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MANIPULATING LINES AND CURVES
Clicking on the background of the Pitch Graph
and dragging horizontally selects objects’
anchor points. Shift-clicking extends the
selection.
Dragging beyond the Pitch Graph boundaries
automatically scrolls the graph.
Moving the Arrow Tool over a Line or Curve
causes the cursor to change to the object
cursor (a horizontal bar). Clicking on an
unselected curve or line segment with the
object cursor causes the curve or segment
and its anchor points to become selected and
allows that object to be dragged. Clicking on
an already selected curve or line segment with
the object cursor allows that object, along
with all other selected objects, to be dragged.
By default, when you click to drag an object,
you will be restricted to vertical movements
only (the cursor will indicate this state). The
eect of this is to allow you to modify the
pitch contour while preserving the object’s
location in time. This is particularly handy after
using the Make Curve or Import Auto buttons.
In some host applications, holding down
the Option/Alt key and then clicking to drag
will allow movement in both vertical and
horizontal directions.
Moving the Arrow Tool over a Line or Curve
anchor point (whether that point is currently
selected or not) causes the cursor to change
into the anchor point cursor (four diagonal
arrows). Clicking on an anchor point with the
anchor point cursor deselects all other objects
and anchor points and selects that anchor
point so that it can be dragged. Dragging
an anchor point stretches or compresses
the correction object relative to the nearest
unselected anchor point(s).
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.
If “PLAY AUDIO FOR SELECTED NOTE OBJECT”
is checked in the Options window, clicking
and holding on a Note object will result in
a tone sounding at the current pitch of the
Note object. Continuing to hold the mouse
down and moving the Note object up or down
will result in the tone changing to match the
position of the Note. Releasing the mouse
button will end the tone.