Working with MIDI notes

To adjust a MIDI note’s velocity

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer near the top center of the note, then drag up/down.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer near the top center of the note, then drag up/down.

To scale all selected MIDI note velocities

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Select all the Note velocities you want to scale.

3.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer near the top center of any selected note, then hold down the SHIFT key and drag up/down.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer near the top center of the note, then hold down the SHIFT key and drag up/down.

All other selected velocities scale accordingly.

To anchor stretch all selected MIDI note velocities

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Select all the Note velocities you want to scale.

3.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer near the top center of any selected note, then hold down the CTRL key and drag up/down.

With the Edit tool , position the pointer near the top center of the note, then hold down the CTRL key and drag up/down.

The first and last selected velocities remain stationary, while all other selected velocities ramp toward the dragged velocity line. The result typically resembles the letter “V”, or an inverted “V”, depending on which direction the velocities are dragged.

A. First and last selected velocity lines remain stationary B. Hold down the CTRL key and drag any selected velocity; all other selected velocities ramp toward the dragged velocity line

To adjust a MIDI note’s start/end

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

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

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

To select MIDI notes

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , drag with the right mouse button over the notes you want to select.

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the bottom half center of the note, then click to select the note.

With the Select tool , click the note.

With the Select tool , drag over the notes you want to select.

To scrub MIDI notes

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Hold down the J key and drag across the notes.

To mute/unmute a MIDI note

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , hold down the ALT key and right-click the note.

With the Mute tool , click the note to mute/unmute a single note, or drag over notes to mute/unmute multiple notes.

To move a MIDI note

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer over the bottom half center of the note, then drag the note to the desired location.

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

Tip: When moving a note, hold down the SHIFT key to constrain vertical or horizontal movement, depending on the direction you first move.

To draw a MIDI note

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , click where you want to insert a new note. Before releasing mouse button, drag left/right to change duration, and up/down to change pitch.

With the Freehand tool , click where you want to insert a new note.

Note: Use the Value control in the Tools module to specify the duration for new note events.

To drag-quantize MIDI notes

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Select the notes you want to quantize.

3.	With the Timing tool , position the pointer over a selected note and drag up/down to quantize all selected notes.

To glue MIDI notes together

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , hold down ALT+CTRL and drag across two or more notes of the same pitch (click on the first note, drag to the second note and release the mouse button).

With the Freehand tool , drag across two or more notes of the same pitch (click on the first note, drag to the second note and release the mouse button).

All touched note events of the same pitch are merged into a single note event.

To paint MIDI notes

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , hold down ALT+CTRL and drag to insert multiple notes. Use the Value control to specify the duration of each note, and use the Snap resolution to specify the interval between each note.

With the Line tool , drag to insert multiple notes. Use the Value control to specify the duration of each note, and use the Snap resolution to specify the interval between each note.

With the Pattern tool , locate and select the pattern you want to paint. The selection can be a clip, a portion of a clip, MIDI events in the Piano Roll view, or a MIDI loop in the Media Browser. To select MIDI notes in the Piano Roll, drag with the right mouse button over the notes you want to select. Drag from left to right in the Piano Roll view or Track view to "paint" the selected data. When painting with the Pattern tool, the mouse pointer looks like a paint roller: . For details, see Pattern tool.

To erase a MIDI note

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , right-click a note to erase a single note, or keep the right mouse button pressed and drag over notes to erase multiple notes.

With the Erase tool , click a note to erase a single note, or drag over notes to erase multiple notes.

To split a MIDI note

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Do one of the following:

With the Smart tool , position the pointer where you want to split the note, 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 note, then click (or lasso to split a region).

To open the Note Properties dialog

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	With the Smart tool , double-click the note.

To stretch all selected MIDI notes

1.	Select the track you want to edit, then go to Views > Piano Roll View to open the Piano Roll view.

2.	Select the Note events you want to stretch. For details, see To select MIDI notes.

3.	Do one of the following:

To stretch all notes proportionally. With the Smart tool , position the pointer where you want to split the note, then hold down the CTRL key and drag the end of any selected note.

To stretch all notes to the same absolute duration. With the Smart tool , position the pointer where you want to split the note, then hold down the SHIFT key and drag the end of any selected note.

Tip: You can easily create tuplets by stretching note events. First draw the desired number of notes, then select them and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the end of any selected note. For example, draw 5 quarter notes, then stretch them to fit in the space of 4 quarter notes.

 

See:

Working with audio clips

Working with MIDI clips

Working with automation envelopes

Tools