User Manual

Pro Tools Reference Guide1024
Transpose By (Octaves) Transposes selected
MIDI notes by up to +/– 10 octaves, or transposes
selected Elastic Audio clips up to +/– 2
octaves.
Transpose By (Semitones) Transposes selected
MIDI notes up or down chromatically by up to
+/–127 semitones, or transposes selected Elastic
Audio clips up or down chromatically by up to +/–
48 semitones (4 octaves).
Transpose (From and To) Transposes selected
MIDI notes, or selected Elastic Audio clips, by
semitones, as expressed by the difference between
the source and destination pitches. Transposing
from C3 to F#3, for example, transposes the notes
up by an augmented fourth (six semitones).
Transpose All Notes To Transposes all selected
notes to the same pitch. Use the slider or the num-
ber entry box to enter the pitch to which to trans-
pose all selected notes. This option is not applica-
ble to Elastic Audio clips.
Transpose In Key Transposes selected notes in
key up or down by scale steps (based on the Key
Signature ruler). This option is not applicable to
Elastic Audio clips.
To transpose MIDI notes:
1 If you will be transposing a group of tracks, en-
able the Edit Group.
2 Select the MIDI notes you want to transpose.
3 Choose Event > Event Operations > Transpose.
4 Select the Transpose option (By, From and To,
All Notes To, or In Key).
5 Set the corresponding pitch fields.
With any pitch field selected, play a note on your
MIDI controller to automatically enter it as the
pitch value.
6 Click Apply.
To transpose all notes on a track down by an
octave:
1 With the Selector tool, double-click in the track
to select all of its MIDI notes.
2 Choose Event > Event Operations > Transpose.
3 Select the Transpose By option.
4 Enter a value of –1 octave.
5 Click Apply.
To transpose selected notes in key:
1 Select the MIDI notes you want to transpose.
2 Choose Event > Event Operations > Transpose.
3 Select Transpose in Key.
4 Adjust the slider (or type a number) for the
number of scale steps (+ or –) by which you
want to transpose the selection. For example, to
transpose down a third, enter “–2.”
5 Click Apply.
Event Operations window, Transpose
Press Option+T (Mac) or Alt+T (Windows)
to open the Transpose window.