User`s guide

Pro Tools Reference Guide206
Typing in Note Attributes
When an individual note is selected with
the Grabber, its attributes are displayed in
the Event Edit area.
Pitch is listed by note name and octave
number. Attack and release velocities are
listed with their MIDI values (0-127). Times
for Start, End, and Length are displayed in
the Main Time Scale.
To change an attribute for a MIDI note:
1 In the MIDI track’s playlist area, select
the note with the Grabber.
2 Click in the Attribute’s text box.
3 Type in the new value for the note and
press Enter.
– or –
With the pitch or velocity fields selected,
play a note on your MIDI controller to au-
tomatically update the value. If the track is
record-enabled, the new value is heard.
Press Enter to accept the new value.
Press the slash key to move between the
fields in the Event Edit area.
Multiple Notes and Event Edit Area
When multiple notes are selected, you can
enter values in the Event Edit area fields to
affect all selected notes.
A new value in the Start field moves the
first note in the selection to that location,
with all other notes moving with it.
Values entered in the pitch and velocity
fields add to or subtract from the values for
all selected notes. For instance, to trans-
pose all selected notes down an octave, en-
ter a value –12 for pitch.
Deleting MIDI Notes
In addition to deleting selected notes with
the Clear command in the Edit menu, indi-
vidual notes can also be deleted with the
Pencil tool.
To delete a group of MIDI notes with the Clear
command:
1 With the Grabber or Selector, select the
notes to be deleted. For details, see “Select-
ing MIDI Notes” on page 203.
2 Choose Edit > Clear to delete the selected
notes.
▲ When deleting notes selected with the Se-
lector, all underlying controller and automation
data is also deleted.
Event Edit Area, Pitch attribute selected
Multiple notes in the Event Edit area