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Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
supposed to sustain, and Pitch Wheel events need to move along with the notes whose pitch they
are supposed to modify.
When the Select Controllers within Note Duration mode is enabled, selecting a Note event or a
range of Note events will also automatically select any Controller events that exist within the time
range of the Note event(s).
Note events can be selected by clicking the notes or by lasso-selecting the notes. For more
information, see “Selecting Notes” on page 441.
The following rules apply when multiple Note / Controller event types are selected:
• Dragging a Note event vertically will not affect the selected Controller event(s).
• Dragging a Note event in time (horizontally) will also drag the Controller event(s) along with it in
time.
• Dragging Controller events vertically will not affect the selected Note event(s).
• Dragging Controller events in time will also drag Note events along with them in time.
• If multiple Controller types are selected, only the type you click on can be dragged vertically. The
rest will only move in time (horizontally).
To enable/disable ‘Select Controllers within Note Duration’
Click the Select Controllers within Note Duration button in either the Piano Roll view toolbar
or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar in the Track view.
The toolbar button lights up when enabled.
Editing Controllers
Each controller value appears with a handle at the top of it, which you can drag vertically with the
Select tool or the Draw tool, or horizontally (Select tool only).
Activate the Select tool or the Draw tool by clicking their respective icons in either the Piano Roll
view toolbar, or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar, depending on which view you’re working in.
To Edit or Delete Controller Events with the Select Tool
1. Select the type of controller events you want to edit by clicking the Edit MIDI Event Type menu
, and choosing the controller type from the pop-up menu.
The controller events you chose change shade to show that you can edit them.
Note: The state of the Select Controllers within Note Duration mode is global and applies to
both the Piano Roll view and inline Piano Roll.
Tip: You can assign the Inline Piano Roll view tools to key bindings.