Using the shortcut menu, Selecting notes, Creating notes – Apple Logic Express 8 User Manual
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Chapter 16
Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor
Using the Shortcut Menu
Many selection, editing, and other commands can be accessed by right-clicking
anywhere in the Piano Roll Editor. Make use of this to accelerate your workflow.
Note: The right-click shortcut menu can only be accessed if the Right Mouse Button:
Opens Shortcut Menu pop-up menu option is chosen in the Logic Express >
Preferences > Global > Editing tab.
Selecting Notes
You must select note events before you can edit them. The usual selection methods—
clicking, Shift-clicking, and rubber-band selection with the Pointer tool also apply to
the Piano Roll Editor.
The following selection options—unique to the Piano Roll Editor—are also available:
To select all notes of the same pitch in a MIDI region:
m
Click the corresponding key of the onscreen keyboard.
This is similar to selecting all regions on a track lane, by clicking on the track name.
To select a range of note pitches in a MIDI region:
m
Click-drag over the desired key range of the onscreen keyboard.
All MIDI notes that fall within this pitch range are selected.
The info display will show the number of selected notes. The MIDI region name is
shown beside the number of selected notes. As an example: 3/Piano means three
notes are selected from a MIDI region called Piano.
When you select multiple overlapping notes, the info display shows the chord name.
When no notes are selected, the info display shows the name of the most recently
selected MIDI region.
Creating Notes
You will often create note events with the mouse in the Piano Roll Editor; to replace a
deleted note or to add a note to a chord or region. This facility is also handy when a
keyboard is unavailable, or even when one is available, but it’s faster to insert a note
with the mouse.
You can also create note events with your computer keyboard. Details in “