Reference Guide

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The Piano Roll view
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
To make a track the current track in the Track List pane, click on the track. When a thin dotted line
surrounds the track, it is the current track.
The following is a list of ways to optimize the multiple track functionality in the Piano Roll view.
Selecting tracks to view
To assign tracks to the Track List pane, click the Piano Roll view Tracks menu and choose Pick
Tracks. Click on a track name to select it. Hold down the CTRL key and click more track names to
select additional tracks. To show the next or previous track, click the Piano Roll view Tracks menu
and choose Show Previous Track or Show Next Track. Selecting Show Previous Track(s) moves
the track or range of tracks down by one track number. Selecting Show Next Track(s) moves the
track or range of tracks up by one track number. For example, if you have tracks 2, 3 and 7
displayed in the Track List pane and you select Show Previous Track(s), the Track List pane
displays tracks 1, 2, and 6.
Display
If the notes of two tracks overlap, the notes of the topmost track in the Track List pane appear over
the notes of the other track. You can move a track up or down by in the Track List pane by clicking
and holding on the track and moving the track to the desired position.
All tracks ending in the same digit (2, 12, 22, etc.) share the same color. The default colors can be
changed using Edit > Preferences > Customization - Colors.
The Enable/Disable Track Editing button
The Enable/Disable Track Editing button sets whether or not you can edit the notes of a track
in the Piano Roll view. When the button appears white, editing is enabled and the track appears in
color. When the button appears gray, editing is disabled and the track appears in gray.
The Show/Hide Track button
The Show/Hide Track button controls whether or not a track appears in the Notes pane. The
button appears in color when toggled on, white when off.
Tip: Clicking a note will make the note’s parent track the current track.
Note: The Enable/Disable Track Editing button only disables the Piano Roll view tools; other
editing commands are still operational.