Steinberg Cubase SE 3 Operation Manual

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Now, for each MIDI channel used in the selected part(s), a new MIDI 
track is created and set to the corresponding MIDI channel. Each event 
is then copied into the part on the track with the corresponding MIDI 
channel. Finally, the original part(s) are muted.
An example:
Dissolving parts into separate pitches
The Dissolve Part function can also scan MIDI parts for events of dif-
ferent pitch, and distribute the events into new parts on new tracks, 
one...

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About editing MIDI
There are several ways to edit MIDI in Cubase SE. You can use the 
tools and functions in the Project window for large-scale editing, or 
use the functions on the MIDI menu to process MIDI parts in various 
ways (see page 372). 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...

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Opening a MIDI editor
There are two ways to open a MIDI editor:
• Select one or several parts (or a MIDI track, with no parts selected) and select 
Open Key Editor, Open Drum Editor or Open List Editor from the MIDI menu 
or Open Score Editor from the Scores submenu (or use the corresponding 
key command).
The selected parts (or all parts on the track, if no part was selected) will open in the 
chosen editor.
• Double click a part.
Which editor opens depends on the...

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Handling several parts
When you open a MIDI editor with several parts (or a MIDI track con-
taining several parts) selected, you might find it somewhat hard to get 
an overlook of the different parts when editing.
If so, the editor toolbar features a few functions to make working with 
multiple parts easier and more comprehensive:
•The Part List menu lists all parts that were selected when you opened 
the editor (or all parts on the track, if no parts were selected),...

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•The button “Show Part Borders” can be used if you want to see clearly 
defined borders for the active part.
When this is activated, all parts except the active one are grayed out, making the bor-
ders easily discernible. In the Key Editor, there are also two “markers” in the ruler with 
the name of the active part, marking its beginning and end. These can be moved freely 
to change the size of the part.
“Show Part Borders” activated on the toolbar.
•It is possible to...

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The Key Editor – Overview 
The toolbar
As in other windows, the toolbar contains tools and various settings. 
The user can configure what toolbar items should be shown or hidden 
and store/recall different toolbar configurations – see page 561.
Show/Hide Info line Solo Editor button Key Editor tools
AutoscrollAudition
Part listShow/Hide Part borders
Edit active part only
Nudge ToolsSnap on/off
Velocity for inserted notes
Grid modes    

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The info line
The info line shows information about selected MIDI notes. You can edit 
all values on the info line using regular value editing (see page 412 for 
details). Length and position values are displayed in the format currently 
selected for the ruler (see below).
•To hide or show the info line, click the icon in the toolbar.
Quantize settings Step Input
MIDI InputStep/MIDI input controls
Color pop-up menuChord recognition display Mouse pointer display:...

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The ruler
The ruler shows the time line, by default in the display format selected 
on the Transport panel. You can select a separate format for a MIDI 
editor ruler by clicking the arrow button to the right of it and selecting 
an option from the pop-up menu that appears. For a list of the avail-
able formats, see page 79.
At the bottom of the pop-up menu there are two additional items:
•If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display and controller dis-
play...