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Pro Tools Reference Guide 586
Separating MIDI Notes
The Separate command lets you separate MIDI
notes at the Edit cursor location or at the bound-
aries of the Edit selection. When in Notes view
in the Edit window and in MIDI Editor win-
dows, separating MIDI regions creates new MIDI
notes but does not create new MIDI regions.
However, when in Regions view in the Edit win-
dow, separating MIDI regions only creates new
MIDI regions. Also, if the Edit selection includes
any audio tracks, the Separate command sepa-
rates only regions on MIDI and Instrument
tracks regardless of the Track View setting.
To separate MIDI notes at the Edit cursor location
or at the boundaries of the Edit selection:
1 Make an Edit selection or place the Edit cursor
at the location where you want to separate one
or more MIDI notes.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Edit > Separate > At Selection.
– or –
• Right-click in the Notes pane and choose
Separate .
To separate MIDI notes on the grid:
1 Set the Grid value.
2 Make an Edit selection or a marquee selection
that includes the MIDI notes you want to sepa-
rate.
3 Choose Edit > Separate > On Grid.
4 In the Pre-Separate Amount dialog, click OK.
Separate and Consolidate Tools for MIDI Notes
In Notes view in the Edit window and in MIDI
Editor windows, both the Pencil and Grabber
tools can be used to separate MIDI notes and to
consolidate MIDI notes.
The cursor updates to show a “knife” for the Sep-
arate tool and a “bandage” for the Consolidate
tool.
To separate a MIDI note with the Separation tool:
„ With the Grabber or Pencil tool, Start-Shift-
click (Windows) or Control-Shift-click (Mac) on
the MIDI note at the location where you want
the separation.
Press Control+E (Windows) or
Command+E (Mac) to separate MIDI notes
at the selection.
MIDI note separated into two using the Separate Tool
Separation tool