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56 lines
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HTML
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<p>
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Editing MIDI can be a tedious task. Ardour allows using a connected
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MIDI device like a music keyboard or pad controller, or use the mouse.
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A third option, providing fine-grain control, precision and speed of entry
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comes from using a custom note entry dialog.
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</p>
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<p>
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The step entry dialog is accessed via a right click context menu on the
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rec-enable button, because step entry is related to <em>recording</em> MIDI
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data. Step editing and recording MIDI via the track's MIDI port cannot happen
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simultaneously.
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</p>
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<figure>
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<img src="/images/a3_step_entry.png" alt="Ardour's Step Entry dialog">
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<figcaption>
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Ardour's Step Entry dialog
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>
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The dialog (quite closely modelled on Logic's) contains:
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<ul>
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<li>Chord entry switch (successive notes are stacked in a chord until
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it is released)</li>
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<li>Note length selectors</li>
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<li>Triplet toggle</li>
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<li>Normal, single, double and triple dotted note selectors</li>
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<li>Sustain button</li>
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<li>Buttons to:
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<ul>
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<li>Insert a rest of the current selected note duration</li>
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<li>Insert a rest of the current grid step size</li>
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<li>Move back to the last inserted note</li>
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<li>Move forward to the next beat, or bar</li>
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<li>Move forward to the edit point</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li>Dynamics controls from pianississimo to fortississimo</li>
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<li>Channel selector</li>
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<li>Explicit numerical velocity selector, for more precise control
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than the dynamics selectors offer</li>
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<li>Octave selector</li>
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<li>Buttons to add bank or program change events</li>
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<li>a full 10 octave virtual keyboard</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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More or less all actions in the step entry dialog can be driven directly from
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the keyboard, so that moving back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse is
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not necessary even for complex data insertion.
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</p>
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