Specifications

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To insert a series of notes with random velocities:
1 Set the MIDI track to Notes view.
2 Select the Pencil tool and make sure it is set to
Random.
3 Set the Time Scale to Bars:Beats. In addition,
set the Edit mode to Grid and the Grid value to
quarter notes (0|1|000).
With these settings, the inserted notes will be
spaced one quarter note apart.
4 Click at the point where the first note will be
inserted and drag to the right until you have the
number of notes you want.
Manually Editing MIDI Notes
All aspects of a MIDI note can be edited from the
Edit window, including start and end points,
duration, pitch, and velocity. The Grabber, Pen-
cil, and Selector can operate on individual notes
or groups of notes.
Selecting MIDI Notes
MIDI notes must be selected, before they can be
edited.
To select MIDI notes:
■ With the Grabber or Pencil, Shift-click each
note.
– or –
■ With the Grabber, move the cursor to where
there are no notes (the Marquee appears) and
click and draw a rectangle around the group of
notes.
When using the Grabber, if any portion of the
rectangle touches a note (either its start or end
point), the note is included in the selection. Se-
lections made with the Grabber do not include
underlying controller and automation data for
the MIDI track.
– or –
■ With the Selector, drag across a range of notes.
When using the Selector, a note’s start point
must be included in order for it to be selected.
When a MIDI track is in Notes or Regions View,
selections made with the Selector include un-
derlying controller and automation data.
Pencil tool set to Random
Inserting a series of notes with the Pencil
Selecting notes with the Grabber
Selecting notes with the Selector