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overlap. If you double-click where it overlaps, you’ll
get a time range selection that includes the
durations of both notes. If you double-click where
it doesn’t overlap, you’ll get a time range selection
of just the note you clicked.
I-Beam cursor
Click the I-Beam tool at any location in any graphic
editor to place an I-Beam cursor (flashing vertical
line) wherever you click. The I-Beam cursor serves
two basic purposes:
■ An insertion point for a paste or merge
operation
■ An anchor point for selection commands
For further information about making selections
with the insertion point, see “Initiating time range
selections with an insertion point” on page 533 and
“Modifying a time-range selection using the
computer keyboard” on page 534.
Getting an insertion point in an event list
To get an insertion point in an event list, click the
line that separates two items in the list. The line will
begin to blink. You can insert an event at that
location (one tick after the event above the
insertion point).
PENCIL TOOL
The Pencil tool lets you insert data using
the following techniques:
The Pencil tool settings in the Drum Editor
When inserting notes in the Drum Editor, the
Drum Editor Tool Settings Pane shows the settings
for inserting notes For details, see “The Pencil
settings” on page 446.
INSERT/RESHAPE CURVE
Controls the shape or curve of
continuous data when you insert it with
the Pencil tool or modify it with the
Reshape tool. For complete details, see “Inserting
continuous data in Points or Bars mode” on
page 407 and “Reshape tool”, below.
RESHAPE TOOL
The Reshape tool lets you reshape a
stream of continuous data. For complete
details, see “Reshape Mode menu”. The
techniques can be used in any continuous data
grid, including volume editing mode for audio and
MIDI tracks in the Sequence Editor.
To do this: Do this with the Pencil tool:
To insert an event Click in a note grid or continuous data
grid.
To remove a MIDI note Click it on a MIDI note grid.
To insert continuous
data curve (MIDI or
audio)
Click the master track button for the
desired track, if any, click the Pencil
tool, choose the desired shape from
the in the Tool palette, choose the
desired data type in the continuous
data grid (or make it the active layer in
the Sequence Editor) and then click or
drag on the grid.
To edit audio pitch
automation
Click and drag on the audio pitch dis-
play.
To edit samples in the
Waveform Editor
Click them or drag over them.