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The Autoscroll button on the toolbar of each MIDI editor is indepen-
dent for the editor. For example, this means you can have Autoscroll 
deactivated in the Key Editor and activated in the Project window.
The independent track loop function
The independent track loop is a sort of “mini-cycle”, affecting only the 
MIDI part being edited. When the loop is activated, the MIDI events 
within the loop will be repeated continuously and completely indepen-
dent – other events (on...

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Auditioning
If the speaker icon on the toolbar is activated, individual notes will au-
tomatically 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.
Creating and editing notes
To draw new notes in the Key Editor, you use the Pencil tool or the 
Line tool.
Drawing notes with the Pencil tool
With the Pencil tool, you insert single notes by clicking at the desired 
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•If you just click once, the created note will have the length set on the 
Length Quantize pop-up menu on the toolbar.
You can create a longer note by clicking and dragging the pointer with the mouse but-
ton pressed. The length of the created note will be a multiple of the Length Quantize 
value.
Drawing notes with the Line tool
The Line tool can be used for creating series of contiguous notes. To 
use the Line tool, click and drag to draw a line and then release the...

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Setting velocity values
When you draw notes in the key editor, the notes will get the velocity 
value set in the insert velocity field on the toolbar.
You can use one of three different methods for determining the velocity:
•Selecting a predefined velocity value from the insert velocity pop-up 
menu.
The menu contains five different predefined velocity values. The “Setup...” item opens 
a dialog that allows you to specify which five velocity values should be available on...

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Selecting notes
Selecting notes is done using any of the following methods:
•Use the Arrow tool.
The standard selection techniques apply.
•Use the Select submenu on the Edit menu or Quick menu.
The Select menu options are:
•You can also use the left and right arrow keys on the computer key-
board to step from one note to the next or previous.
If you press [Shift] and use the arrow keys, the current selection will be kept, allowing 
you to select several notes.
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•If the option “Auto Select Events under Cursor” is activated in the 
Preferences dialog (Editing page), all notes currently “touched” by the 
project cursor are automatically selected.
Moving and transposing notes
To move notes in the editor, use any of the following methods:
•Click and drag to a new position.
All selected notes will be moved, maintaining their relative positions. If Snap is activated, 
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Duplicating and repeating notes
Notes are duplicated much in the same way as events in the Project 
window:
•Hold down [Alt]/[Option] and drag the note(s) to a new position.
If Snap is on, this determines to which positions you can copy notes (see page 140).
•Selecting Duplicate from the Edit menu creates a copy of the selected 
note and places it directly after the original.
If several notes are selected, all of these are copied “as one unit”, maintaining the rel-
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• “Paste Time” inserts at the project cursor position, but moves (and if neces-
sary, 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 arrow. 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...

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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 applicable.
•If you select “Split at Cursor”, all notes that are intersected by the 
project cursor are split at the cursor position.
•If you select “Split Loop”, all notes that are intersected by the left or...

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Deleting notes
To delete notes, either click on them with the Eraser tool or select 
them and press [Backspace].
Editing on the info line
The info line shows the values and properties of the selected event(s). 
If a single event is selected, its values are displayed on the info line. If 
several events are selected, the info line shows the values of the first 
of these events, in yellow.
Several events selected.
You can edit the values on the info line using regular value...