Instruction Manual

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Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
To Use the Erase Tool
1. Enable the Erase tool (make it turn blue) by clicking it, or by
pressing e when the Piano Roll view has focus.
2. Click or drag through the notes or controllers you want to delete.
3. To turn the Erase tool into the Draw tool temporarily, hold the Alt key
down.
To Edit Velocity
1. If you want to edit multiple notes at the same time, select them with the
Select tool (see Selecting Notes for help). Editing any of the notes in the
selection edits all the selected notes in the same way.
2. Make sure Velocity has a checkmark next to it in the Show/Hide MIDI
Events menu.
3. Enable the Draw tool.
4. Move the cursor over the upper third of the middle of the note. When
you reach the target area, the Draw tool displays a small velocity
column to show that you have enabled velocity editing (this only
happens if you’ve hidden the Controller pane).
5. Drag up or down to edit velocity. The tooltip shows you the velocity
value that the cursor is passing through, the difference from the original
value, and how many notes you’re editing. If you want to hear the
changes in velocity as you make them, enable Velocity Audition in the
Edit MIDI Event Type dropdown menu.
Note 1: instead of moving the cursor over the upper third of the note to
activate velocity editing, you can hold down the Ctrl key instead. This allows
you to drag the Draw tool horizontally to draw the desired velocity level(s).
Note 2: if you prefer to edit velocity in the Controller pane, display the
Controller pane (press C), and use the Draw tool to drag horizontally
through the vertical lines in the Controller pane that represent the velocity of
each note. You can also use the Draw tool or the Select tool to drag the tip
of a vertical line up or down. While you drag, a tooltip displays velocity and
location data.
To Edit Notes with the Select Tool
1. If you want to edit multiple notes at the same time, select them with the
Select tool. Editing any of the notes in the selection edits all the
selected notes in the same way.