Reference Guide

680 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

The Piano Roll view

Opening the view

There are several ways to open the Piano Roll view:

• In the Track view, select the track you want to see, then choose Views > Piano Roll View or

press ALT+3

• In the Track view, right-click on a track and choose Views > Piano Roll from the pop-up menu

• Double-click on a MIDI clip in the Clips pane

• In a soft synth’s property page, click the Open View button to open the default MIDI editing view.

Each selected track is displayed. To switch to different tracks, click the Piano Roll view Tracks menu

and choose the track you want.

The Piano Roll view lets you edit notes and controllers during playback or recording, in real time.

This means you can loop over a portion of your project and hear any change you make on the next

loop. The Piano Roll view also shows notes on-screen as you record them.

See:

“Working with multiple tracks in the Piano Roll view” on page 680

“Displaying notes and controllers (Piano Roll view only)” on page 683

“Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll” on page 684

“Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll” on page 695

Working with multiple tracks in the Piano Roll view

You can view as many tracks as you want in the Piano Roll view. When you display several tracks at

the same time in the Piano Roll view, you control which track(s) you can see and/or edit by using the

buttons in the Track List pane. To show or hide the Track List pane, click the Piano Roll view View

menu and choose Show/Hide Track Pane.

If you want to edit the data in a track, you must make the track you want to edit the current track. The

name of the current track appears highlighted in the Track List pane. The following shows three

tracks in the Track List pane:

A. Track’s data shown in Notes pane B. Track’s data hidden in Notes pane C. Mute D. Track enabled for track

editing E. Solo F. Arm G. Track disabled for track editing H. Output I. Current track

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