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Recording performance controller automation
If you use any MIDI performance controllers when recording on a note lane, these are
automatically added to the recorded clip. This makes sense as performance control-
lers are usually recorded at the same time you record notes, as a part of the perfor-
mance.
Standard MIDI performance controllers are Pitch Bend, Modulation Wheel,
Sustain Pedal, Aftertouch, Breath Control and Expression.
To record standard performance controller automation proceed as follows:
1. Make sure the track is unfolded, record enabled and has master keyboard in-
put.
2. Start recording and use one or more performance controllers as you play.,
e.g. pitch bend and/or mod wheel.
3. Click stop when you are done.
The clip you recorded will now have automation curves visible in the clip along
with the recorded note data. If you used Pitch Bend and/or Mod Wheel when re-
cording these controllers will also have a green border around them on the device
panel to indicate they are automated. If you play back the clip, the notes and con-
trollers will play back exactly as recorded.
Performance controllers are shown as curves in the note clip. In this picture pitch bend, mod wheel
and sustain pedal controllers have been used.
Depending on the type of controller used the performance automation is shown differ-
ently in the clip. Controllers with bipolar values (like pitch bend) is shown as a line in
the middle when at zero (no pitch bend) with curves going up or down from the zero
value. Controllers with only positive values (like Mod wheel) has zero at the bottom of
the clip with applied modulation shown as curves going up from the zero value. Con-
trollers with off/on values (like sustain pedal) is shown as rectangular curves (on - du-
ration- off)
D If you open the clip in Edit mode (by double-clicking on the clip), the re-
corded performance data will be placed on different edit lanes.
Click on the “Switch to Arrange Mode” button in the top left corner of the se-
quencer window to return to Arrange mode. You can also use |Ctrl]/[Com-
mand]+[E] to toggle between the views. See “Editing performance controller
automation”.
Performance edit lanes in Edit mode.
D Note that you can record notes and performance controllers separately.
I.e. you can first record notes on one note lane and then record performance con-
trollers on another note lane. The automation will be contained in clips placed on a
separate lane and can also be moved or muted separately.
D To edit the automation curves, see “Editing existing automation events”.
D To manually add or delete performance parameter automation edit
lanes, see “Drawing automation events”.
Redoing performance automation
If you wish to replace or redo recorded performance controller data this works as fol-
lows:
If you enter record for a note lane that has clips with performance data on it, you will
create a new clip that will engulf the previously recorded clip(s) where they overlap.
As outlined in the section “Recording more clips on the same note lane” no notes will
be erased if you record over clips on the same note lane, but it works differently for
performance automation data:
D If you record over a note clip with performance automation data and you
adjust any of the performance controllers used in the original clip, the
automation will be replaced with new performance data from this point
onward until you stop recording.
If the new clip is shorter than the previous clip, the performance automation in the
previous clip will “take over” when the new clip ends.
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