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About this chapter
This chapter describes how to use the Key, Drum and List Editors. 
Please note that a lot of features are identical in these editors (espe-
cially in the Key and Drum Editors) – they are all described in the Key 
Editor section. The sections about the Drum Editor (see page 117) 
and the List Editor (see page 132) describe the specific features of 
these editors only.
Opening a MIDI editor
There are two ways to open a MIDI editor:
• Select one or several...

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• If the part you open for editing is a shared copy, any editing you perform 
will affect all shared copies of this part. 
Shared copies are created by pressing [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift] and dragging, or by using 
the Repeat function with the “Shared copies” option activated. In the Project window, 
shared copies are indicated by the part name in italics and an icon in the right corner of 
the part (see the chapter “The Project window” in the Operation Manual).
Handling...

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•The button “Edit Active Part Only” lets you restrict editing operations 
to the active part only.
If you for example select “All” from the Select submenu on the Edit menu with this op-
tion activated, only events in the active part will be selected. Similarly, if you select notes 
by dragging with the Arrow tool (making a selection rectangle), only the notes in the ac-
tive part will be selected.
“Edit Active Part Only” activated on the toolbar.
•You can zoom in on the...

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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 the chapter 
“Customizing” in the Operation Manual.
Show/Hide Info line Solo Editor button Key Editor tools
Autoscroll on/offAudition on/off
Part listShow/Hide Part borders
Edit active part only
Nudge ToolsTranspose Palette
Snap on/off...

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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 
100 for details). Length and position values are displayed in the for-
mat currently selected for the ruler (see below).
•To hide or show the info line, click the icon in the toolbar.
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...

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At the bottom of the pop-up menu there are two additional items:
•If “Time Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display and controller display 
will be linear in relation to time.
This means that if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance between the bar lines 
will vary depending on the tempo.
•If “Bars+Beats Linear” is selected, the ruler, note display and control-
ler display will be linear in relation to tempo.
I.e. if the ruler shows bars and beats, the distance...

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The note display
The note display is the main area in the Key Editor. It contains a grid, in 
which MIDI notes are shown as boxes. The width of a box corresponds 
to the note length, and the vertical position of a box corresponds to the 
note number (pitch), with higher notes higher up in the grid. The piano 
keyboard to the left serves as a guide for finding the right note number.
The chord recognition function
Nuendo features a handy chord recognition function that helps...

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The controller display
The area at the bottom of the Key Editor window is the controller dis-
play. This consists of one or several controller lanes, each showing 
one of the following properties or event types:
• Velocity values of the notes.
• Pitch Bend events.
• Aftertouch events.
• Poly Pressure events.
• Program Change events.
• Any type of continuous controller event.
To change the size of the controller display, drag the divider between 
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Events in the controller display (that is, anything other than velocity 
values) are shown as “blocks”, the heights of which correspond to the 
“values” of the events. However, events that have been recorded (or 
drawn with a low quantize value) may appear more like “filled curves”, 
simply because they are positioned very closely:
If you zoom in on the upper “curve”, you will find that it consists of separate events.
• Unlike notes, events in the controller display have no...

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Key Editor operations
Zooming
Zooming in the Key Editor is done according to the standard zoom 
procedures, using the zoom sliders, the Zoom tool or the Zoom sub-
menu on the Edit menu.
•When you drag a rectangle with the Zoom tool, the result depends on 
the option “Zoom Tool Standard Mode: Horizontal Zooming Only” in 
the Preferences dialog (Editing page).
If this is on, the window will only be zoomed horizontally; if not, the window will be 
zoomed both horizontally and...