
Note length, velocity, pans, pitch, expression, volume etc are all controlled via the key editor.

Once notes have been either input via a midi controller or ‘drawn’ in using the DAW’s tools they can then be processed further. The ability to manually input notes and edit them to fit the required remit for any genre makes this a very powerful feature to have. This makes the key editor the perfect tool to use in programming drum beats. It is within the key editor that we can input notes and edit them to taste.

All manner of global and note midi events can be controlled within the key editor using continuous controllers or simple midi data lanes.

The key editor allows for detailed editing of notes and non-note events such as midi controllers and timing data. It displays notes graphically in a piano roll-style grid and these notes can be edited in detail within the key editor. The key editor in any DAW is the default midi editor for all midi notes input via a midi controller or manually using the draw tools available within the DAW. This is where the power of the key editor in your DAW comes into play.

Some will say that hitting pads or triggering electronic drum kits via midi is far more intuitive and ‘natural’ and I completely agree with this sentiment but for those of us that are not gifted drummers or beat-makers we have to do things step by step and have control over each step.
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Not everyone can lay down a great drum groove be it using a drum kit or a pad-based sampler like the MPC series of beatboxes some people need to resort to DAW-based microprogramming to get a drum beat grooving.Īlthough I like hitting sampler based drum pads I find that programming beats using the DAW’s key editor a far more intuitive way to work as I can manage every drum element in isolation and apply all manner of dynamic processing and timing variances to the overall beat.
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