Reference Guide

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Snap to Scale
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
To choose a scale for a single track
• Do either or the following:
• In the Track Inspector, click the drop-down arrow in a track’s Scale control, and choose a
scale note from the menu that appears. The scale options in the menu contain both factory-
supplied scales and ones that you create and/or edit.
• In the Piano Roll view, right-click a track’s name in the Track List pane, and choose Scales >
(kind of scale) > (name of scale) from the pop-up menu.
To create a scale
1. Open the Scale Manager dialog by clicking the drop-down arrow in the Scale menu, and
choosing Scale Manager from the menu that appears.
2. In the Scale Family field, click the scale family that you want your scale to appear under when
your scale appears in the Scale menu.
3. Click the Create New Scale button .
The Scale Manager displays a default name (New Scale “n”) for the new scale, and
automatically selects C as the root note of the scale.
4. Edit the name of the new scale by clicking the default name (New Scale “n”) where it appears at
the very top of the Scale field, and then typing a new name for the scale.
5. Include or exclude individual notes for the scale by clicking either the keys in the keyboard
display, or by clicking the scale degree buttons under the Scale Degrees field. Included notes
appear as blue dots in the keyboard display, as depressed scale degree buttons, and as scale
degrees in the Scale Degrees field.
Note: All scales in the Scale Manager dialog box use C as the root note.