Simple MIDI editing question

[guttapercha]

Hi,


I'm using Cubase LE, and I have a MIDI part that I'd like to double an octave lower. Is there an easy way to tell the program to do this?

Thanks,

JD

[TelePaul]

just copy and paste it in the piano scroll screen.

[RezN8]

Or you can duplicate the midi track and set the new track an octave lower in the track inspector.

[guttapercha]

Originally Posted by TelePaul

just copy and paste it in the piano scroll screen.

This option seems less processor-intensive, as I won't have two separate MIDI tracks trying to talk to the same VSTi. Thanks for the comeback, but could you be more specific with how to do this? When I selected the little bars that represent notes played in the scroll screen and copied them, the paste function didn't drop them anywhere that I could find.

Thanks,

JD

[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by guttapercha

This option seems less processor-intensive, as I won't have two separate MIDI tracks trying to talk to the same VSTi. Thanks for the comeback, but could you be more specific with how to do this? When I selected the little bars that represent notes played in the scroll screen and copied them, the paste function didn't drop them anywhere that I could find.

Thanks,

JD

Highlight the piece, till the notes go black. Copy, and paste; the default setting whill paste them wherever the transport bar is....set the big black bar to where you want the passage and paste. Should work.

[noisewreck]

Highlight the notes that you want to double, and Alt+Drag them down an octave.

[RezN8]

Originally Posted by noisewreck

Highlight the notes that you want to double, and Alt+Drag them down an octave.

By the way- as you're alt-dragging, hit the Ctrl button too- this will lock the notes back into the original position in the timeline.

PS- if adding a midi track would be too much for your computer to handle, then it's definitely time to upgrade!!!

PSS- The Space Shuttle still uses a 386.

[guttapercha]

Thank you both again. Yes, it's definitely time for an upgrade too. I'm using a PIII/256mb RAM for my DAW and plan to upgrade to an Athlon 2500/1GB (our current home office machine) next month sometime. I'd love to get something even newer than that, but the "new" computer's gotta be in the office b/c of the missus.

[brzilian]

Originally Posted by guttapercha

This option seems less processor-intensive, as I won't have two separate MIDI tracks trying to talk to the same VSTi. Thanks for the comeback, but could you be more specific with how to do this? When I selected the little bars that represent notes played in the scroll screen and copied them, the paste function didn't drop them anywhere that I could find.

Thanks,

JD

This type of thing is covered in great detail in the manual. Do you bother to take the time to read it?

http://www.steinberg.de/969_1.html

[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by brzilian

Do you bother to take the time to read it?

http://www.steinberg.de/969_1.html

Obviously he didnt, dont be hard on him, people rarely read the manual especially when they're excited with a new product.

[guttapercha]

Originally Posted by brzilian

This type of thing is covered in great detail in the manual. Do you bother to take the time to read it?

http://www.steinberg.de/969_1.html

Actually, I had read the manual for other assorted info, but was frustrated with its lack of detail. Predicting additional frustration with this particular query, I decided to come here first. Does this really bother you sufficiently to pester someone who posted a question on the correct subtopic board with correct grammar and syntax? It would seem so.

Thanks for stickin' up for me TelePaul.

JD

[TelePaul]

Originally Posted by guttapercha

Actually, I had read the manual for other assorted info, but was frustrated with its lack of detail. Predicting additional frustration with this particular query, I decided to come here first. Does this really bother you sufficiently to pester someone who posted a question on the correct subtopic board with correct grammar and syntax? It would seem so.

Thanks for stickin' up for me TelePaul.

JD

I just help out whenever I can, no biggy.

[noisewreck]

Originally Posted by RezN8

By the way- as you're alt-dragging, hit the Ctrl button too- this will lock the notes back into the original position in the timeline.

Hey! That's pretty cool!

PSS- The Space Shuttle still uses a 386.

The space shuttle still uses a 386 cuz it uses less power, plus I think they just use it for a program that controls the boom arm. If you think that's amazing the Deep Space program is still running on ancient tape based mainfraims with a whopping 128k (yep that's KILOBYTES) of memory.