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Piano Roll View
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Erase button
When this button is enabled, you can erase notes or controller events by
clicking them.
Pattern Brush tool
Click and drag to “paint” notes in either the Drum Grid pane or Notes
pane. Click the drop-down arrow to show the drop-down menu of
pattern options, velocity options, and polyphony options. The notes you
enter using the Pattern Brush tool follow the parameters you set in the
Pattern Brush drop-down menu, the Snap to Grid resolution, and the
Note Duration in the Piano Roll view toolbar.
Scrub tool
Plays all displayed tracks as you drag the cursor forward or backward
Whole Note
Set the note duration for new notes to whole notes
Half Note
Set the note duration for new notes to half notes
Quarter Note
Set the note duration for new notes to quarter notes
Eighth Note
Set the note duration for new notes to eighth notes
16th Note
Set the note duration for new notes to Sixteenth notes
32nd Note
Set the note duration for new notes to 32nd notes
Dotted Note
Creates a dotted note of the note duration you have selected.
Triplet
Creates a triplet of the duration you have selected.
Snap to Grid button
When depressed, controls what size blocks of musical time you can
select.
Pick Tracks button
The left side of the Pick Tracks combo button opens the Pick Tracks
dialog, and the drop-down arrow on the right side contains the Show
Next Track and Show Previous Track commands
Show/Hide Track Pane
Shows or hides the Track List pane on the right side of the Piano Roll
view.
Use Controller Pane
Shows or hides the Controller pane. When you show the Controller
pane, controller events appear in the Controller pane. When you hide
the Controller pane, controller events appear in the Notes pane.
All Tracks button
Displays the MIDI data for every track currently listed in the Track List
pane.
No Tracks button
Shows no data in the Notes pane.
Button What it does
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