Reference Guide

684 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll

You add notes in the Piano Roll view or Inline Piano Roll view by first choosing a note duration in the

Control Bar’s Tools module and then dragging in the view with the Smart tool or Freehand tool at the

pitch location and time location where you want the note to go. The pitch locations are marked by

grey rows for the sharps or flats, and white rows for naturals. Octaves are labeled on the keyboard

display on the left side of the Piano Roll view, and by the MIDI Scale in the Inline Piano Roll view.

You can display different octaves by dragging the vertical scroll bar that’s on the right side of the

Piano Roll view, or by dragging the MIDI Scale in the Inline Piano Roll view. The time locations are

marked by the measure numbers in the horizontal time ruler that’s at the top of the view, and by the

vertical grid lines that mark the beats in the measure. Use the Snap module in the Control Bar to

specify how precisely you can place your notes in time.

You can edit notes by a variety of methods:

• Select notes, and then use editing commands from the Edit menu, the Process menu, or the

Event Inspector.

• Move single or groups of selected notes with the Select tool.

• Edit the pitch, location, duration, start time, and velocity of individual or groups of selected notes

with the Smart tool or Freehand tool .

• Delete notes with the Erase tool , or by right-clicking with the Smart tool .

For step-by-step procedures, see the following topics:

“Selecting notes” on page 684

“Editing notes with the global tools” on page 686

“Working with MIDI notes” on page 484

“Piano Roll view snap resolution” on page 691

Selecting notes

There are several ways to select notes in the Piano Roll view and Inline Piano Roll view:

• Click and drag in the Piano Roll view’s Time Ruler to select notes (and other MIDI events) that

start playing within the time range that you select.

• In the Inline Piano Roll view, click and drag in the Track view’s Time Ruler to select notes (and

other MIDI events) that start playing within the time range that you select. This selects data in the

current track, or all selected tracks.

• With the Smart tool , click notes, or drag around them with the right mouse button.

• With the Select tool , click notes, or drag around them.

• In the Piano Roll view only (not the Inline Piano Roll view): click or drag the piano keys to the left