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SELECTING
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Figure 45-2: An example of an event selection, shown here in the
Event List.
Making an event selection in the MIDI Editor
There are a number of techniques for selecting
individual MIDI events in the MIDI Editor. For
complete information, see “Selecting Notes” on
page 400 in the MIDI Editor chapter. Many of these
techniques apply to event selection in other edit
windows: Sequence Editor, Drum Editor, etc.
Figure 45-3: Making an event selection (notes, in this case) in the MIDI
Editor.
Making an event selection in the QuickScribe
Editor
For information about selecting notes in the
QuickScribe Editor, see “Selecting notes for
editing” on page 474.
Making an event selection in the Track
Overview
This section explains how to make event selections
using the Track Overview. Also see “Selecting a
time range in the Track Overview” on page 530.
Event selection in the Track Overview is affected by
the Cursor Selection mode setting (Preferences>
Editing> Tools). For details, see “Choosing a
Pointer tool selection mode” on page 526.
To make an event selection in the Track Overview:
1 Choose the Pointer tool in the Tools palette (or,
as a shortcut, double-tap the “a” key).
2 Place the cursor in the middle of a data phrase
“block” so that the cursor turns into an arrow
(instead of a cross-hair).
Be sure you use the arrow cursor. The cross-hair
cursor is for selecting a time range (see the next
section).
☛ If the arrow cursor does not appear, make sure
that the Cursor Selection Mode (Preferences>
Editing> Tools) is set to either Event & Phrase
Selections Only or All Selections.
Figure 45-4: Put the cursor over the very center of a data block to
produce the arrow cursor shown here.
3 Click the phrase with the arrow cursor to select
it.
The events displayed inside the phrase becomes
selected, showing a gold highlight and outline. This
is similar to selecting the events in the Event List. In
fact, if you open the track’s Event List, you’ll see the
events highlighted in the list.