Reference Guide

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View Reference
Piano Roll View
• Selecting the track you want to edit and clicking the Piano Roll view button in the Views
toolbar
• Double-clicking a MIDI clip in the Clips pane (you can change this option with the View Options
command that’s listed in the Clips pane pop-up menu, which appears when you right-click in the
Clips pane)
The Piano Roll view displays all MIDI notes and events from one or more tracks in either the Drum
Grid pane or the Notes pane. The Notes pane is a grid format that looks much like a player piano
roll. The Drum Grid pane is also laid out in a grid, but the sound of these drum notes are determined
by the settings in the Drum Map pane. In both the Drum Grid pane and the Notes pane, notes are
displayed as horizontal bars.
In the Notes pane, pitch runs from bottom to top, with the left vertical margin indicating the pitches as
piano keys or note names. Time is displayed running left to right with vertical measure and beat
boundaries.
In the Drum Grid pane, the drum sounds are mapped according to the current drum map in the Note
Map pane. Like the Notes pane, time is displayed running left to right with vertical measure and beat
boundaries.
The Piano Roll view makes it easy to add, edit, and delete MIDI events from a track.
The Piano Roll view consists of the Piano Roll View Toolbar, the Notes Pane, Note Map Pane, Drum
Grid Pane, the Controller Pane, and the Track List pane.
For more information, see:
Opening the View
Displaying Notes and Controllers (Piano Roll View Only)
Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll
Working with Multiple Tracks in the Piano Roll View
Piano Roll View Keyboard Shortcuts
Piano Roll View Toolbar
The following is a description of each of the tools and controls in the Piano Roll view toolbar:
Button What it does
Select tool
Select notes or controller events
Draw tool
Draw tool button in Auto-Erase
mode
Enter, edit and move notes and controller events. Use the drop-down
menu on the right side to enable Auto-Erase mode. When this mode is
enabled, you can erase notes by clicking them or dragging through
multiple notes. You can erase controller events by clicking each event.
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