Reference Guide

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Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
The selected events are moved to the destination track.
Adding controllers
When you add a new controller type to a track, the controller type is automatically chosen in the
Show/Hide MIDI Events menu, so that you can see it. For help showing and hiding all the other
MIDI data you may have in your track or tracks, see “Displaying notes and controllers in the Inline
Piano Roll view” on page 685, “Displaying notes and controllers (Piano Roll view only)” on page 662,
and “Working with multiple tracks in the Piano Roll view” on page 659.
To add controller data with the Freehand tool
1. Click the Piano Roll view Edit menu and choose New Value Type to open the MIDI Event Type
dialog.
2. Choose options from the following fields:
• Type. Choose the type of controller you want to add (for example, choose Control if you want
to edit volume).
• Value. This field is greyed-out if you choose Wheel or ChanAft in the Type field. If you
choose Control, RPN, or NRPN in the Type field, choose which Control, RPN, or NRPN you
want to add. For example, to edit volume, choose 7-Volume in this field if you chose Control in
the Type field.
• Channel. Choose a MIDI channel for the controller if you want. If your track has a MIDI
channel listed in the Ch field, all MIDI data in your track uses the listed MIDI channel.
3. Click OK to close the dialog.
4. Select the Freehand tool in the Control Bar, and add your controller values by using one of
the following methods:
• Depress the mouse at the point where you want your controller messages to start, and drag
the Draw tool to draw the kind of curve you want your controller messages to follow. A tooltip
appears when you depress the mouse, and constantly reports the controller name, channel,
value, and location of the controller value that you are entering. Release the mouse where you
want your curve to end.
• To add one controller event at a time, click each place that you want to add a controller value.
A tooltip appears when you click, and reports the controller name, channel, value, and location
of the controller value that you are entering.
Note: It is impossible to move selected events to a lane that has an edit type of Velocity; the type
of event to transform to would be Note and the pitch could not be specified in this case. In this
case, the Move selected events to this lane menu command will be disabled and appear
grayed out.
Tip: To draw a straight line, hold the SHIFT key down while you draw.