MixPad allows you to edit MIDI files using a special MIDI editor window. To edit a MIDI clip, simply select that clip and press 'CTRL+E' or right click on the clip and select 'Edit Clip' from popup menu. This will open the clip in the MIDI editor.From this editor you can do the following:
- Move MIDI notes around - grab the note with the mouse and drag.
- Resize the length of MIDI notes - place the mouse cursor over the edge of the MIDI note until you see the double-arrow resizing cursor.
- Delete notes - simply select a note by clicking on it and press Delete.
- Property Panel - This contains the 'Notes' and 'Channels' tab. You can show or hide the 'Property Panel' by clicking the 'Property Panel' on the View Tab.
- Add new notes - Click and drag the mouse in the editor where you would like the new note created. The new note's velocity and channel is determined by the settings in the Context Panel's 'Create Notes'.
- Change the properties of notes - simply select the note you would like to change, or select the note and press Ctrl+P. You will see the context panel where you can change the selected notes' property.
- Filter -- you can show/hide notes by channels. If you do not want to see all note on channel 0, then just untick check box of channel 0.
- Copy & Paste -- After selecting a note by clicking on it, press Copy to save the selection to the clipboard. By pressing and holding the Ctrl key as you click, you can select multiple notes at ones. Then click on Paste to add those copied notes on to the rollout. They will be added where the cursor on the timeline is located.
- Quantize and Humanize -- Quantize can let you align notes' start, length etc to divisions. And Humanize is the reverse of Quantize which introduces random errors for notes' start position, length etc.
- VSTi -- Apply an effect to the MIDI by using Virtual Studio Technology DLL plugins you have downloaded. For more info please refer to topic "VSTs".
- Events List -- Events list window lists all events including program change, controller change events etc.
- Play MIDI notes in loop - turn on loop mode and drag the timeline to select the region you want to loop in.
You can leave the MIDI editor window open while you work on your MixPad project. Changes you make to the MIDI clip are immediately reflected in the main MixPad window.
Shortcuts for MIDI Editing - Play/Stop [Space]
- Go to Start [Home]
- Add note [Left Click + Drag OR Double Left Click]
- Duplicate note/s [Ctrl + Drag selected note/s]
- Resize note [Left Click on the note edge + Drag]
- No snap to the grid [Hold Shift, while performing other actions]
- Select notes [Right Click + Drag]
- Zoom [Mouse Wheel]
- Scroll vertically [Alt + Mouse Wheel]
- Scroll horizontally [Middle Click + Drag]
- Lengthen/Shorten Selected Note One Division [+/-]
- Move Keyboard Cursor One Beat Left/Right [Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right Arrow Key]
- Move Keyboard Cursor [Arrow Keys]
- Move Keyboard Cursor One Octave Up/Down [X/Z]
- Move Keyboard Cursor One Bar Left/Right [Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow Key]
- Move Keyboard Cursor One Beat Left/Right [Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right Arrow Key]
- Add Note In Keyboard Cursor Position [Enter]
Enter Notes Using Keyboard You can input notes via keyboard using the mapping that is shown above. Notes added through this method are placed on the octave where the keyboard cursor belongs to. You can also enter multiple notes in the same position by pressing them simultaneously at once in the keyboard.
