Instruction Manual

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Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Controllers
• Click and drag in the Time Ruler.
Editing Controllers
Each controller value appears with a handle at the top of it, which you can
drag vertically with the Select tool or the Draw tool, or horizontally (Select
tool only).
Activate the Select tool or the Draw tool by clicking their respective icons in
either the Piano Roll view toolbar, or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar,
depending on which view you’re working in.
Tip: you can assign the Inline Piano Roll view tools to key bindings.
To Edit or Delete Controller Events with the Select Tool
1. Select the type of controller events you want to edit by clicking the Edit
MIDI Event Type menu , and choosing the controller
type from the popup menu.
The controller events you chose change shade to show that you can
edit them.
2. Drag the edit handle of each controller event that you want to edit
vertically and/or horizontally. A tooltip appears when you depress the
mouse, and constantly reports the controller name, channel, value, and
location of the controller value that you are editing. Release the mouse
where you want your controller value to be.
3. To delete controller events, select them, and press the Delete key.
To Edit or Delete Controller Events with the Draw Tool
1. Select the type of controller events you want to edit by clicking the Edit
MIDI Event Type menu, and choosing the controller type from the
popup menu.
Or
1. Click an edit handle on the type of controller events you want to edit.
This automatically chooses the controller in the Edit MIDI Event Type
menu.
The tails of the controller events you choose change to the same color
as their edit handles to show that you can edit them.
2. Edit the controller by using any of the following methods:
• To edit a single event, drag an edit handle vertically.