
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the position of the newly added note relative to either of the two
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notes will also be taken into consideration</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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<h2 id="add-new-notes-using-step-entry">Using Step Entry</h2>
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The <a href="@@step-entry">Step Entry editor</a> allows to enter a
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melody in sequence along time, using a virtual keyboard and specific
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controls. It can be a very handy and fast way to create MIDI lines, in a
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kind of typewriter way, all the more when using its different
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keyboard shortcuts.
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<p>
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The Step Entry window is shown by <kbd class="mouse">right</kbd>
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clicking the record button in the <a
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href="@@midi-track-controls">MIDI track header</a> and selecting <kbd
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class="menu">Step Entry</kbd>. This will automatically create a MIDI
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region to type into at the playhead position, which will automatically expand at each step.
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<h2 id="add-new-notes-using-the-virtual-keyboard">Using the Virtual Keyboard</h2>
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<p>
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The <a href="@@virtual-keyboard">Virtual MIDI Keyboard</a> — or
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a real MIDI keyboard plugged in as the tracks input — can be
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used to record MIDI, as a microphone would record audio.
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It can be started by choosing the <kbd class="menu">Window >
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Virtual Keyboard</kbd> menu. Exactly like for audio recording, the
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track(s) must be armed for recording, the main record engaged, then
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the transport started. As for the Step Entry, a MIDI region will be
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auto-generated at the playhead position, and expanded as long as the
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recording lasts.
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