Midi editing question

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2006/06/16 23:12:20 (permalink)

Midi editing question

I haven't done much midi editing, but it doesn't seem to behave the same as audio.

I've recorded one of the Dimension synths on a midi track. In the arrange pane I then split the clip at a couple of points, deleted the bits I don't want, and dragged the remainder into the groove matrix.

However when I play the groove, the entire clip still plays, ie the bits I thought I'd deleted out of the original clip are somehow still there? How do I delete thes unwanted clips permamently?
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    xenohazard
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    RE: Midi editing question 2006/06/16 23:47:09 (permalink)
    RE: Pattern Edit / Question P5v2 - 11/14/2005 12:18:10 PM


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    Status: offline Here's my favorite method for extracting a smaller midi section from a larger one in the arrange screen. Suppose you have a midi clip that is 8 measures long and you want to extract a section that is 2 measures long starting at measure 5. Simply place the cursor line at the beginning of measure 5, hit S(plit), then do the same at the beginning of measure 7. Then, split this new clip somewhere in the middle using S once again. Lasso select these 2 segments and hit M(erge). You now have a unique clip without all the leading and following midi data. Double click to send it to the editor. Once you do this a few times it is really quick and painless.
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    bulls hit
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    RE: Midi editing question 2006/06/17 02:28:54 (permalink)
    Ah the Merge thing was the step I was missing.

    Thanks man I'll give that a shot
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    RE: Midi editing question 2006/06/17 13:51:56 (permalink)
    WooHoo! Thanks for digging this out of the archives. This is a great trick!

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    RE: Midi editing question 2006/06/18 23:47:39 (permalink)
    Audio and MIDI are COMPLETELY different data. To refresh: Audio is actual sound waves recorded in (on) your computer. MIDI is simply a series of numerical values for various musical attributes such as 1) Which note was struck on your keyboard; 2) How hard it was struck; 3) Did you use the sustain pedal; 4) How long did you hold the note?; etc...

    Thus, MIDI is in some ways far more flexible than audio in that you can edit all of these values, AND you can assign different sounds at different times, and never need to re-record the performance. On the other hand audio is more appropriate 1) for things that can't (as yet) be MIDI'd, like the human voice, acoustic guitar performances, live drum performances (including the sound of the acoustic drums), etc...

    If you are using synths, then most of the time MIDI is the way to go. That was the wonder of MIDI when it first arrived on the scene in the early 1980s. The ability to record a performance with the synths being played as if there were a player on each one. No loss in recording quality, and no using up of precious audio tracks (when 24 was the norm).
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