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Hi guys. I’m looking find the quickest way to do the following MIDI note edits. Would appreciate suggestions and pointers. Haven’t been able to figure it out.

  1. Staggering notes to form a “strum”:
    Let’s say I have a C maj chord where C, E and G have the same note start time. Let’s say my quantize is 1/8. I would like to shift E’s note start position by 1/8 and G’s by 1/4. I came across a video describing this functionality in FL studio (How To Make Guitar Strums - YouTube). I’m sure there must be a way to do it in Cubase, just that I don’t know where to start.

  2. Hi-Hats:
    Say I have a series of MIDI 1/4 notes and I want to cut them all in half so that they become a series of 1/8 notes. What’s the quickest way to do it? When using the slice tool, I am only able to edit one note at a time.