User Manual

SEQUENCE EDITOR
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Figure 38-51: The Pencil tool.
2 If the desired data type does not yet have a layer,
choose the desired automation data type from the
track’s insert menu. This creates a layer and turns
the cursor into the Pencil tool.
Figure 38-52: Creating a new automation data layer for insertion.
3 Choose the desired shape of the curve you wish
to insert from the Pencil/Reshape Curve menu in
the Tool palette (shown below in Figure 38-53). If
you wish to insert just a single point, the curve
doesn’t matter.
Figure 38-53: Choosing a shape for inserting a continuous data
curve.
4 If you would like the curve shape you have
selected to snap to beats or a similar metric grid, set
the Edit Resolution and turn on the Edit Grid (see
“Snap to Grid” on page 339).
Doing so constrains periodic waveshapes to the
resolution of the edit grid. For example, if the Edit
Grid is set to a quarter note, and you insert a sine
wave, the sine wave will cycle once each quarter
note.
Hold down the Command/Ctrl key to override
grid snapping.
5 Insert data as follows:
Figure 38-54: Inserting a periodic waveform. In this example, a sine
wave curve is being inserted.
Constraining a periodic waveform to beats
To insert a continuous data periodic waveform that
conforms to a rhythmic grid (quarter notes, eighth
notes, etc.), set the edit grid to the duration that
To do this: Do this:
To insert a single event Click in the track with the Pencil.
To insert a stream of
events
Drag the Pencil. A stream of data is
inserted according to the curve shape
that you chose in the Tool palette. You
can conform to a beat grid with Edit
Resolution as explained in “Con-
straining a periodic waveform to
beats” below, and you can use the
waveform modifier keys described in
“Using modifier keys to control
period, phase, and other waveform
parameters” on page 386.