User Manual

NOTE AND AUTOMATION EDITING
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Nudging note positions with the arrow keys
You can use the left or right arrow keys to “nudge” the positions of selected note events:
D Hold [Ctrl](Win) or [Cmd](Mac) and use the left or right arrow key to move the position back or forward by the
set Snap value.
D Hold [Ctrl]+[Alt](Win) or [Cmd]+[Option](Mac) and use the left or right arrow key to move the position back or
forward in Tick increments.
There are 240 ticks per 1/16 note so this allows for very fine editing. Check the Tick value in the Inspector when
you nudge because typically you won’t see the position changes on the Edit Pane, unless you have zoomed in a lot.
D Hold [Ctrl]+[Shift](Win) or [Cmd]+[Shift](Mac) and use the left or right arrow key to move the position back or
forward in Beat increments.
About nudging notes outside an open clip
If you nudge notes outside the boundaries of an open clip, the notes will belong to the open clip, but become masked
since they are nudged outside the clip boundaries. The “Keep Events in Clip While Editing” setting has no effect
when nudging notes. If you want to move notes between clips, or to a new clip, you have to do that using the Selec-
tion Tool as described in “About moving notes outside or between clips”.
Moving notes with the “Alter Notes” function
The Alter Notes pane in the Tool Window
The “Alter Notes” function on the Sequencer Tools tab in the Tool Window alters the positions between the selected
notes, in a random fashion.
The “Alter Notes” function can be applied to:
• Individual (selected) note events in a note clip.
This has to be done in Edit Mode.
• All note events in one or several selected note clips.
This is done in the Song/Block View. If the clips are on the same lane, it can also be done in Edit Mode.
! In Edit Mode, select clip(s) by clicking on it/them in the Clip Overview.
• All note events in all note clips on one or several selected instrument tracks.
This has to be done in the Song/Block View.
• The Alter Notes function will only use the note positions that already exist among the selected notes.
D Adjust the alteration amount in with the Amount display.
q This function is especially useful for experimenting with rearranging Dr. Octo Rex loop slices (Record+Rea-
son). Select some slices on a Dr. Octo Rex track and use Alter Notes to rearrange the slices and create instant
variations, without losing the timing and rhythmic feel of the loop.
Moving notes with the “Extract Notes to Lanes” and “Explode” functions
It’s possible to move defined notes in a clip to new clips on new, additional lanes. See “Extract Notes to Lanes”.