Reference Guide

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Snap to Scale
Editing MIDI Events and Continuous Controllers (CC)
• In the Piano Roll view, right-click a track’s name in the Track List pane, and choose Scales >
(kind of scale) > (name of scale) from the pop-up menu.
To Choose a Root Note and/or a Scale for Multiple Tracks
1. Select the tracks for which you want to choose root notes and/or scales.
2. To select a root note for the selected tracks, use the Tracks > Snap to Scale > Root Note
command, and select the desired root note from the submenu.
3. To select a scale for the selected tracks, use the Tracks > Snap to Scale > Scales command,
and select the desired scale from the submenu.
To Create a Scale
1. Open the Scale Manager dialog by clicking the drop-down arrow in the Scale menu, and
choosing Scale Manager from the menu that appears (you can also use the Tracks > Snap to
Scale > Scales > Scale Manager command, or the right-click menu in the Piano Roll view’s
Track List pane).
2. In the Scale Family field, click the scale family that you want your scale to appear under when
your scale appears in the Scale menu.
3. Click the Create New Scale button .
The Scale Manager displays a default name (New Scale “n”) for the new scale, and automatically
selects C as the root note of the scale.
4. Edit the name of the new scale by clicking the default name (New Scale “n”) where it appears at
the very top of the Scale field, and then typing a new name for the scale.
5. Include or exclude individual notes for the scale by clicking either the keys in the keyboard
display, or by clicking the scale degree buttons under the Scale Degrees field. Included notes
appear as blue dots in the keyboard display, as depressed scale degree buttons, and as scale
degrees in the Scale Degrees field.
Figure 92. The Scale Manager dialog
A. Keyboard display B. Scale degree buttons
Note: All scales in the Scale Manager dialog use C as the root note.
A B