MIDI effects (MIDI plug-ins)

Cakewalk provides the ability to use plug-in MIDI effects. Using plug-in effects is similar to using the MIDI processing commands off-line. The overall procedure is as follows:

Select the MIDI data to be affected.

Right-click the selected clip(s) and choose Process Effect > MIDI Effects on the pop-up menu.

Set effect parameters (or select a preset if you’ve made one for this purpose).

Click Audition to preview the music with the effect applied.

Click OK to apply the effect to the selected MIDI data.

If you're not happy with the result, choose Edit > Undo before doing any additional work.

MIDI effects can be applied to whole or partial clips. For example, you can apply an echo to just one note.

MIDI effects can also be applied to MIDI tracks in real time (during playback) in the Track view, Track Inspector and Console views. Unlike any of the processing described so far, using effects in real time is non-destructive. This means that the MIDI data itself is not modified.

Note: Offline effects may cause your MIDI events to grow in size. For example, when you apply echo, the clip may need to grow to accommodate the tail end of the echo.

Cakewalk includes the following MIDI plug-ins:

Arpeggiator

Chord Analyzer

Echo/Delay

Event Filter

Quantize

Transpose

Velocity

 

See:

MIDI effects presets

Quantizing

Adding Echo/Delay

Filtering events

Adding Arpeggio

Analyzing chords

Changing velocities with the Velocity effect

Transposing MIDI notes with the Transpose MIDI effect