Reference Guide

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Adding and Editing Notes in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
2. Enable the Draw tool in the Piano Roll toolbar, or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar.
3. Choose a duration for the note by clicking a note-head button in the Piano Roll toolbar, or the
Note Duration menu in the track controls if you’re using the Inline Piano Roll view.
4. 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).
5. Click in the Notes pane at the pitch and location where you want the note; 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 view (this is called 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 each
view. You can display vertical grid lines that mark the beats in the measure by clicking the Show/
Hide Grid button in the Piano Roll view, or by right-clicking the Clips pane (not the Inline
Piano Roll view), choosing View Options from the pop-up menu, and checking the Display
Vertical Rules check box.
To Use the Erase Tool
1. Enable the Erase tool (make it turn blue) by clicking it, or by pressing E when the Piano Roll
view has focus.
2. Click or drag through the notes or controllers you want to delete.
3. To turn the Erase tool into the Draw tool temporarily, hold the ALT key down.
To Edit Velocity
1. If you want to edit multiple notes at the same time, select them with the Select tool (see “Selecting
Notes” on page 441 for help). Editing any of the notes in the selection edits all the selected notes
in the same way.
2. Make sure Velocity has a checkmark next to it in the Show/Hide MIDI Events menu.
3. Enable the Draw tool.
4. Move the cursor over the upper third of the middle of the note. When you reach the target area,
the Draw tool displays a small velocity column to show that you have enabled velocity editing (this
only happens if you’ve hidden the Controller pane).
5. Drag up or down to edit velocity. The tooltip shows you the velocity value that the cursor is
passing through, the difference from the original value, and how many notes you’re editing. If you
want to hear the changes in velocity as you make them, enable Velocity Audition in the Edit
MIDI Event Type drop-down menu.
Note 1: Instead of moving the cursor over the upper third of the note to activate velocity editing,
you can hold down the CTRL key instead. This allows you to drag the Draw tool horizontally to
draw the desired velocity level(s).