Reference Guide

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Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
2. Click to select the Draw tool. If the Draw tool button is in Auto-Erase mode, it looks like this:
. If the Draw tool is in Auto-Erase mode, use the drop-down menu that’s next to it to disable
Auto-Erase mode, unless you want to delete notes.
3. Set the Snap to Grid to the desired value (if you’re editing in the Inline Piano Roll view, make sure
you use the PRV tab of the Snap to Grid dialog).
4. Edit notes as described in the table:
To Draw Notes
1. In the Edit MIDI Event Type menu in the Piano Roll view, or the Inline Piano Roll view (depending
on which view you’re working in), select Notes/Velocity.
To do this Do this
Change the start time, but not the
duration
Drag the left edge of the note in either direction.
The start time of the note is moved to the new location.
Change the pitch Drag the middle of the note up or down.
Move the note horizontally Move the cursor just inside the left edge of the note until it looks like this:
Then drag left or right.
Change the duration Drag the right edge of the note in either direction.
Copy and paste notes Hold the CTRL key down, and drag notes so as to either move them
horizontally or change the pitch (see above), and release the mouse at the
desired location.
Add a note See “To Draw Notes” on page 444.
Edit velocity See “To Edit Velocity” on page 445.
Delete notes Enable the Draw tool’s Auto-Erase mode (in the drop-down menu next to it),
and click notes. When the Draw tool’s Auto-Erase mode is enabled, a small
eraser icon appears at the bottom of the Draw tool when the Draw tool
approaches notes from below. Alternatively, click the Erase tool to enable it,
and click each note that you want to delete, or drag through multiple notes.
Tip: Hold the ALT key down to toggle the Draw tool’s Auto-Erase mode, or
to temporarily turn the Erase tool into the Draw tool.
Table 82.