Reference Manual

14 2 Editing MIDI Notes and Velocities
Changing Note Length.
Tip: To set a group of notes to the same length, select them all, grab the end of the longest one,
drag them all down to zero length and then extend them.
10.4.6 The ...Time Commands in the MIDI Editor
The standard clipboard commands like Cut, Copy and Paste only affect the currently selected
notes (or the notes within a time selection). But, as in Arrangement editing (page 83), there
are “... Time” commands that act upon the entire MIDI clip by inserting and deleting time.
Note that these operations do not change the clip start/end position or the loop brace settings.
•Duplicate Time places a copy of the selected timespan into the clip, along with any con-
tained notes.
•Delete Time deletes a selection of time from the MIDI clip, thereby moving any notes on
either side of the deleted area closer together in the timeline.
•Insert Time inserts as much empty time as is currently selected into the clip, before the se-
lection.
10.4.7 Quantizing Notes
There are three options for quantizing MIDI notes in Live. First, you can quantize MIDI notes as
you record them (page 212). Secondly, as previously mentioned, you can move notes so that
they snap to the visible grid lines. Finally, you can select a note or notes and choose the Quan-
tize command from the Edit menu, or use the [CTRL][U](PC) / [CMD][U](Mac) hotkey. The first
time you do this, you will see a dialog box with several quantization options. This will quantize
using default settings, or the settings that you previously applied.