Selecting MIDI Notes
MIDI notes must be selected before they can be
edited.
To select MIDI notes, do one of the following:
With the Pencil tool or any Grabber tool, Shift-
click each note.
With any Grabber tool, move the cursor to
where there are no notes (the Marquee appears)
and draw a rectangle around the group of notes
you want to edit.
Selecting notes with a Grabber tool
When using a Grabber tool, if any portion of the
rectangle touches a note (either its start or end
point), the note is included in the selection.
With the Selector tool, drag across a range of
notes.
Selecting notes with the Selector tool
When using the Selector tool, a note's start point
must be included in order for it to be selected.
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Transposing Notes
MIDI notes can be transposed by dragging them
up or down with the Pencil tool or any Grabber
tool. If several notes are selected before drag-
ging, each note is transposed.
To transpose a MIDI note:
1
Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Notes
view.
2
Select the Pencil tool or any Grabber tool.
3
While holding Shift, drag the note up or down.
Transposing with a Grabber tool
The Shift key ensures that the transposed note
maintains its original start point on the
Pro Tools Timeline.
While dragging, each new note sounds and the
Cursor Location Value indicator (in the Edit
window) indicates the number of semitones and
direction (+/–) for the transposition.
Hold Control (Mac) or Start (Windows) and
press Plus (+) on the numeric keypad to
transpose the selected MIDI notes up by one
semitone, or press Minus (–) on the numeric
keypad to transpose the selected MIDI notes
down by one semitone.
To transpose a copy of the note, leaving the
original unchanged, hold Option (Mac) or
Alt (Windows) while dragging.