Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 660)

When no notes are selected, the info display shows the name of the most recently selected
MIDI region.
Creating Notes in the Piano Roll Editor
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 feature is also handy when a
keyboard is unavailable, or even when one is available, because it’s faster to insert a note
with the mouse.
You can also create note events with your computer keyboard. For details, see Using the
Step Input Keyboard .
To create a note event
Do one of the following:
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Control-click (or right-click) the Piano Roll Editor background, then choose Create Note
from the shortcut menu.
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Select the Pencil tool, and click a position in the Piano Roll Editor background.
A MIDI note is created at the clicked position, with the note’s channel, velocity, and length
values matching that of the previously created or edited note event. The default values
when you start a new project are MIDI channel 1, velocity of 80, and length of 240 ticks.
Note: If using the Pencil tool to create a note event, you can change note length on-the-fly;
simply hold down the mouse key and drag to the left or to the right.
To create a note event of a specific length
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Drag to the right or left with the Pencil tool.
A help tag indicates the length change in real time.
Finer adjustments can be made by holding down Option or Control while altering the
note length (see
Snapping Edits to Time Positions in the Piano Roll Editor ).
To replicate an existing note at another position or pitch
1 Do one of the following:
• Control-click (or right-click) the original note, then choose Define as Default Note from
the shortcut menu.
660 Chapter 23 Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor