Author Vishal Ramakrishnan , Global peace song of the year award winning and music producer . He is also a music production trainer . For more details , visit www . vishaladitya . com
• Move MIDI notes 1 . Moving the notes up and down :
• Destructive cutting and Pasting ( Control- Command-X )
Highlight one MIDI note you want to move by pressing the OPTIONS key and use the arrow keys UP and DOWN to move the notes .
2 . Moving the notes left and right :
This feature is also known as shuffle mode edit on pro tools . This is a handy shortcut for editing . For example you have a song and you don ’ t want the regions between bar 12 and bar 14 and you want to join bar 15 to bar 12 and remove the 2 bars , you create a loop cycle between bar 12 and bar 14 and press CONTROL-COMMAND-X and all the regions between those 2 bars will be deleted and whatever was there from bar 15 earlier gets to bar 12 now . This is handy when you are editing huge session and when you are looking to delete things forever .
• Creating Space between regions ( Control- Command-Z )
RIGHT CLICK on one MIDI note and look for the “ Set Nudge Value To ” on the menu list and select how much you want it to nudge , like for example 1 / 4th or 1 / 8th . Once you selected the nudge value , hold OPTION keys and use the arrow keys LEFT AND RIGHT to move the MIDI regions by the value given .
• Automation ( Control-Command-A and A for the automation tab )
CONTROL-COMMAND-A , doesn ’ t it look ‘ A ’ shape on the keyboard ? Yes , that ' s how you trigger the automation . It changes from reading automation that has already been recorded to the Latch mode .
Now start your playback and whatever effect or synth knob or fader or volume levels you adjust , it all records in automation and you get every effect you need . Now stop playback and hit the A key on the keyboard to open your automation on the track and you will find all the parameters you have automated . Now you can do the automation manually by drawing them or leave it as it is if you are satisfied with how you moved the knobs while doing the playback .
Just like how we delete unwanted regions with Control- Command-X , we use CONTROL-COMMAND-Z to create space between regions . For example , you want to extend your BGM by another 4 bars , but you have already finished arranging the track , now place the cursor at the end of the chorus portion and hit CONTROL-COMMAND-Z and you create addition 2 bars for space for repeating the chorus or to add a new tune . Every time you do this , you keep getting more additional space and the rest of the song moves to the point right after space .
• Bringing all MIDI velocities to the same level
This is really useful if you are looking for a tight robotic sound . Once you record your MIDI , press OPTION and move the velocity bar left and right , you will find all notes fixing to the same velocity even though it was recorded at different levels .
Author Vishal Ramakrishnan , Global peace song of the year award winning and music producer . He is also a music production trainer . For more details , visit www . vishaladitya . com
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