Deleting events in the controller display

You delete events by clicking on them with the Eraser tool or by selecting them and pressing [Backspace]. Please note:

•Deleting a controller event makes the last event before this valid up until the next event. It does not “zero” any controller changes.

•You can delete notes by deleting their velocity bars in the controller display.

Please be aware that if there is more than one note on the same position, there may still only be one velocity bar visible – make sure you delete only the desired notes!

Adding and editing Poly Pressure events

Poly Pressure events are special, in that they “belong to” a specific note number (key). That is, each Poly Pressure event has two editable values: the note number and the amount of pressure. Therefore, when Poly Pressure is selected on the event type pop-up menu, there are two value fields to the left of the controller display, one for the note number and one for the amount:

To add a new Poly Pressure event, proceed as follows:

1.Select Poly Pressure on the event type pop-up menu.

2.Set the note number by clicking on the keyboard display.

The selected note number is displayed in the upper value field to the left of the controller display. Note that this only works for the topmost lane. If you have selected “Poly Pressure” for several controller lanes, you have to type in the desired note number directly in the lower value field to the left of each lane.

3.Use the Pencil tool to add a new event, just as when adding regular controller events.

To view and edit existing Poly Pressure events, proceed as follows:

1. Select Poly Pressure on the event type pop-up menu.

2.Click on the arrow button next to the note number field to the left of the controller lane.

A pop-up menu appears, listing all note numbers for which there already are Poly Pressure events.

3.Select a note number from the pop-up menu.

The Poly Pressure events for the selected note number are shown in the controller lane.

4. Use the Pencil tool to edit the events as usual.

Press [Alt]/[Option] to edit existing events without adding any new ones.

• Poly Pressure events can also be added and edited in the List Editor.

Edit In-Place

The Edit In-Place function makes it possible to edit MIDI parts directly in the Project window, for quick and efficient editing in context with other tracks.

To open the In-Place editor for one or more selected tracks, you have the following possibilities:

•Select “Open In-Place Editor” on the MIDI menu.

•Use a key command, by default [Ctrl]/[Command]+[Shift]+[I].

•Toggle the In-Place Editor for all selected tracks by clicking on the respective button above the Track list.

• To open a single MIDI track, you can also click the Edit In-Place button in the Track list (if necessary, expand the Track list to see the button).

This expands the MIDI track to show something like a miniature Key Editor, allowing you to edit MIDI notes and controllers.

•To zoom or scroll the In-Place Editor, point at the left part of the piano keyboard display so that the pointer changes to a hand. Now you can click and drag to the right or left to zoom in or out vertically, and drag up or down to scroll the editor.

•Clicking on the little gray triangle in the upper right corner of the Track list for the edited track brings up a local toolbar with some settings specific to the In-Place Editor.

• To close the In-Place Editor for one track, you can click the Edit In-Place button in the Track list or double-click below the controller display in the In-Place Editor.

Working with Parts

If you work with parts in the In-Place Editor, some editing functions are available. You can:

•change the length of the parts by clicking on the lower part edges (so that the mouse pointer changes to a double arrow) and dragging it to the left or right.

•drag and drop notes from one part to the other.

•change the length of notes by clicking on them and dragging the double arrow to the left or right.

The List Editor – Overview

Event list

The toolbar

The toolbar contains several items that are the same as in the Key Editor (edit solo, snap, quantize settings, etc.). These are described earlier in this chapter. The following toolbar items are unique to the List Editor:

•The Insert pop-up menu is used when creating new events.

This is where you determine what type of event to add (see “Inserting events” on page 384).

•The Mask pop-up menu and Filter view (Show Filter View button) allow you to hide events from view, based on their type and other properties.

See “Filtering” on page 385.

•The Value View button can be used for hiding and showing the Value display (see below).

The List Editor has no info line (numerical editing is available in the list instead).

Ö If you see an empty or incomplete list of items although the items are visible in the Key Editor, check if you have activated any filters (see “Filtering” on page 385).

Ruler

Value display

Event display

The list

This lists all events in the selected MIDI part(s), in the order (from top to bottom) in which they are played back. You can edit the event properties by using regular value editing, see “Editing in the list” on page 384.

The event display

This shows the events graphically. The vertical position of an event in the display corresponds to its entry in the list (i.e. to the playback order), while the horizontal position corresponds to its actual position in the project. This is where you add new parts or events, drag to move them, etc.

The value display

This display shows the “value” of each event, allowing for easy viewing and graphical editing. Typically, the value shown is the “Data 2” or “Value 2” property (amounts to MIDI controller events, velocity for notes, etc.). You can show or hide this display by clicking the “Show List Value View” button on the toolbar.

List Editor operations

Customizing the view

You can click and drag the divider between the list and the event display to make one area wider and the other narrower. Furthermore, the list can be customized in the following ways:

•You can change the order of the columns by dragging the column headings.

