Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

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Editing Notes via MIDI
You can change the properties of notes via MIDI. For example, this 
can be a fast way to get the right velocity value, since you will hear the 
result even as you edit:
1.Select the note you want to edit.
2.Click on the MIDI connector symbol on the toolbar.
The symbol should be lit. This enables editing via MIDI.
3.Use the note buttons on the toolbar to decide which properties 
should be changed by the MIDI input.
You can enable editing of pitch,...

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Step input
Step input, or step recording, is when you enter notes one at a time 
(or one chord at a time) without worrying about the exact timing. This 
is useful e.g. when you know the part you want to record but are not 
able to play it exactly as you want it.
Proceed as follows:
1.Click the Step Input button on the toolbar to activate Step Input 
mode.
2.Use the note buttons to the right to decide which properties should 
be included when you input the notes.
For...

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4.Specify the desired note spacing and length with the Quantize and 
Length Quantize pop-up menus.
The notes you input will be positioned according to the Quantize value and have the 
length set with the Length Quantize value. For instance, if you set Quantize to 1/8 
notes and Length Quantize to 1/16 note, the notes will be sixteenth notes, appearing 
on each eighth note position.
5.Play the first note or chord on your MIDI instrument.
The note or chord appears in the...

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Editing in the controller display
About controller lanes
By default, the controller display has a single lane, showing one event 
type at a time. However, you can easily add lanes by right-clicking 
(Windows) or [Ctrl]-clicking (Mac) in the display and selecting “Cre-
ate new controller lane” from the Quick menu. This allows you to view 
and edit different controllers at the same time.
The controller display with three lanes set up.
• To remove a lane, right-click in it...

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Selecting event type
Each controller lane shows one event type at a time. To select which 
type should be displayed, use the pop-up menu to the left of the lane.
•Selecting “Setup...” opens a dialog in which you can specify which con-
tinuous controller event types you want available on the pop-up menu.
Controller types in 
this list are already 
listed on the pop-
up menu.Controller types 
in this list are not 
listed on the 
pop-up menu.
Click this button 
to add the...

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•Each MIDI track has its own controller lane setup (number of lanes 
and selected event types). 
When you create new tracks, they get the controller lane setup last used.
Controller Lane presets
Once you have added the required number of controller lanes and se-
lected the event types you need, you can store this combination as a 
controller lane preset. You could for example have a preset with one 
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• If the option “Controller Lane Editing: Select Tool defaults to Pen” is ac-
tivated in the Preferences dialog (Editing page), the Arrow tool automat-
ically switches to the Pencil tool when you move the pointer into the 
controller display.
If you need to use the Arrow tool to select events in the controller display, press [Ctrl]/
[Command].
• If the Speaker icon (Acoustic Feedback) is activated on the toolbar, the 
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• Use the Line tool’s Line mode for creating linear velocity ramps.
Click where you want the ramp to start and drag the cursor to where you want the 
ramp to end. When you release the mouse button, the velocity values are aligned with 
the line between the two points.
• Parabola mode works in the same way, but aligns the velocity values with a 
Parabola curve instead.
Use this for smooth, “natural” velocity fades, etc.
• The remaining three Line tool modes (Sine, Triangle...

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Adding and editing events in the controller display
When any option other than “Velocity” is selected for viewing in a con-
troller lane, you can create new events or edit the values 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 the chapter “Editing velocity values”. 
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• Clicking and dragging with the Line tool in Line mode shows a line in the con-
troller lane, and creates events with values aligned with this line.
This is the best way to draw linear controller ramps. If you press [Alt]/[Option], no new 
events are created – use this mode for modifying existing controller curves.
• The Parabola mode works in the same way, but aligns the values with a pa-
rabola curve instead, giving more “natural” curves and fades.
Note that the result...