Notation view – M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Pro Tools Reference Guide

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MIDI Real-Time Properties

Selecting the MIDI Real-Time Properties option
opens the MIDI Real-Time Properties window.

Event Operations

The Event Operations submenu lets you select
any of the Event Operations windows (such as
Quantize or Change Velocity).

Open In New MIDI Editor

Selecting the Open In New MIDI Editor option
opens all shown tracks in a new MIDI Editor
window.

Open In Score Editor

The Open In Score Editor option opens the shown
tracks in the Score Editor window.

Open in MIDI Event List

The Open In MIDI Event List option opens the se-
lected track in the MIDI Event List.

Display Notation

Selecting the Display Notation option changes
the MIDI Editor to Notation view. Deselecting
this option reverts the MIDI Editor to Notes
view.

Notation View

The Notes pane in MIDI Editor windows can
also display MIDI notes in standard music nota-
tion. In Notation view, each MIDI and Instru-
ment track is displayed independently, with one
track per staff (see Figure 38 on page 627). In
MIDI Editor windows, notation is displayed as a
continuous timeline and not in page view as in
the Score Editor window.

To enable Notation view:

„

Enable the Notation view button in the MIDI

Editor window toolbar.

– or –

„

Right-click in the Notes pane and select

Notation View

.

Editing in Notation view in a MIDI Editor win-
dow works the same way as in the Score Editor
window, but with the advantage of having ac-
cess to Velocity, Controller, and Automation
lanes.

For information on editing notation, see
“Editing Notes” on page 644.

Notation view enabled in a MIDI Editor window

Note that in Notation view, the Trimmer
tool functions as the Grabber tool when over
a note and as the Note Selector tool when
not over a note.

In Notation view, the Edit mode is
automatically set to Grid and cannot be
changed.

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