Manualshelf

User Manual

ManualsBrandsAbleton ManualsAudio SoftwareLive 8 - Upgrade from Version 7 - SOFTWARE FOR AUDIO PRODUCTIONS
141142143144145146147148149150
Table Of Contents
CHAPTER 10. EDITING MIDI NOTES AND VELOCITIES 142
Clicking and dragging in the background selects a timespan. To select all of the notes
that begin during the timespan, press
Return
.
After placing the insert mark, you can manipulate it using your computer keyboard.
Press or to move the insert mark to the left or right, according to the grid
settings.
Ctrl
(PC) /
Alt
(Mac) or moves the insert mark to the next note
boundary.
Hold down while pressing the arrow keys to extend or retract the selected
timespan by moving the insert mark.
Alt
(PC) /
Alt
(Mac)+ while pressing
the arrow keys extends or retracts from the opposite side of the selection.
The insert mark can be moved to the beginning or end of a MIDI clip by pressing the
Home or End key, respectively.
As we have seen, notes in the MIDI Editor can be moved both horizontally (changing their
position in time) and vertically (changing their transposition). They can be moved either by
clicking and dragging, or with the arrow keys on your computer keyboard; in either case,
they are subject to grid and offset snapping. If you are playing the clip while you edit notes,
you can listen to them play in their new assignments as you change them.
Several key modiers also apply to note editing:
To transpose selected notes by octave, hold down while pressing or .
or extends or retracts the duration of selected notes, according to the
grid settings.
To change the selection to the next note in the same key track, hold the
Alt
(PC) /
(Mac) while pressing or .
Alt
(PC) / (Mac) or moves
the selection to the next note in time.
You can use the modier to click and add individual notes or additional rubber-
band selections to your current selection. You can also remove a single note from
your selection by holding down and clicking on it. Holding and clicking
on the piano roll adds all notes in a single key track to the current selection, or removes
them if they were already selected.
Selecting a note (or notes) makes it subject to commands from the Edit menu, such as Copy
and Paste. Notes in the clipboard will be pasted starting at the location of the insert mark.