Editing Note and Midi Event Data

This screen displays all notes of the currently loaded melody into an grid, using a new row for each note, with columns displaying pitch, volume, instrument etc. It also is capable of displaying Midi Controller events.

Any cell can be edited by mouse clicking on it, then typing into it, then  pressing ENTER, to save the data. When a melody is played, a yellow highlight moves over the rows for the notes as each is played. The controls on the Playbar at the foot of the screen permit starting and stopping the tune.

If you click on a cell in the Event Type column, a drop-down box appears with a list of the MIDI events available.  The standard event for a musical note is MUSIC_NOTE. The other MIDI events may be more easily manipulated in the Controller Events screen, from MENU Edit -> Controller Events.  However, this screen shows where they fit in, and they may also be edited here.

Once editing is finished, click the green button Save to Disk (Database). The blue button View Melody Data  opens up the edit screen for the catalogue data for this tune, and the yellow button View Tracks  displays a grid of the tracks. If you need to see all notes for a given track grouped together, you may click the pink button Sort by Track to display the notes in track number sequence.

You may click the lilac Refresh button to re-draw the notes after you have changed them, possibly using another screen, such as the Edit Staff or Edit Controllers screens. It always draws all notes in strict time sequence, regardless of track number, so it effectively reverses the effect of the  Sort by Track button.  The light yellow button Go to Top scrolls instantly to the first note at the top of the grid.


EditNotes.htm     11/10/06 18:30