Note Event Functions

Various operations are available for note events, either from the Event menu (when one or more notes are selected) or the context menu when right-clicking on a note.

  • Make Legato adjusts the length of each selected note event so that it (or the chord it is a part of) ends immediately before the next event begins, creating a continuous series of events.

    The following images demonstrate a group of selected events both before and after the Legato function is applied:

  • Reverse flips the selected event around, causing it to play backwards.

    The following images demonstrate a group of selected events both before and after the Reverse function is applied:

    Notice that the expressions are also reversed.

  • Reverse Pattern flips the order of a group of selected events. This does not cause each event and its expressions to play backwards, but rather causes the last event to be played first, etc.

    [Note]Note

    This function will work only when multiple events are selected.

    The following images demonstrate a group of selected events both before and after the Reverse Pattern function is applied:

    Notice that the expressions are preserved.

  • Content Scaling > Scale… requires a set Amount of scaling to be typed in, along with an option to Scale each (keep position), which preserves the start time of each selected note event.

  • Content Scaling > Scale 50% halves the length of the selected event, effectively causing it to play back twice as fast. All expressions are also proportionally adjusted.

    The following images demonstrate selected note events both before and after the Scale 50% function is applied:

  • Content Scaling > Scale Each 50% is similar to Scale 50%, except the start time of each selected note event is preserved.

  • Content Scaling > Scale 200% doubles the length of the selected event, effectively causing it to play back half as fast. All expressions are also proportionally adjusted.

    The following images demonstrate selected note events both before and after the Scale 200% function is applied:

    [Note]Note

    Remember that events must fit within their parent clip.

  • Content Scaling > Scale Each 200% is similar to Scale 200%, except the start time of each selected note event is preserved.

  • Quantize > Quantize… moves the start and/or end times of the selected note in relation to a beat grid. The parameter pane for this function appears when the right-arrow button is clicked.

    • Grid Mode: Determines whether to adopt the grid settings from the current Editor or to allow Custom grid settings.

    • Custom Grid: Exclusive beat grid resolution and beat grid subdivision settings (see Beat Grid Settings) for the quantize function.

      [Note]Note

      This is available only when Grid Mode is set to Custom.

    • Shuffle: Amount of swing/groove (see Transport Section) applied to the beat grid for the quantization function.

    • Humanize: Amount of randomness added to the quantize function, with the intention of mimicking human imperfection.

    • Start Amount: Amount of quantization applied to each selected event's start position.

      For example, a setting of 50.0 % would move a selected event's start position halfway to the closest grid point. A setting of 100 % places the event exactly on the closest grid point.

    • End Amount: Amount of quantization applied to each selected event's end position.

    [Note]Note

    Humanize is the last factor applied in the quantize function. So a Start Amount of 100 % might not place events directly on the grid if Humanize is enabled.

  • Quantize > Quantize is identical to the following Quantize… function except that the most recently set parameters are used for the function.

  • Transpose > Transpose a Semitone Up slides the selected event(s) up a semitone. This function is also available by pressing UP ARROW.

  • Transpose > Transpose a Semitone Down slides the selected event(s) down a semitone. This function is also available by pressing DOWN ARROW.

  • Transpose > Transpose an Octave Up slides the selected event up 12 semitones (in musical notation, 8va). This function is also available by pressing SHIFT+UP ARROW.

  • Transpose > Transpose an Octave Down slides the selected event down 12 semitones (in musical notation, 8vb). This function is also available by pressing SHIFT+DOWN ARROW.

  • Slice / Fold > Slice In Place… divides the selected event into multiple events at a selected regular note interval (on Beat Grid).

  • Slice / Fold > Slice At Repeats splits any selected audio event using the Repeats Operator into individual events (see Slice At Repeats). When a selected event does not have Repeats enabled, no change is made.

  • Loop Selected Region both enables the parent clip's Loop setting and sets its time range to match that of the currently selection.

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