AUTOMATION & RECORDING

Step Editing

Step editing is a technique to record melodies note by note using your MIDI keyboard (or computer keyboard if Typing Keyboard to Piano is enabled).

To start the step editing mode, first enable it from the Recording panel or the Options menu. In the Step Sequencer, select the channel you want to step edit.

Now each time you press a key on the MIDI keyboard a new note is added in the Piano Roll (you don't need the Piano Roll window opened to step edit) and the position advances to the next step automatically. The step size is equal to the snap size in the Recording panel.

You can use the Num. pad / key on your keyboard to go back to the previous step position. Adding note in an already filled position erases the old step.

The Num. pad * shortcut sends the marker to the next step position. This way you can leave empty spaces between the steps.

You can also create steps longer than the current snap setting. While holding a MIDI key on your keyboard, press the advance position shortcut ( Num. pad *) one or more times then release the MIDI key.