Inputting MIDI points

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Dorico Pro
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4.3
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You can input MIDI CC points into any MIDI controller, including pitch bend, in the MIDI CC and MIDI Pitch Bend editors.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Key Editor is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • You have selected the instruments you want to show in the Key Editor.

  • You have added at least one MIDI CC or MIDI Pitch Bend editor to the Key Editor.

Procedure

  1. Select one of the following tools, depending on the MIDI points you want to input:

    • To input single MIDI points, or MIDI regions containing multiple points at regular intervals, select Draw by pressing Shift-Alt/Opt-2 or clicking Draw in the Key Editor panel toolbar.

    • To input smooth MIDI regions, select Line by clicking Line in the Key Editor panel toolbar.

  2. Input MIDI points in one of the following ways:

    • To input single MIDI points, click in the MIDI CC or MIDI Pitch Bend editor at each position where you want a MIDI point.

    • To input a MIDI region containing multiple MIDI points at regular intervals, click and drag in a single motion in the MIDI CC or MIDI Pitch Bend editor.

    • To input smooth MIDI regions, click and drag in the MIDI CC or MIDI Pitch Bend editor from where you want the region to start to where you want it to end.

    Tip

    The horizontal line in the middle of the MIDI Pitch Bend editor represents the unmodified pitch.

Result

MIDI points are input for all instruments shown in the Key Editor.

  • If you used the Draw tool, separate MIDI points are input at each position you clicked.

  • If you clicked and dragged in a single motion using the Draw tool, MIDI points are input at small intervals in a MIDI region.

  • If you used the Line tool, two MIDI points are input in a MIDI region, one at each end of the dragged range.

By default, single MIDI points are constant, MIDI points in regions are linear, and the last MIDI point in regions is constant.

MIDI regions appear highlighted with colored backgrounds in the MIDI CC and MIDI Pitch Bend editors.