A Sequence is built up with "events".
The most known type of event is a Note event. Another event type is Pitch Bend, which changes the pitch while a note is playing.
The Sequence Editor consists of 2 sub-editors: the Note Editor where you can draw and edit the note events, and the Event Graph Editor below the Note Editor, where you can edit note velocities and controller and parameter curves.
There is a horizontal splitter between the two that you can drag up and down, so you can divide the workspace as you whish.
Note Editor
The below picture demonstrates what you can do with the mouse:
More Info Tips:
- To pan/zoom the editor, use the standard editor navigation methods.
- Press [Tab] to switch between Composer and Sequence Editor.
- You can also press [Esc] and [Return] keys to go back to the Composer.
- You set the sequence loop locators via the timebar's context menu.
- Click the piano keyboard to play a key.
- A lot of operations can be done on multiple notes at once. Just select the notes you want to include in the operation.
- [Ctrl]+[A] selects all notes.
Event Graph Editor
By clicking on the left side of the Event Graph Editor, you can select what you want to edit.
The Event Graph Editor can work in 2 different modes: Bar mode, e.g. to edit velocity bars, and curve mode, e.g. to edit a MIDI controller or parameter curve. MU.LAB automatically selects the proper mode.
The below picture demonstrates what you can do with the mouse in bar mode:
The below picture demonstrates what you can do with the mouse in curve mode:
More Info Tips:
- To pan/zoom the editor, use the standard editor navigation methods.
- Press [Tab] to switch between Composer and Sequence Editor.
- You can also press [Esc] and [Return] keys to go back to the Composer.
- You set the sequence loop locators via the timebar's context menu.
- [Ctrl]+[A] selects all matching events.
Sequence Loop
Each sequence can have its own independent loop. This means you can build up a composition with a sequence looping every 8 beats while another sequence is looping every 12 beats. This also allows for nice poly-rhythmic music.
To set a sequence loop, popup the timebar's context menu and choose "Set Loop Start" and "Set Loop End", or drag the loop locators around.
By default, when drawing a new sequence part, the sequence is looped over the part length, as you drew it.
Once you got a sequence loop, you can also change the length of a sequence loop by dragging the loop/end locators around.
But you can also extend a sequence loop via the loop start/end locator's context menu -> "Change Loop Length". This way, you get a lot of interesting options.
The part start locator defines where the part starts playing the sequence. By default a sequence part starts playing at the loop start, but for example when splitting parts, the part start locator will be set at the split point. You can change the part start locator as you like.
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