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The MIDI editors
Ö If the part you open for editing is a shared copy, any ed-
iting you perform will affect all shared copies of this part.
Shared copies are created by pressing [Alt]/[Option]+[Shift] and drag-
ging, or by using the Repeat function with the “Shared copies” option
activated. In the Project window, shared copies are indicated by the part
name in italics and an icon in the bottom right corner of the part.
Handling several parts
When you open a MIDI editor with several parts (or a MIDI
track containing several parts) selected, you might find it
somewhat hard to get an overview of the different parts
when editing.
For such cases the editor toolbar features a few functions
to make working with multiple parts easier and more com-
prehensive:
• The Part List menu lists all parts that were selected when
you opened the editor (or all parts on the track, if no parts
were selected), and lets you select which part should be
active for editing.
When you select a part from the list, it is automatically made active and
centered in the note display.
Ö Note that it is also possible to activate a part by select-
ing an event within this part with the Arrow tool.
• The button “Edit Active Part Only” lets you restrict edit-
ing operations to the active part only.
For example, if you select “All” from the Select submenu on the Edit menu
with this option activated, only events in the active part will be selected.
Similarly, if you select notes by dragging with the Arrow tool (making a se-
lection rectangle), only the notes in the active part will be selected.
“Edit Active Part Only” activated on the toolbar.
• You can zoom in on the active part so that it fills the
screen by selecting “Zoom to Event” from the Zoom sub-
menu on the Edit menu.
• The button “Show Part Borders” can be used if you
want to see clearly defined borders for the active part.
When this is activated, all parts except the active one are grayed out, mak-
ing the borders easily discernible. In the Key Editor, there are also two
“markers” in the ruler with the name of the active part, marking its begin-
ning and end. These can be moved freely to change the size of the part.
“Show Part Borders” activated on the toolbar.
• It is possible to cycle between parts (making them ac-
tive) using key commands.
In the Key Commands dialog – Edit category, you will find two functions for
this: “Activate Next Part” and “Activate Previous Part”. If you assign key
commands to these, you can use them to cycle between parts in the edi-
tors. For further information, see “Setting up key commands” on page 476.