•You can resize columns by dragging the dividers between the column headings.

Setting the display format

Just like in the Project window, you set the display format (bars+beats, seconds, etc.) by right-clicking in the ruler and selecting an option from the pop-up menu. This setting affects both the ruler and all start, end and length values shown in the list.

Zooming

You can change the horizontal magnification in the event display by using the zoom slider below the display or the Zoom tool (the magnification glass).

Inserting events

To add a new event to the edited part, proceed as follows:

1. Use the Insert pop-up menu on the toolbar to select the event type.

• Notes will get the insert velocity value set in the insert velocity field on the toolbar. See “Setting velocity values” on page 371.

Editing in the list

The list allows you to perform detailed numerical editing of the events properties. The columns have the following functionality:

Column Description

LLocate column. An arrow in this column indicates the event that starts closest before the project cursor position. If you click in this column for an event, the project cursor is moved to the start of that event. Double-clicking moves the cursor position and starts/stops playback – useful for auditioning when editing in the list.

2. Select the Pencil tool and click in the event display at the desired position (relative to the ruler).

If you are creating note events, you can click and drag to set the length of the note.

The new event appears in the list and in the display. Its properties will be set to default values, but can be adjusted in the list.

• You can edit several events at once. If several events are selected and you edit a value for one event, the other selected events’ values will be changed as well.

Normally, any initial value differences between the events will be maintained – i.e. the values will change by the same amount. If you press [Ctrl]/ [Command] when you edit, however, all events will get the same value.

Ö For SysEx (system exclusive) events, you can only edit the position (Start) in the list.

However, when you click the Comment column, the MIDI SysEx Editor opens, in which you can perform detailed editing of system exclusive events (see “Working with System Exclusive messages” on page 410).

Editing in the event display

The event display allows you to edit the events graphically using the tools on the toolbar. You can edit single events as well as several selected events simultaneously.

•To move an event, click and drag it to a new position.

Note that moving the event past any other event in the display will re-sort the list (the list always shows the events in the order they are played back). As a result, the vertical position of the event in the display will change as well.

•To make a copy of an event, press [Alt]/[Option] and drag it to a new position.

•To resize a note, select it and drag its end point with the Arrow tool as in the Project window.

This only works with notes.

•To mute or unmute an event, click on it with the Mute tool.

You can mute or unmute several events in one go by enclosing them in a selection rectangle with the Mute tool.

•You can select a color scheme for the events with the Colors pop-up menu on the toolbar.

This affects how all MIDI events are shown in the List and Key editors – see “Coloring notes and events” on page 370.

•To delete an event, select it and press [Backspace] or [Delete], or click on it with the Eraser tool in the event display.

• To see one event type only (hide all other event types), press [Ctrl]/[Command] and click its checkbox. If you [Ctrl]/[Command]-click again, all checkboxes are cleared (all events will be visible).

ÖThe event types remain hidden even if you close the filter view.

To make sure you see all events, open the filter view and check that all checkboxes are deactivated.

ÖThe filter view does not remove, mute or change the events in any way.

Masking

The Mask function is similar to the filter view but allows you to hide events based on other criteria as well. Proceed as follows:

1.Select an event (or several events) of the type you want to view.

2.Pull down the Mask pop-up menu on the toolbar and select one of the options.

The results are as follows:

Filtering

Clicking the “Show Filter View” button on the toolbar opens an additional filter bar that allows you to hide specific event types from view. For example, it may be hard to find note events if the part contains a lot of controllers. By hiding these, the list becomes more manageable.

• To hide an event type, activate its checkbox on the filter view.

Event Channels Only events with the same MIDI channel value as the selected event will be shown.

In addition to the above options, the menu also gives you access to the presets available in the Logical Editor (see “The Logical Editor, Transformer and Input Transformer” on page 387). Furthermore, the “Setup…” item on the Mask pop-up menu gives you direct access to the Logical Editor. In that editor you can create very complex masking settings.

When you apply any of the presets from the Logical Editor or use the Logical Editor to create masking settings yourself, only the events that meet the criteria specified will be visible.

• To deactivate the Mask function, select “Nothing” from the Mask pop-up menu.

The most typical usage of the Mask function is to view a certain type of controller only (e.g. Modulation, Breath Control, etc.). Since these are all the same event types (controller), this would not be possible using the filter view. With the “Event Types and Data 1” option on the Mask pop-up menu, it is!

Editing in the value display

The value display to the right of the event display is a tool for quick viewing and editing of multiple values, e.g. velocities or controller amounts. The values are shown as horizontal bars, with the bar length corresponding to the value.

Exactly which value is shown for an event depends on the event type. The following table shows what is displayed and edited in the Data columns and the value display:

• The value display can be hidden from view by clicking the “Show List Value View” button on the toolbar, so that it is not lit.