# Exploding notes during MIDI recording

**URL:** <https://forums.steinberg.net/t/exploding-notes-during-midi-recording/755334>\
**Category:** Dorico\
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/exploding-notes-during-midi-recording/755334 "2021-12-19T13:18:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![iainH](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/iainh/32/162088_2.png) [@iainH](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/iainH)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/exploding-notes-during-midi-recording/755334/1 "2021-12-19T13:18:00Z")

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Am I right in thinking that it is only possible to _ **record** _ notes from my MIDI keyboard to a single staff?  
I can _ **step input** _ notes to multiple adjacent staves from the MIDI keyboard but as soon as I record they all go to a single staff.

BTW: I am pretty impressed (using default settings only) how Dorico’s real-time MIDI recording gets note timing and length pretty much spot on to the notation I am expecting to see. … just need to explode the recorded notes to other staves “by hand” I suppose

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**Author:** ![FlorentG](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/florentg/32/2352_2.png) [@FlorentG](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/FlorentG)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/exploding-notes-during-midi-recording/755334/2 "2021-12-19T13:53:07Z")

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You can extend the caret (Shift-low arrow) and then record with the midi keyboard :

![chord](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/original/3X/0/7/0729a59656df89b233e928e24cb2277653dfbd82.gif)

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**Author:** ![dspreadbury](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/steinberg/user_avatar/forums.steinberg.net/dspreadbury/32/328687_2.png) [@dspreadbury](https://forums.steinberg.net/u/dspreadbury)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.steinberg.net/t/exploding-notes-during-midi-recording/755334/3 "2021-12-19T14:49:20Z")

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Iain’s right that you can’t currently record in real-time with the caret spanning multiple staves: you can only record on a single instrument. But this is certainly something we plan to implement in future.