
CHAPTER 10. EDITING MIDI NOTES AND VELOCITIES 135
Clicking and dragging in the background selects a timespan. To select all of the notes
that begin during the timespan, press
.
After placing the insert marker, you can manipulate it using your computer keyboard.
Press or to move the insert marker to the left or right, according to the grid
settings.
(PC) /
(Mac) or moves the insert marker to the next
note boundary.
Hold down while pressing the arrow keys to extend or retract the selected
timespan by moving the insert marker.
(PC) /
(Mac)+ while
pressing the arrow keys extends or retracts from the opposite side of the selection.
The insert marker can be moved to the beginning or end of a MIDI clip by pressing
the Home or End key, respectively.
As we have seen, notes in the MIDI Editor can be moved both horizontally (changing their
position in time) and vertically (changing their transposition). They can be moved either by
clicking and dragging, or with the arrow keys on your computer keyboard; in either case,
they are subject to grid and offset snapping. If you are playing the clip while you edit notes,
you can listen to them play in their new assignments as you change them.
Several key modiers also apply to note editing:
To transpose selected notes by octave, hold down while pressing or .
or extends or retracts the duration of selected notes, according to the
grid settings.
To change the selection to the next note in the same key track, hold
(PC) /
(Mac) while pressing or .
(PC) /
(Mac) or moves
the selection to the next note in time.
To nudge notes without snapping to the grid, hold
(PC) / (Mac) and
press or .
You can use the modier to click and add individual notes or additional rubber-
band selections to your current selection. You can also remove a single note from
your selection by holding down and clicking on it. Holding and clicking
on the piano roll adds all notes in a single key track to the current selection, or removes
them if they were already selected.
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