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Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll
The controller events you added appear as vertical lines, each with an edit handle at the top that you
can drag. Each different type of controller event appears with a different color (see “Adding and
editing controllers in the Piano Roll” on page 672 for more information).
When you use the Draw tool, the speed with which you drag the mouse determines the density of
controller events. To insert a larger number of controller events with relatively small changes in
value, move the mouse slowly. To insert a smaller number of controller events with relatively large
changes in value, drag the mouse quickly.
To insert a series of controllers
1. Choose Insert > Series of 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” on page 678
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 Piano Roll view Edit menu and select the event type you wish to show/hide in the lane.
2. Select the Select tool in the Control Bar, 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.