Specifications
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MIDI Mute Automation
Unlike continuous controller events, which repre-
sent nuances that are part of a MIDI performance,
Mute in Pro Tools is an automation playlist that ac-
tually mutes the MIDI engine. Mute automation
does not correspond to actual MIDI events and is
therefore not exported when saving as a Standard
MIDI File.
Notes View for MIDI and
Instrument Tracks
When a MIDI or Instrument track’s Track View is
set to
Notes, MIDI notes are displayed in a
“piano roll” format. Each note is displayed as a
small rectangle with its vertical placement indicat-
ing pitch and its horizontal placement indicating
location in time (and duration).
To the left of the MIDI or Instrument track’s play-
list is a vertical mini-keyboard, complete with oc-
tave numbering, for pitch reference. You can click
the mini-keyboard to play pitches using the track’s
selected MIDI output. Arrows at the top and bot-
tom of the mini-keyboard (not available in the
smaller track heights) are used to scroll the Notes
display up and down.
In Notes view, the pitch range of MIDI notes that
can be displayed depends on the track height, and
on the current zoom value. Any time a track’s
notes do not fit within its current height, notes
above or below the viewed area are displayed as
single-pixel lines at the very top and bottom of the
range.
To scroll the Notes display up or down for a MIDI or
Instrument track, do one of the following:
Click either the up or down arrow of the mini-
keyboard.
With any of the Edit tools (such as the Time
Grabber tool) selected, press Control+Alt+Start
(Windows) or Command+Option+Control
(Mac) and drag up or down on the mini-key-
board.
If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, move
the cursor over the track and Control-Alt-Start-
scroll (Windows) or Command-Option-Con-
trol-scroll (Mac) up or down to scroll the notes
display up or down.
MIDI track displaying notes
Up Arrow
Down Arrow
MIDI note above the current display
Keyboard reference
MIDI note
Clicking the mini-keyboard clears the cur-
rent Edit selection. For more information,
see “Selecting MIDI Notes” on page 682.
Scrolling notes with the Up Arrow on mini-keyboard
Scrolling Notes display by dragging