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MIDI Editors
There are several ways to edit MIDI in Cubase. You can use the tools and functions in the Project window for large-scale editing or the functions on the MIDI menu to process MIDI parts in various ways. To manually edit your MIDI data on a graphical interface, you can use the MIDI editors.
Key Editor Operations
This section describes the principal editing operations within the Key Editor.
Matching Note Events to a Musical Scale
You can select a musical scale that is based on all or selected note events in the Key Editor and match note events to it.
Quantizing MIDI Note Pitches to Musical Scales
You can quantize MIDI note pitches to the nearest pitch of the selected scale.

Quantizing MIDI Note Pitches to Musical Scales

You can quantize MIDI note pitches to the nearest pitch of the selected scale.

Prerequisite

In the Key Editor, you have selected a scale for your MIDI notes or you have selected a Chord Track Mode.

Open the Scale Assistant section of the Inspector.
Optional: Activate Show Scale Note Guides.
Do one of the following:
- Select the notes in the note event display whose pitches you want to quantize.
- Deselect all notes in the note event display to quantize all note pitches of the MIDI part.
Click Quantize Pitches.

All note pitches that do not match the selected scale are quantized to the nearest pitches in the scale.