When I write melodies with the mouse, the usual way to hear notes is either I place the note first (alt + left mouse), or click the vertical piano on the left side of the MIDI editor.
What I am looking for is a way to hear a note directly from the grid itself before placing it. The piano on the left works, but most of the time my mouse is in the middle of the MIDI part I am editing, not on the left side. It will be much easier if I could just click a spot on the grid, hear that pitch, then decide whether I want to place the note or not. Right now, if I test notes by placing them, I have to delete the ones I do not like, which adds extra steps.
So, is there any feature that lets me audition notes directly from the midi part grid without placing them first?
No, what you want is not possible. I don’t think that any DAW has such a feature.
You either use acoustic feedback, draw in the note and then delete or move the note to a different pitch or you play on a midi keyboard or the virtual keyboard (Alt/Opt-K) or the keybaord of the Key Editor.
If I use a keyboard, I can play and hear the note straight away. With the mouse, I can only audition by clicking the piano on the left, or by placing the note first and then deleting it if I do not want it.
I just meant it would be more convenient if clicking the grid could preview that pitch without writing the note first.
If the only reason you don’t want to use the Note is because you don’t like its pitch, that’s easy to deal with. When you initially create the Note it will be Selected, which means you can use the up/down arrows to move it to your preferred pitch. No need to create, delete, create, delete over and over.
I’ll often create my desired rhythm using Notes all on the same pitch - this also makes it easy to copy & paste rhythmic sections. Then I just arrow through them & adjust the pitches and try out various alternatives.
