Reference Guide

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The Piano Roll View

Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)

All tracks ending in the same digit (2, 12, 22, etc.) share the same color. The default colors can be

changed using Options > Colors.

The Enable/Disable Track Editing Button

The Enable/Disable Track Editing button sets whether or not you can edit the notes of a track

in the Piano Roll view. When the button appears white, editing is enabled and the track appears in

color. When the button appears gray, editing is disabled and the track appears in gray.

The Show/Hide Track Button

The Show/Hide Track button controls whether or not a track appears in the Notes pane. The

button appears in color when toggled on, white when off.

The Invert Tracks Button

If you use the Show/Hide Track button to hide any tracks in the Track List pane, you can show all

these tracks and hide the ones that are currently displayed by clicking the Invert Tracks button.

See:

Note Names

You can change the instrument definition for the active track in the Piano Roll view. Right-click the

piano keys in the Notes pane to open the Note Names dialog where you can use note names that

are defined as part of any instrument definition. For more information about instrument definitions,

see Instrument Definitions.

To Change the Active Track’s Instrument Definition

1. Right-click the left side of the Notes pane (where the piano keys or note names are displayed) to

display the Note Names dialog box.

Figure 80. The Note Names dialog

2. To use the note names from the assigned instrument (the default), click Use the Assigned

Instrument Settings. Click Configure to change the instrument definitions.

Note: The Enable/Disable Track Editing button only disables the Piano Roll view tools; other

editing commands are still operational.