User`s guide

Chapter 16: MIDI Editing 223
MIDI tracks that want to transpose, making
sure to exclude any drum tracks from the
group so they aren’t transposed.
To transpose MIDI notes to another key:
1 If you will be transposing a group of
tracks, make sure to enable the Edit Group.
2 With the Selector or Grabber, select the
range of MIDI notes to be transposed.
3 Choose MIDI > Transpose.
4 Select the option for Transpose From–To.
5 Set the “From” and “To” values, for in-
stance, to C4 and E4 to transpose from
C Major to E Major.
With either of the pitch fields selected, you
can play a note on your MIDI controller to
automatically enter it as the pitch value.
6 Click Apply.
It is also common to transpose MIDI tracks
up or down by an octave.
To transpose a MIDI track up by an octave:
1 With the Selector, triple-click in the track
to select all of its notes.
2 Choose MIDI > Transpose.
3 Select the Transpose By option.
4 Enter a value of 12 semitones and then
click Apply.
Note/Controller Chasing
Note chasing allows long, sustained MIDI
notes to be heard when playing from a
point after their start time. For instance, if a
note’s start time is at 1|1|000 and lasts for 8
measures (until 9|1|000), note chasing lets
you begin playing from bar 5 and still hear
the note that started at 1|1|000 as it contin-
ues to sustain until 9|1|000.
Note Chasing is something that can turned
on and off individually for each MIDI
track. By default, new MIDI tracks have
Note Chasing enabled.
To enable Note Chasing for a MIDI track:
■ Click on the track’s Playlist Selector and
select the option for Note Chasing.
Make sure to disable Note Chasing when
working with samplers that are playing
loops. If a MIDI track, for instance, is trig-
gering a 4-bar drum loop and you begin
playing at bar 3, the loop will begin playing
at the wrong time and be out of sync with
the other tracks.
Controller and Program Chasing
Pro Tools always chases continuous con-
troller events and program changes for
MIDI tracks. This ensures that controller
values and patches for MIDI devices are al-
ways appropriately set.
Note Chasing enabled in Playlist Selector pop-up