MIDI Editor - Cubasis

Navigation

Move around by sliding your finger across the screen. Pinch to zoom in or out. Both horizontal and vertical movements are recognized by Cubasis.

Interactive piano-roll

Tap a key to play the selected instrument.
During playback, keys on the piano-roll are highlighted according to the notes played.
Notes selected in the MIDI editor will highlight the corresponding keys on the piano-roll.

Ruler

Tap and slide on the ruler to position the playhead.

Tools

The MIDI editor uses most of the same tools as the arranger; Select and Draw are its main modes.

Select Functions
Task	Action
Select/Deselect note	Tap the note
Select multiple notes	Tap-hold and drag out a band-box or tap more notes to add them to the selection
Select all notes	Double tap
Deselect all notes	Tap in an empty space
Move notes	Select, then drag the notes
Adjust length	Drag the arrow icon to the right of the note

Draw Functions
Task	Action
Add note	Tap
Delete note	Tap the note
Adjust length	Hold after creating a note and move the finger horizontally or use the arrow icon on existing notes
Move note	Drag a selected note (tapping will delete it)
Draw velocities	Slide your finger across the velocity field; any velocity value will be overwritten

All tools explained in detail:

Select: To select a single note, tap it. To select multiple notes, tap and hold an empty space, then drag out a rectangle touching the notes you want to select. Move selected notes by dragging them.

Note
Double tap inside the MIDI editor to select all notes. Tap in an empty space to deselect all notes.
Split: Splits selected notes in two. The playhead's position sets the split point.
Erase: Deletes all selected notes.
Draw: Using this tool and tapping anywhere on the MIDI editor's view will place a note. Hold after placing it to adjust its length. Tapping a note deletes it. Also, Draw lets you quickly draw out your note's velocities in one go. Slide your finger across the velocity field and the bars instantly adapt the drawn values.
Mute: Mutes or unmutes the selected notes.
Undo: Reverts your last action(s). A small overlay panel briefly shows the action being redone.
Redo: Repeats the step(s) you've previously undone. A small overlay panel briefly shows the action being redone.
Copy: Copies selected notes into clipboard. These can be inserted into any MIDI event.
Paste: Pastes notes from clipboard into your event, starting at the playhead's position.
Transpose: Transposes notes on a semitone and octave scale.
Quantize: Quantizes all selected notes. The button to its right brings up quantization options.
Snap: Specifies the dimensions of the grid which notes, note lengths (and the playhead) snap to (ranging from bars to 1/64 notes).

The MIDI editor provides 6 additional editing utilities for notes:

Lock: Disables view movement and zoom. When editing a specific part only, this prevents accidental scrolling.
Velocity: In this mode, tapping anywhere adjusts the velocity of selected notes by swiping up/down.
Move Y: In this mode, tapping anywhere moves the selected notes vertically.
Move X: In this mode, tapping anywhere moves the selected notes horizontally.
Length: In this mode, tapping anywhere changes the length of the selected notes.
Sound: Turn sound on to play back selected, triggered or moved notes.

Rename

Tap the event's name in the top left corner of the MIDI editor to bring up the rename dialog.

Parameters (not in LE)

The parameter field of the MIDI editor controls MIDI parameters, which can be automated to change in value during playback. To open parameter editing, tap the field, which will enlarge it and display a list with all available parameters.

Parameters with existing data are highlighted. Select a parameter from the list on the left to view and edit it.

To input or edit data for a parameter, use Select > Draw > Erase from the tools menu. The density of automation points will correspond to the selected grid size.
Once you're done editing, tap the upper note area.

Consider the following when customizing your parameters:

Micro Sonic only reacts to the parameters Velocity, Pitch bend and CC 64 Sustain.
Micrologue only reacts to the parameters Velocity, Pitch bend, CC 64 Sustain and CC1 Modulation.
Aftertouch, Program change and other CC parameters can be useful for third-party plug-ins and MIDI output, but are ignored by Cubasis's internal instruments.

The following parameters are available:

Velocity
Pitch bend
Aftertouch
Program change
CC 64 Sustain
CC 0 Bank select
CC 1 Modulation
CC 2 Breath
CC 3 - 6
CC 7 Volume
CC 8 Balance
CC 9
CC 10 Pan
CC 11 Expression
CC 12 - 119
CC 120 All sound off
CC 121 Reset controls
CC 122 Local controll
CC 123 All notes off

MIDI CC and MIDI messages are fundamentally different from automation, which is applied to a track, separate from its MIDI data.