Steinberg Cubase Studio 4 Operation Manual Studio Manual

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The MIDI editors
Editing velocity values
When “Velocity” is selected for viewing, the lane shows 
the velocity of each note as a vertical bar.
Velocity values are edited with the Pencil or the Line tool. 
The different tools and Line tool modes offer several pos-
sibilities, as listed below.
ÖIf the option “Controller Lane Editing: Select Tool de-
faults to Pen” is activated in the Preferences (Editing–MIDI 
page), the Arrow tool automatically switches to the Pencil 
tool when you move the pointer...

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Adding and editing events in the controller display
When any option other than “Velocity” is selected for a 
controller lane, you can create new events or edit the val-
ues of existing events using the Pencil tool or the Line tool 
in its various modes: 
Clicking with the Pencil tool or the Line tool in Paint 
mode creates a new event.
Note the “Select Tool defaults to Pen” option – see “Editing velocity va-
lues” on page 351. 
Press [Alt]/[Option] and use the Pencil tool or the Line...

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ÖIn Line and Parabola modes, the length quantize value 
determines the “density” of created controller curves (if 
Snap is activated).
For very smooth curves, you should use a small length quantize value or 
turn off Snap. To avoid over-dense controller curves (which may cause 
MIDI playback to “stutter”), use a medium-low density.
The Sine, Triangle and Square modes create events 
with values aligned to continuous curves.
In these modes, the quantize value determines the period of...

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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...

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This expands the MIDI track to show something like a min-
iature Key Editor, allowing you to edit MIDI notes and con-
trollers.
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 cor-
ner of the Track list for the edited track...

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The Drum Editor – Overview
The toolbar and info line
These are much the same as the toolbar and info line in 
the Key Editor (see “The Key Editor – Overview” on page 
339), with the following differences:
The Drum Editor has no Pencil tool – instead there is a 
Drumstick tool (for entering and removing notes) and a 
Line tool with various line and curve modes (for drawing 
several notes in one go or editing controller events).
There are no Scissors and Glue Tube tools in the Drum...

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You can reorder the columns by dragging the column 
headings, and resize them by dragging the dividers be-
tween the column headings.
The note display
The note display of the Drum Editor displays notes as dia-
mond symbols. The vertical position of the notes corres-
ponds to the drum sound list to the left, while the horizontal 
position corresponds to the note’s position in time, just as in 
the Key Editor. Note however, that the diamond symbols 
don’t indicate the length of the...

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The length of the inserted note is determined by the Insert 
Length setting on the toolbar. However, if this is set to 
“Drum-Map Link”, the note will get the length of the quan-
tize value for the drum sound.
ÖYou can quickly audition the drum sounds by clicking 
in the leftmost column in the drum sound list.
This plays the corresponding note.
ÖClicking with the Drumstick tool on an existing note 
will remove it.
This makes drum pattern editing very quick and intuitive.
Setting...

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Other editing methods
As in the Key Editor, you can edit notes on the info line or 
via MIDI, and enter notes using step input, see “Editing on 
the info line” on page 348.
Working with drum maps
Background
A drum kit in a MIDI instrument is most often a set of dif-
ferent drum sounds with each sound placed on a separate 
key (i.e. the different sounds are assigned to different MIDI 
note numbers). One key plays a bass drum sound, another 
a snare and so on.
Unfortunately, different...

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ÖAll settings in a drum map (except the Pitch) can be 
changed directly in the drum sound list or in the Drum 
Map Setup dialog (see “The Drum Map Setup dialog” on 
page 361).
Note that the changes you make will affect all tracks that use the drum 
map.
About Pitch, I-note and O-note
This can be a somewhat confusing area, but once you’ve 
grasped how it all works it’s not very complicated. Going 
through the following “theory” will help you make the most 
out of the drum map concept...