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Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll
To Insert a Series of Controllers
1. Choose Insert > Controllers to display the Insert Series of Controllers dialog box.
2. Choose the controller type from the Insert list.
3. Choose the controller number or type from the Number list.
4. Use the spinners or enter the desired MIDI channel.
5. Enter a starting and ending value in the Begin and End boxes.
6. Enter a starting and ending time in the From and Thru boxes.
7. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR inserts a series of controller events with values that change smoothly over time from the
starting to the ending value indicated in the dialog box. This command never inserts more than one
event on the same clock tick. If any controllers of the type you have selected already exist in the time
region, SONAR deletes these before inserting the new ones.
See:
Selecting Controllers
Editing Controllers
Selecting Controllers
To perform many editing procedures on controllers, you first need to select the controller events you
want to edit. A selected controller event turns dark when it is selected. You can select a single
controller event, multiple controller events of the same type, or all controller events.
To Select Controller Events of the Same Type
1. Click the Edit MIDI Event Type menu , choose the type of event you want to select
from the pop-up menu.
2. Activate the Select tool in the Piano Roll toolbar or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar (depending on
which view you’re working in), and select one or more controller events by using the following
techniques:
• Drag a rectangle around the edit handles of the controller events that you want to select.
• SHIFT-click or SHIFT-drag to add other controllers to the selection.
• CTRL-click to or CTRL-drag toggle the selection state of a controller.
• Click and drag in the Time Ruler.
Select controllers within note duration
When editing MIDI data it is often necessary to align the timing of Controller events with that of Note
events. For example, Sustain Pedal (CC64) events need to move along with the notes they are