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The MIDI editors
Using cut and paste
You can use the Cut, Copy and Paste options on the Edit
menu to move or copy material within a part or between
different parts. When you paste copied notes, you can ei-
ther use the regular Paste function or the function “Paste
Time” from the Range submenu of the Edit menu.
• “Paste” inserts the copied notes at the project cursor position
without affecting existing notes.
• “Paste Time” inserts at the project cursor position, but moves
(and if necessary, splits) existing notes to make room for the
pasted notes.
Resizing notes
To resize a note, use one of the following methods:
• Position the arrow tool at the start or end of the note, so
that the pointer takes on the shape of a small double ar-
row. Click and drag to the left or right to resize the note.
This method allows you to resize the note from either direction.
• Click with the Pencil tool within the note box and drag
to the left or the right (to make the note shorter or longer,
respectively).
With both these methods, the resulting length will be a
multiple of the Length Quantize value on the toolbar.
• Use the Trim Start/End buttons on the Nudge palette on
the toolbar.
This resizes the selected note(s) by moving their start or end positions, in
steps according to the Length Quantize value on the toolbar. By default,
the Nudge palette is not shown on the toolbar – see “Using the Setup op-
tions” on page 262 for more information.
• Select the note and adjust its length on the info line.
See “Editing on the info line” on page 192 for details on info line editing.
• Use the Trim tool, see “Using the Trim tool” on page 186.
Splitting notes
There are three ways to split notes:
• Clicking on a note with the Scissors tool splits the note
at the position you pointed (taking the Snap setting into
account if activated).
If several notes are selected, they are all split at the same position.
• If you select “Split at Cursor” from the Edit menu, all
notes that are intersected by the project cursor are split at
the cursor position.
• If you select “Split Loop” from the Edit menu, all notes
that are intersected by the left or right locator are split at
the locator positions.
Gluing notes
Clicking on a note with the Glue Tube tool will “glue it to-
gether” with the next note of the same pitch. The result will
be one long note spanning from the start of the first note
to the end of the second note and with the properties (ve-
locity, etc.) of the first note.
Muting notes
Individual notes can be muted in the Key Editor, as op-
posed to muting an entire MIDI part in the Project window.
This allows you to exclude notes from playback, but keep
the option to bring them back again at any time. To mute a
note, use one of the following methods:
• Click on it with the Mute tool.
• Drag a rectangle with the Mute tool, enclosing all notes
you want to mute.
• Select the note(s) and choose Mute from the Edit menu.
The default key command for this is [Shift]-[M].
Muted notes are “dimmed” in the note display.
To unmute a note, either click it or enclose it with the Mute
tool, or select it and choose Unmute from the Edit menu.
The default key command for this is [Shift]-[U].
Selecting “Paste Time” with this data on the clipboard
and the project cursor here…
…will give you this.