Instruction Manual

270 Recording

Step Recording

• Type a location in MBT (Measure-Beat-Tick) format in the insertion

point location field.

4. Choose a step size by doing one of the following:

• For common step sizes, click one of the notehead icons to choose

a step size as large as a whole note or as small as a 64th note

. You can increase the step size you choose by 50% or 75% by

clicking the dot icon , or double-dot icon , respectively. You

can add different step sizes together by holding down the Ctrl key

while you click extra icons, or by pressing the + key on the

NumPad.

• For a tuplet step size, click a notehead icon to choose the “tuplet

unit” (for example, for eighth-note triplets, choose an eighth note).

Then enable the Tuplet checkbox and fill in the “n” in time of “n”

fields. For example, if you want quarter-note triplets, click the

quarter-note icon , enable the Tuplet checkbox, and fill in 3 in

the time of 2, which means 3 quarter notes in the time of 2 quarter

notes. If you want eighth-note triplets, click the eighth-note icon ,

enable the Tuplet checkbox, and fill in 3 in the time of 2. If you

wanted 5 notes in one beat, click the quarter-note icon, enable the

Tuplet checkbox, and fill in 5 in the time of 1.

• If you want to create a custom step size, click the N button , and

fill in the number of ticks in the ticks field.

5. Choose a duration by doing one of the following:

• If you want duration and step size to be the same, enable the

Follow Step Size checkbox.

• If you want duration and step size to be different, disable the Follow

Step Size checkbox and fill in a percentage value in the % of Note

Value field.

6. Choose a destination track for your recording in the Destination Track

field.

7. If you want the insertion point to advance automatically when you play

your MIDI controller, enable the Auto Advance checkbox.

8. Play a note or chord on your MIDI controller. When you release the

note(s), the insertion point moves by the step size, if the Auto Advance

checkbox is enabled. If Auto Advance is not enabled, you can release