Reference Guide

686 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)

Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll

To select all notes of certain pitches (Inline Piano Roll view only)

1. Zoom the MIDI Scale in far enough to see the keys clearly (left-click and drag on the MIDI Scale).

2. SHIFT-click a piano key to select all the notes of that pitch, or SHIFT-drag through multiple notes

to select them.

CTRL-clicking to select multiple non-adjacent notes is not possible in the MIDI Scale.

See:

“Editing notes with the global tools” on page 686

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

Editing notes with the global tools

You can edit notes in the Piano Roll view and the Inline Piano Roll view with the same methods. The

Smart tool, Freehand tool and Select tool are useful for quick note editing. You can do the same

edits with commands in the Process menu (Length, Slide, Transpose). If you want to edit multiple

notes at the same time, first select them with the Select tool.

MIDI notes display their velocity value as a wide or narrow column. You can drag the column up or

down to edit the note’s velocity. Holding the Smart tool over the middle of the note in the upper third

of the note displays a small velocity column on the Smart tool to show that the tool is in the target

zone.

A. Smart tool in velocity-edit mode B. Tooltip showing cursor position C. Velocity column

Tooltips give you a constant readout of the cursor position, how much you’ve edited the selection,

and how many notes you’re editing.

In the following figure, the tooltip lists the current location of the cursor, how far the selection has

moved from its original location (1252 ticks to the right), the current pitch level and MIDI note number

of the cursor (E8 100), how far from the note’s original pitch the cursor has moved (1 half-step

higher), and how many notes are in the selection.