Instruction Manual

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Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
beats in the measure. The Snap to Grid menu determines how precisely
you can place your notes in time.
You can edit notes by a variety of methods:
• Select notes, and then use editing commands from the Edit menu, the
Process menu, or the Event Inspector toolbar
• Move single or groups of selected notes with the Select tool
• Edit the pitch, location, duration, start time, and velocity of individual or
groups of selected notes with the Draw tool
• Delete notes with the Erase tool, or by holding the Alt key down while
you use the Draw tool
For step-by-step procedures, see the following topics:
Selecting Notes
Editing Notes with the Draw Tool and the Select Tool
Flexible Piano Roll Tools
Selecting Notes
There are several ways to select notes in the Piano Roll view and Inline
Piano Roll view:
• Click and drag in the Piano Roll view’s Time Ruler to select notes (and
other MIDI events) that start playing within the time range that you
select.
• In the Inline Piano Roll view, click and drag in the Track view’s Time
Ruler to select notes (and other MIDI events) that start playing within
the time range that you select. This selects data in the current track, or
all selected tracks.
• Click notes or drag around them with the Select tool .
• In the Piano Roll view only (not the Inline Piano Roll view): click or drag
the piano keys to the left of the Notes pane or the drum map rows in
Note Map pane to select all notes of the desired pitch(es).
• In the Inline Piano Roll view: Shift-click or Shift-drag the piano keys on
the MIDI Scale to select all notes of the desired pitch(es).
To Select Notes with the Select Tool
1. Activate the Select tool by clicking it in either the Piano Roll view toolbar
or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar (depending on which view you’re
working in).