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The MIDI editors
• If you press [Ctrl]/[Command] while dragging, you will
get a vertical trim line, allowing you to set the same start or
end time for all edited notes.
You can change the Trim tool key commands in the Prefe-
rences (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
Ö Note that when you trim the beginning of a note in the
List Editor, the note may move to a different position in the
list (since other events may now begin before the edited
event).
Ö Note that the trimmed note ends or starts do not snap
to the grid.
Playing back
You can play back your music as usual when working in a
MIDI editor. There are several features designed to make
editing easier during playback:
Solo button
If you activate the Solo button, only the edited MIDI parts
will be heard during regular playback.
Autoscroll
As described in the section “Autoscroll” on page 41, the
Autoscroll function makes the window “follow” the project
cursor during playback, so that the current play position is
visible at all times. However, when you are working in a
MIDI editor, you may want to deactivate Autoscroll – this
way, the events you are working with will stay visible.
The Autoscroll buttons in each MIDI editor are independent
of the Project window Autoscroll setting, which means that
Autoscroll can be activated in the Project window and de-
activated in the MIDI editor you are working in.
Acoustic Feedback
If the speaker icon on the toolbar is activated, individual
notes will automatically be played back (auditioned) when
you move or transpose them, or when you create new notes
by drawing. This makes it easier to hear what you’re doing.
Snap
Snap is activated on the toolbar.
The Snap function helps you find exact positions when ed-
iting in a MIDI editor. It does this by restricting horizontal
movement and positioning to certain positions. Operations
affected by snap include moving, duplicating, drawing, siz-
ing, etc.
• How Snap works depends on the Snap mode pop-up
menu next to the Snap button.
See “The Snap function” on page 40.
• When the “Bars+Beats” display format is selected in
the ruler, the snap grid is set by the Quantize value on the
toolbar.
This makes it possible to snap not only to straight note values but also to
swing grids set up in the Quantize Setup dialog (see “The Quantizing
functions” on page 172).
When any of the other display formats is selected in the
ruler, positioning is restricted to the displayed grid, i.e. you
can snap in finer increments by zooming in, and in coarser
increments by zooming out the display.