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The MIDI editors
Key Editor operations
• If conflicting controller data exists in two different places, you can specify what will
happen on playback by making settings for the Automation Merge Mode (see
“Merging automation data” on page 299). The resulting curve is displayed in
addition to the curve you entered on the controller lane.
• On the controller lane, you can also see the controller curve that is applied before
the part starts. That way, you know which controller value (if any) is currently being
used at the starting point of the part so that you can choose the start value
accordingly.
Note that this value also depends on the Automation Merge Mode.
Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected, the lane shows the velocity of each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil or the Line tool. The Object Selection tool
automatically switches to the Draw tool when you move the pointer into the controller
display. If you want to use the Object Selection tool to select events in the controller
display, press [Alt]/[Option]. The different tools and Line tool modes offer several
possibilities:
• You can use the Draw tool to change the velocity of a single note: click on its
velocity bar and drag the bar up or down.
While you drag, the current velocity value is shown in the display to the left.
• You can use the Draw tool or the Line tool in Paint mode to change the velocity
values of several notes by painting a “freehand curve”.
When editing velocity, these two methods have the same functionality.
Controller curve entered on
the controller lane
Resulting controller curve (if controller automation was also
recorded on a track). These values depend on the selected
Automation Merge Mode.
The controller curve before the part starts. This curve depends on the existing controller
data (if any) and on the selected Merge Mode.