Apple Logic Pro 9 - Manual (Page 671)

You can override this behavior by holding Option while dragging. This allows you to
continue altering the velocity values until the selected (clicked) note reaches an extreme
value. Of course, this will alter the velocity relationship of this note to the other notes.
To assign the same velocity value to all selected notes
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Hold down Option-Shift while dragging one of the notes with the Velocity tool.
Muting Notes in the Piano Roll Editor
The Piano Roll Editor features a Mute tool that allows specific notes in a MIDI region to
be muted.
To mute/unmute a note
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Click the note with the Mute tool.
Muted notes are grayed out (shown without color).
To mute or unmute all notes of a particular pitch in a MIDI region
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Click a piano key to the left of the Piano Roll Editor with the Mute tool.
This mutes or unmutes all notes of that particular pitch, which is ideal for muting the
hi-hats in a MIDI region that is triggering an entire drum kit, for example.
To mute or unmute multiple notes
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Select the notes, then click one of the selected notes with the Mute tool.
The Select Muted Regions/Events key command is also available in the Piano Roll Editor.
It allows the selection of all muted notes in a MIDI region. The next logical operation
would be to delete these muted notes by pressing Delete.
Changing Note Color in the Piano Roll Editor
You can change the color of notes in the Piano Roll Editor, according to the following
options:
• Velocity Colors: Applies color in accordance with MIDI note velocity.
• Region Colors: Applies color in accordance with the color of the MIDI region that contains
the notes.
• MIDI Channel Colors: Applies color in accordance with the MIDI channel that processes
the notes.
671 Chapter 23 Editing MIDI Events in the Piano Roll Editor