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The MIDI editors
Introduction
There are several ways to edit MIDI in Cubase. You can use the tools and functions in
the Project window for large-scale editing, or the functions on the MIDI menu to
process MIDI parts in various ways (see
“What is affected by the MIDI functions?” on
page 471). For hands-on graphical editing of the contents of MIDI parts, you use the
MIDI editors:
• The Key Editor is the default MIDI editor, presenting notes graphically in an intuitive
piano roll-style grid.
The Key Editor also allows for detailed editing of non-note events such as MIDI
controllers. For more information, see
“The Key Editor – Overview” on page 483.
• The Score Editor shows MIDI notes as a musical score and comes with advanced
tools and functions for notation, layout and printing.
The Score Editor in Cubase is described in detail in “Part II: Score layout and
printing (Cubase only)” on page 724. Cubase Artist features a basic version of the
Score Editor, see “The basic Score Editor – Overview” on page 531.
• The Drum Editor is similar to the Key Editor, but takes advantage of the fact that
with drum parts, each key corresponds to a separate drum sound.
This is the editor to use when you are editing drum or percussion parts. For more
information, see
“The Drum Editor – Overview” on page 514.
• The List Editor shows all events in the selected MIDI parts as a list, allowing you to
view and edit their properties numerically. It also allows you to edit SysEx
messages.
For more information, see “The List Editor – Overview” on page 522 and “Working
with SysEx messages” on page 527.
• The Edit In-Place function allows you to edit MIDI parts directly in the Project
window.
This is similar to working in the Key Editor, but makes it easier to edit MIDI in
context with other track types, see
“The In-Place Editor” on page 512.
• Cubase only: You can also edit MIDI in the Project Browser.
The Project Browser is described in the chapter “The Project Browser (Cubase
only)” on page 629.
Ö You can define each of the editors mentioned above as your default MIDI editor, see
below.
This chapter describes how to use the MIDI editors. Features that are identical in
these editors are described in the Key Editor section. The sections about the Drum
Editor, the In-Place Editor, the List Editor, and the basic Score Editor only describe
the features that are specific to these editors. The Score Editor for Cubase is
described in detail in
“Part II: Score layout and printing (Cubase only)” on page 724.