Reference Guide

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Flexible Piano Roll tools
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
See:
To Edit Notes with the Draw Tool
To Edit Notes with the Select Tool
To Use the Erase Tool
Mouse Button
SONAR allows you to assign the following mouse buttons:
• Left
• Middle (if available)
• Right
Keys
In addition to a mouse button, you can optionally configure a mouse action to also use any
combination of the following keys:
•CTRL
•SHIFT
•ALT
Mouse Location
Each Piano Roll tool can perform various actions depending on where you click. The following is a
list of the seven clickable mouse locations with regard to events:
• Controller. Click the handle (top part) of a Controller event.
• Note Slip Start (left edge). Click the left edge of a Note event.
• Note Time Adjust. Click near left edge of a Note event, slightly to the right of the Note Slip Start
zone.
• Note Pitch Adjust. Click the center part of a Note event.
• Note Slip End (right edge). Click the right edge of a Note event.
• Note Velocity Adjust. Click the top part of a Note event.
• Nowhere. Click anywhere outside a Note event or Controller event.
A diagram displays the possible mouse locations in regards to Note events and Controller events:
Note: Because Windows has a long-established standard of using CTRL-drag for copy
operations, there is a potential conflict when using the CTRL key to program actions that involve
moving events. Therefore, the CTRL key requires some special attention:
If the CTRL key is part of a context for a move action, copying will be disabled if the CTRL key is
pressed.