Working with MIDI clips

To crop a clip’s start/end

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then drag to adjust the start/end position.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then drag to adjust the start/end position.

To move data and the clip edge

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag to adjust the start/end position.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer over the clip’s start or end point, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag to adjust the start/end position.

To move data without moving its clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer within the clip, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag left/right to move the data within the clip boundaries.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer within the clip, then hold ALT+SHIFT and drag left/right to move the data within the clip boundaries.

To select MIDI clips

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip, then click to select the clip.

With the Smart tool , position the pointer below the clip header, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Smart tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Smart tool , drag with the right mouse button to lasso the clips you want to select. It is sufficient to simply touch the clips you want to select; there is no need to fully enclose the clips.

With the Select tool , position the pointer over the bottom half of the clip, then click to select the clip.

With the Select tool , position the pointer over the top half of the clip, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Select tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag to make a time selection.

With the Select tool , drag with the right mouse button to lasso the clips you want to select. It is sufficient to simply touch the clips you want to select; there is no need to fully enclose the clips.

To scrub a MIDI clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

To scrub a single track, hold down the J key and drag across the track.

To scrub all visible tracks, hold down the J key and drag in the time ruler.

To mute/unmute a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Mute tool , drag across the bottom half of the clip to mute a time region, and drag across the top half to unmute a time region.

With the Mute tool , click the bottom half of the clip to mute the entire clip, and click the top half of the clip to unmute the clip.

With the Mute tool , position the pointer outside any clips and drag over the clips you want to mute/unmute.

To isolate a Take lane

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Mute tool , hold down the CTRL key and drag across the region you want to isolate.

With the Mute tool , hold down the CTRL key and click the clip to isolate the entire clip/lane.

All other Take lanes in the same track are muted.

To move a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the clip header, then drag the clip or selection to the desired location.

With the Move tool , drag the clip or selection to the desired location.

To erase a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Erase tool , position the pointer over the top half of the clip, then drag to erase a time selection.

With the Erase tool , position the pointer over the bottom half of the clip, then click to erase the entire clip.

With the Erase tool , position the pointer outside any clips, then drag over the clips you want to erase. Hold down the ALT key and drag to erase by time.

To split a clip

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer where you want to split the clip, then hold down ALT and click (or lasso to split a region).

With the Split tool , position the pointer where you want to split the clip, then click (or drag to split one or more clips at the mousedown and mouseup points).

To raise/lower a MIDI Clip Velocity envelope

1.	Set the track’s Edit Filter control to Clips.

2.	Select the Smart tool .

3.	Position the mouse pointer over the top half of the clip until the pointer looks like this , hold down the CTRL key and drag up/down.

Tip: For greater control over clip velocity envelopes, set the Event Filter to Clip Automation > Velocity.

Note: Clip envelopes can be adjusted in the parent track or in a Take lane.

 

See:

Working with audio clips

Working with MIDI notes

Working with automation envelopes

Working with AudioSnap transients

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