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The extent to which you can drag selected
objects is constrained by the position of
neighboring unselected objects.
Clicking on the background of the Pitch Graph
deselects all selected objects.
ADDING AND DELETING ANCHOR POINTS:
Moving the Arrow Tool over an existing line
segment and double-clicking will add an
intermediate anchor point at that point. The
cursor will change to the anchor point cursor
and the new anchor point can then be dragged.
Moving the Arrow Tool over an existing anchor
point (except for end points) and double-clicking
will remove that anchor point and cause a
straight line to be drawn between the now
adjacent anchor points.
The Arrow Tool will not add or delete anchor
points on curves, only on lines created with the
Line Tool.
MANIPULATING NOTE OBJECTS: The Arrow
tool is used to modify the pitch of a Note object
(i.e., move it up or down on the Pitch Graph) or
to modify the start and/or end points of a Note
(i.e., adjust those points forward or backward
in time).
When you move the Arrow tool over a Note
object, the cursor will change to one of two
states, depending on where over the Note it is
positioned.
When the cursor is over the central area of a
note, the pitch shift cursor (vertical up and down
arrows) will be displayed. Clicking on the Note
when the pitch shift cursor is displayed will allow
you to drag the note up or down to a new pitch.
If the Snap To Note function is active, the Note’s
movement will be constrained to the grid lines
or lanes of the Pitch Graph. If the Snap To Note
function is not active, you can move the note to
any arbitrary pitch.
A TIP: When moving a Note with
Snap To Note off, you can refer to the
Object Pitch Display to determine the
Note’s exact pitch at any position.
When the cursor is near either end of a note,
the length adjustment cursor (horizontal left
and right arrows) will be displayed. Clicking
on either end of a Note when the length
adjustment cursor is displayed will allow you
to drag the selected end point left or right
to a new position, effectively lengthening or
shortening the Note.
Unlike Lines and Curves, whose movement is
constrained by adjacent objects, extending a
Note’s start or end point will replace any other
correction objects that currently exist in the
extended time range.
NOTE: When extending a Note,
as long as you are dragging the
end point (i.e., as long as you hold
your mouse button down), moving the end
point over an existing object will cause it to
be overwritten, but then moving it back to its
original position will cause the overwritten
object to reappear. However, once you
release the mouse button and finalize the
move, the overwritten object is gone forever.
Subsequently dragging the Note’s end point
back to its original position will not cause the
overwritten object to reappear.
ANOTHER NOTE: When extending
a Note, any new pitch material that
becomes part of the lengthened
Note will inherit the original Note’s Retune
Speed (as displayed by its green output curve).
As a result, it may (or may not) be necessary to
adjust the Retune Speed to achieve the best
result with the additional material.
AN IMPORTANT NOTE: When we
talk about moving a Note Object’s
end points in time, it’s important to
understand that what we’re doing is adjusting
the time range during which that Note defines
the target correction pitch of the audio. We are
not shifting the time of the audio itself. To shift
the time of the audio, use the Time Control
tools described later in this chapter.
A TIP: If you are working on a
performance with such wide vibrato
that even with Number of Note
Objects set to its lowest setting you still end
up with a series of notes rapidly alternating
between the desired pitch and the upper and
lower adjacent pitches, instead of manually
moving each upper and lower note back to the