The MIDI Editor lets you fine-tune your sound by adjusting the note placements, lengths or velocity.
To understand how editing MIDI works, you must first understand what the layout does. Here's an example of how the layout looks:
Adjusting the Pitch
The vertical layout indicates the instrument's pitch, as shown in the keyboard layout. By using the C3 note as a reference, moving the notes upward raises the pitch.
Drawing the notes downwards in turn decreases the pitch.
Drawing stacked notes together can create a chord.
The horizontal layout mainly depicts the music's timeline. The numbers at the top of the grid show the specific bar being viewed. When you zoom into the Editor, the decimals in between represent the division of measures.
If you've set the time signature to 4/4, the divisions per bar will be divided into four measures.
If you've set the time signature to 3/4, the divisions per bar will be divided into three measures.
Quantizing in MIDI perfectly aligns notes to the grid by shifting note positions to the nearest grid line. This allows the notes to be played with precise timing. You can do this by highlighting the notes and pressing the Quantize button in the MIDI Editor.
Open the editor by clicking on the MIDI Editor button at the bottom left corner of the screen. Here’s how to use the tools:
- Select and move notes using the mouse Pointer icon
- Draw and change the note's length using the Pencil icon
- Adjust the velocity of the notes by toggling Velocity
- Activate the Headphones icon to preview the notes while editing
- Legato - Use Legato when you want to tie the notes together, making them smoothly connected
- Humanize - Use Humanize to make the notes less precise, giving them a "human" touch that is heard while playing an instrument
- Quantize - Adjust your notes to the closest time grid according to the Quantization value between 1/1 to 1/32T
- Transpose - Adjust the pitch of the notes by moving them +/- 1 semitone at a time or +/- 12 semitones(1 octave) at a time.
- Smart View - Shows rows that belong to the selected scale or contain notes
Open the editor by tapping on the MIDI region and selecting the MIDI Editor button. Here’s how to use the tools:
- Add and remove notes by tapping
- Adjust Note Position - Tap and hold the note to drag it to the desired location. If you wish to make smaller changes, make sure to turn off Snap to Grid by disabling the
Snap button in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Adjust Note Duration - Tap, hold, and drag the note to adjust the note length
Select multiple notes - Press and hold on an empty part of the MIDI Editor until the Selection Indicator is displayed. Drag the Selection Indicator over the notes you'd like to select.
Follow these steps to change the velocity of your tracks:
- Tap and drag within the MIDI Editor grid to select the notes that you wish to adjust
- Once the notes are highlighted, tap the
Adjust the Slider from Left to Right to either decrease or increase the velocity of the notes. You can tap-drag to select one MIDI note or a series of MIDI notes to adjust its velocity.
Here's how you can quantize your tracks:
- Tap and drag within the MIDI Editor grid to select the notes that you wish to adjust
- Once highlighted, select the
Quantize Icon
Select the value to Quantize to
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