Copyright: ©2005. Madison Media Software, Inc.
Citation: ©2005. Madison Media Software, Inc.


 About this File

This help file contains context-sensitive help topics.

Revised June 7, 2005


IDH STATBAR DRAWAREA
Velocity

When the Draw tool  is selected, you can drag in the lower portion of the Piano Roll tab to adjust the velocity bars:

•	Zoom in and drag a bar up or down to change its value.

•	Drag across multiple bars to edit them simultaneously.


IDH STATBAR RESIZE


Keyboard

Indicates the pitch of notes drawn on each row. Click to play the keyboard when Monitor is selected and Enable Real-Time MIDI is selected on the ACID Options menu.


Time

Displays the current cursor position.


Scrollbar

Drag to scroll through the piano roll display.


Cut

Removes the selected notes from the piano roll and places them on the clipboard.


Copy

Duplicates the selected notes in the piano roll and places them on the clipboard.


Paste

Adds the contents of the clipboard at the cursor position.


Quantize

Opens the MIDI Quantize dialog, where you can force events to align with musical beats based on the parameters you specify.


Draw Tool

Allows you to insert, edit, select, and move notes in the piano roll.


Paint Tool

Allows you to insert and select notes.

The Paint tool is different from the Draw tool in that it can cross note row boundaries. Use the Paint tool to add a random element to your ACID projects.


Erase Tool

Allows you to remove existing notes.


Select Tool
Selection Tool

Allows you to draw selection boxes around the notes you want to include.


Zoom Tool

Allows you to magnify notes within a selection box.


IDH OPTIONS PREFERENCES


Monitor

Select to preview MIDI events when you select them or when you click the keyboard.

Enable Real-Time MIDI must be also selected on the ACID Options menu. If you're using a different host application, please refer to that application's documentation.


IDH ID TRANSPORT REPEAT MODE
Loop Playback

Click to toggle looped playback mode. When the button is selected, only the portion of the current project within the loop region will be played back.

To move the loop region without changing its length, drag the selection bar to a new location. To edit the length of the loop region, drag either of the endpoints.


Solo Track

Plays the currently selected track by itself. To hear the entire MIDI file, turn off the Solo Track button.


Play

Plays from the current cursor position.


Play From Start

Plays the entire MIDI file from the beginning, regardless of cursor position.


Pause

Halts playback and leaves the cursor at its current position.


Stop

Halts playback and returns the cursor to its position before playback.


Go to Start

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the piano roll.


Go to End

Moves the cursor to the end of the piano roll.


IDH LABELS BOTTOM RULER


IDH OPTIONS SNAP ENABLE
Enable Snapping

When selected,  event edges will snap to the grid when you add or move notes.

Click the down arrow next to the button and choose a spacing from the menu to set the spacing of the grid.