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MIDI Editors
Key Editor Operations
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• Select the Draw tool and drag left or right within the note display to draw
a note.
The resulting note event length
is a multiple of the Length Quantize value on
the toolbar.
• Select the Tr
im tool and cut off the end or the beginning of note events.
R
ELATED LINKS
Using the Setup options on page 627
Editing in the Info Line on page 28
Using the Trim Tool on page 454
Resizing Events Using Time Stretch on page 117
Using the Trim Tool
The Trim tool allows you to change the length of note events by cutting off the end
or the beginning of notes. Using the Trim tool means moving the note-on or the
note-off event for one or several notes to a position defined with the mouse.
PROCEDURE
1. Select the Trim button on the toolbar.
The mouse pointer changes to a knife symbol.
2. To edit a single note, click on it with the Trim tool.
The range between the mouse pointer and the end of the note will be removed. Use
the mouse note info on the status line to find the exact position for the trim operation.
3. To edit several notes, click and drag with the mouse across the notes.
By default, the Trim tool cuts off the end of notes. To trim the beginning of notes,
press [Alt]/[Option] while dragging. When dragged across several notes, a line is
displayed. The notes will be trimmed along this line. 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
Preferences dialog (Editing–Tool Modifiers page).
Splitting Note Events
Do one of the following:
• To split the note at the position that you point, click on a note with the Split
tool.
If several notes are selected, they are all split at the
same position. The snap
setting is taken into account.