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Selecting groups of notes
Drag with the Selection tool to draw selection boxes around the notes you want to include. The Selection tool can
draw three types of selection boxes:
Free selection The default behavior of the tool. Click to select individual notes (hold Shift or Ctrl
to select multiple notes). Drag to draw a rectangular region that begins where
you start drawing and ends where you release the mouse button. All notes
inside the region will be selected. This method is good for selecting a group of
notes that are close together.
Vertical Can be used to easily select all notes that occur within a time range. The vertical
selection box automatically selects all of the notes between your first mouse
click and where you draw the selection box; even notes that are not visible at the
current magnification are selected.
Horizontal Can be used to easily select all notes on a single or multiple adjacent rows. The
horizontal selection box automatically selects all notes on a row that is touched
by the selection box; even notes that are not visible at the current magnification
are selected.
To change the type of selection box you are using, right-click the mouse while holding down the left mouse button.
Clicking the right mouse button will toggle through the three types of selection boxes.
Adding or deleting notes
1.
Click the Enable Inline MIDI Editing button
2.
Use the scroll buttons at the left edge of the track to navigate the piano roll/drum grid:
.
Tip:
Drag the bottom border of the track header to increase the height of the track.
3.
Select an editing tool.
Tool Icon Description
Draw Allows you to insert, edit, select, and move notes.
In drum-grid mode, the Draw and Paint tools both draw fixed-length note events.
Paint Allows you to insert notes of a specific length.
The Paint tool is different from the Draw tool in that it can cross note row boundaries. Use the Paint tool to add a
random element to your ACID projects.
Note: In drum-grid mode, the Draw and Paint tools both draw fixed-length note events.
Using the Paint tool:
• Click the down arrow next to the Paint tool button and choose a note length from the menu.
• Click the Paint tool button to select the tool. The Paint tool is selected, and notes will be painted using the
selected note length.
Note: Right-click with the Paint tool to erase notes.
Erase Allows you to remove existing notes.
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