50 lines
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HTML
50 lines
1.8 KiB
HTML
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<p>
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Sometimes you will want to edit MIDI data directly from a connected
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MIDI device like a music keyboard or pad controller. Sometimes you will
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want to use the mouse. Sometimes you'll want the fine-grain control,
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precision and speed of entry that comes from using a custom note entry
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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>
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MIDI data. You cannot simultaneously step edit and record MIDI via the
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track's MIDI port.
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</p>
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<img src="/images/a3_step_entry.png" />
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<p>The dialog (quite closely modelled on Logic's) contains:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>
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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>
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Explicit numerical velocity selector, for more precise control
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than the dynamics selectors offer
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</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
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directly from the keyboard, so you do not need to keep moving back
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and forth from keyboard to mouse to do complex data insertion.
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</p>
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