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Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
You add notes in the Piano Roll view or Inline Piano Roll view by first choosing a note duration in the
Piano Roll toolbar (or in the current track’s Note Duration menu if you’re using the Inline Piano Roll
view), and then clicking in the view with the Draw tool at the pitch location and time location where
you want the note to go. The pitch locations are marked by grey rows for the sharps or flats, and
white rows for naturals. Octaves are labeled on the keyboard display on the left side of the Piano
Roll view, and by the MIDI Scale in the Inline Piano Roll view. You can display different octaves by
dragging the vertical scroll bar that’s on the right side of the Piano Roll view, or by dragging the MIDI
Scale in the Inline Piano Roll view. The time locations are marked by the measure numbers in the
horizontal time ruler that’s at the top of the view, and by the vertical grid lines that mark the beats in
the measure. The Snap to Grid menu determines how precisely you can place your notes in time.
You can edit notes by a variety of methods:
• Select notes, and then use editing commands from the Edit menu, the Process menu, or the
Event Inspector toolbar
• Move single or groups of selected notes with the Select tool
• Edit the pitch, location, duration, start time, and velocity of individual or groups of selected notes
with the Draw tool
• Delete notes with the Erase tool, or by holding the ALT key down while you use the Draw tool
For step-by-step procedures, see the following topics:
Selecting Notes
Editing Notes with the Draw Tool and the Select Tool
Flexible Piano Roll tools
Selecting Notes
There are several ways to select notes in the Piano Roll view and Inline Piano Roll view:
• Click and drag in the Piano Roll view’s Time Ruler to select notes (and other MIDI events) that
start playing within the time range that you select.
• In the Inline Piano Roll view, click and drag in the Track view’s Time Ruler to select notes (and
other MIDI events) that start playing within the time range that you select. This selects data in the
current track, or all selected tracks.
• Click notes or drag around them with the Select tool .
• In the Piano Roll view only (not the Inline Piano Roll view): click or drag the piano keys to the left
of the Notes pane or the drum map rows in Note Map pane to select all notes of the desired
pitch(es).
• In the Inline Piano Roll view: SHIFT-click or SHIFT-drag the piano keys on the MIDI Scale to
select all notes of the desired pitch(es).