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The simplest way to enter a note in the matrix view is to
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use the mouse. To do this, select the pencil tool on the
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toolbar, and then click and drag on the matrix editor. The
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note will be entered at the time and pitch corresponding to
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the point you click at, and will have a duration
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corresponding to the distance you drag before releasing the
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mouse button.</p><p>By default, the time and duration are snapped to a
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particular grid unit, according to the Grid setting on the
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View menu or the toolbar. You can prevent this effect by
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holding down Shift while clicking and dragging.
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</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="matrix-insertion-keyboard"></a>Typing notes with the PC keyboard</h3></div></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2489588"></a>Duration</h4></div></div></div><p>The durations of notes entered from the keyboard are
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controlled by the Grid setting on the View menu or
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toolbar. You can set this using the number keys:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">5</strong></span> – Whole bar</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">1</strong></span> – Beat</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">2</strong></span> – Half note (minim)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">4</strong></span> – Quarter note (crotchet)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">8</strong></span> – Eighth note (quaver)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">6</strong></span> – Sixteenth note (semiquaver)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">3</strong></span> – Thirty-second note (demisemiquaver)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">0</strong></span> – Sixty-fourth note (hemidemisemiquaver)</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2556939"></a>Pitch</h4></div></div></div><p>Once the correct duration is selected in the Grid
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menu, you can insert a note at the current position of the
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<a href="nv-rulers.html" title="Rulers and cursors">insert cursor</a> by pressing
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one of the pitch keys:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">A</strong></span> – Do (the tonic of the current key in the current clef)</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">S</strong></span> – Re</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">D</strong></span> – Mi</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">F</strong></span> – Fa</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">J</strong></span> – So</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">K</strong></span> – La</p></li><li><p><span><strong class="keycap">L</strong></span> – Ti</p></li></ul></div><p>Holding <span><strong class="keycap">Shift</strong></span> while pressing a key
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will sharpen the note (except for Mi and Ti, which don't
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have sharpened versions) and holding <span><strong class="keycap">Shift</strong></span>
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and <span><strong class="keycap">Ctrl</strong></span> together will flatten it (except
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for Fa and Do).</p><p>To enter notes an octave higher, use the corresponding
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keys on the next row up: <span><strong class="keycap">Q</strong></span>,
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<span><strong class="keycap">W</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">E</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">R</strong></span>,
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<span><strong class="keycap">U</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">I</strong></span>, and
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<span><strong class="keycap">O</strong></span>. Likewise to enter notes an octave
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lower, use <span><strong class="keycap">Z</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">X</strong></span>,
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<span><strong class="keycap">C</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">V</strong></span>, <span><strong class="keycap">B</strong></span>,
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<span><strong class="keycap">N</strong></span> and <span><strong class="keycap">M</strong></span>.</p></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2557105"></a>Other remarks</h4></div></div></div><p>All of the insertion commands are also available on a
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submenu of the Tools menu. It's unlikely you'd ever want to
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navigate the menus just to insert a single note, but the
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menus show the keyboard shortcuts and so provide a useful
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reference in case you forget which key is which.</p><p>The keyboard shortcuts are currently designed for use
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with a QWERTY-layout keyboard. There is not yet any way to
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remap the keys for another layout, short of reassigning each
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key individually using <span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenu">Settings</span></span>-><span xmlns:doc="http://nwalsh.com/xsl/documentation/1.0" class="guiitem"><span class="guimenuitem">Configure Shortcuts...</span></span>.</p></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="matrix-insertion-midi"></a>Entering notes using a MIDI keyboard</h3></div></div></div><p>
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You can enter notes into the matrix editor one at a time
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using a MIDI keyboard or other MIDI control device. The
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matrix editor uses the pitches you play on the keyboard,
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but the durations you have selected in the Grid setting of
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the editor itself. This is known as "step recording".
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To start entering notes from a MIDI keyboard, first make
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sure the keyboard is configured as a MIDI
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record device. Then make sure you have the right Grid
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setting in the View menu or toolbar, as this controls the
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note duration. Then press the step recording button on the matrix editor's toolbar,
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or select Step Recording from the Tools menu. From that
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point on all notes pressed on the MIDI keyboard will be
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inserted at the current insertion time in that window,
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until step recording is switched off again or activated in
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a different window or the window is closed.
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You can change the Grid setting while step recording is in
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progress, in order to insert notes of different durations.
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