Specifications

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When either of the Pitch fields are selected, you
can play a pitch on your MIDI controller to au-
tomatically enter it.
4 Select Cut.
5 Click Apply. Notes falling within the specified
pitch range are removed from the selection and
placed on the Clipboard. The notes can then be
pasted or merged to another track.
Change Velocity
The Change Velocity command automatically
adjusts attack and release velocities for selected
MIDI notes. Use it to make notes louder or
softer, or to create crescendos or decrescendos.
Velocities can also be edited manually with the
Pencil and Grabber Tools (see “Manually Editing
MIDI Notes” on page 359).
To open the Change Velocity window:
■ Choose MIDI > Change Velocity.
Set All To Sets all velocities to the specified value
(1–127).
Add Adds to existing velocity values by the spec-
ified amount (1–127).
Subtract Subtracts from existing velocity values
by the specified amount (1–127).
Scale By Scales all velocities by a percentage
amount (1–400%).
Change Smoothly Allows velocities to change
smoothly from one value to another over time.
Velocity values usually affect the loudness
of MIDI notes. They may also affect other
aspects of an instrument’s sound, such as
filter cutoff, envelopes, and modulations.
The settings in the Change Velocity window
are saved with each session. To store your
favorite settings as the default for use in fu-
ture sessions, save them as part of a session
template (see “Creating Custom Session
Templates” on page 51).
Change Velocity window
While there are options for adjusting both
the attack and release velocities for notes,
most MIDI devices ignore release velocity in-
formation. To see if your instrument sup-
ports release velocities, refer to the manufac-
turer’s documentation.