Apple 8 manual 4Editing MIDI Events, Getting to Know the MIDI Editors

4Editing MIDI Events 4

The individual events in MIDI regions can be edited. Most commonly, you will adjust the position, pitch, and length of MIDI note events.

On occasion, you may need to alter other types of MIDI data, such as controller events.

ÂMIDI note event editing is best handled in the Piano Roll Editor.

ÂMIDI note events are represented as standard musical notation (and can also be edited) in the Score Editor. This primary purpose of this window, however, is the creation of musical scores for printing—rather than use as a MIDI note editor.

ÂOther types of events are easiest to manage in either the Hyper Editor, or the Event List—although controller, and a few other event types, can also be directly edited in the Piano Roll and Score Editors, if you prefer.

Getting to Know the MIDI Editors

Before following the exercises below, choose either the Inst 1 or Inst 2 track.

To open or close the Piano Roll, Score or Hyper Editor:

mClick the Piano Roll, Score or Hyper Editor buttons, just above the Transport.

mClick the corresponding button to close the active editor window.

The events in either the instrument Apple Loop, or your recorded MIDI region are shown as a series of beams in the Piano Roll and Hyper Editor, or as traditional notation in the Score Editor.

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