Steinberg Nuendo 3 Working With MIDI Manual

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• In 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...

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Moving and copying events
You can move or duplicate events in a controller lane, much like you 
can with notes:
1.Click with the Arrow tool to select the events you want to cut or copy.
If the option “Controller Lane Editing: Select Tool defaults to Pen” is activated in the 
Preferences dialog (Editing page), you need to press [Ctrl]/[Command] to get the 
Arrow tool.
2.Click and drag the events to move them.
If Snap is activated, this determines to which positions you can...

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Deleting events in the controller display
You delete events by clicking 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. See page 89.
•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 
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To view and edit existing Poly Pressure events, proceed as follows:
1.Select Poly Pressure on the event type pop-up menu.
2.Click on the arrow button next to the note number field to the left of 
the controller lane.
A pop-up menu appears, listing all note numbers for which there already are Poly Pres-
sure events.
3.Select a note number from the pop-up menu.
The Poly Pressure events for the selected note number are shown in the controller 
lane.
4.Use the Pencil tool to...

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Edit In-Place
The Edit In-Place function makes it possible to edit MIDI parts directly 
in the Project window, for quick and efficient editing in context with 
other tracks. To open the In-Place editor, click the Edit In-Place but-
ton for a MIDI track in the track list or the Inspector.
This expands the MIDI track to show something like a miniature Key 
editor, allowing you to edit MIDI notes and controllers.
•To zoom or scroll the In-Place Editor, point at the left part...

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•Clicking in the upper right corner of the track list for the edited track 
brings up a local toolbar with some MIDI editor-specific settings.
For descriptions of these settings, see page 84.
•Just like in the Key editor, you can edit velocity or continuous control-
lers at the bottom of the In-Place Editor.
To change which controller type is shown, click in the controller name field directly be-
low the piano keyboard and select a controller type from the pop-up menu.
To...

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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, 
with the following differences:
• The Drum Editor has no Pencil tool – instead there is a Drumstick tool (for in-
putting 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 Editor.
• As in the Key Editor,...

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The drum sound list
The purpose of the Drum Editor is to edit MIDI tracks where each note 
(pitch) plays a separate sound, as is typically the case with a MIDI 
drum kit. The drum sound list to the left lists all drum sounds by name 
(according to the selected drum map or name list – see below), and 
lets you adjust and manipulate the drum sound setup in various ways.
Note:
• The number of columns in the list depends on whether there’s a drum map 
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The note display
The Drum Editor’s note display displays notes as diamond symbols. The 
vertical position of the notes corresponds 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 notes. This makes sense, since drum 
sounds most often are “one-shot” samples that play to their end regard-
less of the note...

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Controller display
The controller display in the Drum Editor is exactly the same as in the 
Key Editor. You can add or remove controller lanes from the Quick 
menu, and create and edit events as described on page 104.
Drum Editor operations
The basic handling (zooming, playback, auditioning, etc.) is the same 
as in the Key Editor (see page 90). The following sections describe 
the procedures and features that are specific to the Drum Editor.
Creating and editing notes
The...