User guide

424 Chapter 16 Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor
Moving Notes
You can move selected notes by grabbing them (near the middle) and dragging them.
If you move notes vertically, they will be transposed, and if you move them horizontally,
they will be moved in time.
The current position and pitch are shown in a help tag while dragging. The deviation
from the original pitch is shown as a positive or negative number of semitone steps at
the bottom left of the help tag. The original pitch remains in the info display of the
Piano Roll Editor.
When you move notes horizontally, they snap to the division defined in the Snap menu
(you can alter this setting at any time).
To make finer adjustments:
1 Select the desired notes.
2 Press Control, and drag the notes to the desired position.
The resolution of the drag steps is dependent on the current Snap menu setting and
zoom level (see “Snapping Edits to Time Positions” on page 418).
Alternately, you can follow the procedure above, but press Control-Shift as you drag to
move the notes in tick steps, completely overriding the Snap menu setting.
To limit note movements to one direction:
1 Open the Global preferences by doing one of the following:
 Choose Logic Express > Preferences > Global (or use the Open Global Preferences
key command).
 Click the Preferences button in the Arrange Toolbar, and choose Global from the
menu.
2 In the Editing tab, enable the Limit Dragging to One Direction in Piano Roll and Score
option.
When active, this option helps you to avoid accidental transpositions of notes when
moving them horizontally, or changing the position of notes when you’re trying to
change their pitch. The initial movement—vertical or horizontal—restricts further
movements to this plane, while the mouse button is held. Release the mouse button
and click on the event to move in the other direction.