How to edit or delete midi notes in midi track layers?

[Michael John]

Using Studio One 6.0.2.91029 Artist:

I have a vst on a track and have created many comping midi note layers. Is there a way to edit or delete midi notes on individual comp layers? I would like to delete measures in many track layers. Not the main track- only in some comp layers.

Highlighting a layer with mouse does not select the midi notes in a layer, it activates them to the main track. Thanks

 

[soundofdrums]

You’d need to activate the layer you want to edit, make the edits and then activate your main layer again (or whichever other layer you want to edit)

 

[Michael John]

You’d need to activate the layer you want to edit, make the edits and then activate your main layer again (or whichever other layer you want to edit)

That works thanks. But how do I keep the main track unchanged when activating layers to edit those layers? My main track is a mix of comping takes I selected and want to keep, but now I want to edit and clean up several midi note layers.

When I activate a layer the main track is replaced with that layer. Which lets me edit the notes of that layer. When I'm done with editing notes in many layers I want my main track as it was back. How?

 

[soundofdrums]

If you activate the layer you want to edit by using the arrow in the expand layers view it’ll just promote that layer up and move your comp layer back down into the inactive layer list. It shouldn’t overwrite it

 

[soundofdrums]

You could alternatively expand layers to tracks which would turn all of your layers into independent tracks. You could then just put them in a folder and mute them when you don’t need them and keep your comped track as the main working version.

 

[Michael John]

If you activate the layer you want to edit by using the arrow in the expand layers view it’ll just promote that layer up and move your comp layer back down into the inactive layer list. It shouldn’t overwrite it

Working, thanks! I had a hard time finding which layer my main track was on when I promoted a layer to edit it, because I have over 100 midi layers.

Question- when I promote a layer and edit it, which layer does the main go into? So I can locate it and promote it back to top.

 

[soundofdrums]

Good question, I actually don’t know. Just trying it quickly and I can’t seem to see a pattern, I imagine there must be a sensible reason for where they go.
You can rename your comp layer so it makes it obvious where it is…

 

[Michael John]

I'm finding that comp layers are not meant for lots of note editing but mainly for comping takes to the top. Even though you can edit a layer when it's promoted/activated, it's too confusing to try and track what layers you've edited. A promoted layer disappears when it becomes active. Because it disappears, layers are not meant for note editing.

So I will use the Unpack layers to tracks function to then do detail editing of take layers.

I'm use to Cakewalk comp layers working also as actual tracks at same time (they are new tracks but under the main track). Studio One layers are not new tracks until you unpack them. It's a great feature in Cakewalk to comp using actual tracks.