Instruction Manual

438 Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
2. Set the Snap to Grid to the desired value (if you’re editing in the Inline
Piano Roll view, make sure you use the PRV tab of the Snap to Grid
dialog).
3. Edit notes as described in the table:
To Change Note Properties
1. Right-click a single note to display the Note Properties dialog box.
2. Edit the desired start time, pitch, duration, velocity, or channel.
3. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR updates the note event accordingly. Note that you can also edit
note velocity in the Notes pane and the Event Inspector toolbar. For
information on changing note velocities in the Drum Grid Editor, see Editing
Note Velocities. For more information, see Velocity, Pitch Wheel, and
Aftertouch.
To Scrub (Audition) Tracks in the Piano Roll View
1. Click or press B to select the Scrub tool.
2. Press and hold the left mouse button in the Piano Roll view. SONAR
displays a vertical line and plays any notes that are underneath the line.
To do this… Do this…
Change the start time, but
not the duration
Drag the note left or right
Change the pitch Drag the note up or down.
Move selected notes, or a
single note only vertically, or
only horizontally
Hold the Shift key down, and move the Select
tool over a note so that the cursor displays a
horizontal double-ended arrow (if you want to
drag horizontally) or a vertical double-ended
arrow (if you want to drag vertically), and
then move the note(s).
Copy and paste notes Hold the Ctrl key down, and drag notes
horizontally and/or vertically, and release the
mouse at the desired location.
Delete notes Press the Delete key.