User`s guide

Chapter 16: MIDI Editing 203
Selecting MIDI Notes
To select a group of MIDI notes:
■ With the Grabber, Shift-click each note.
– or –
■ With the Grabber, move the cursor to
where there are no notes (the Marquee ap-
pears) 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. Selections made with the Grab-
ber 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-
come selected. When a MIDI track is dis-
playing notes (or regions), selections made
with the Selector include underlying con-
troller and automation data.
To select a single pitch for the entire length of
a track:
■ On the mini-keyboard, Command-Shift-
click (Macintosh) or Control-Shift-click the
note.
To remove one or more notes from a
selection:
■ With the Grabber, Shift-click the notes so
they become deselected.
Transposing Notes with the Grabber
MIDI notes can be transposed by dragging
up or down with the Grabber. If several
notes are selected before dragging, each is
transposed.
To transpose a MIDI note:
1 Set the MIDI track’s Display Format to
Notes.
2 Select the Grabber tool.
3 While pressing Shift, drag the note up or
down.
The Shift key ensures that the transposed
note retains its start point. While dragging,
each new note sounds and the Current
Cursor display indicates the number of
semitones and direction (+/-) for the trans-
pose.
Selecting notes with the Grabber
Selecting notes with the Selector
Selecting a pitch from the mini-keyboard
Transposing with the Grabber