DigiDesign Pro Tools Reference Manual page 480

Do one of the following:
3
• Select the Trim tool. Click the Trim tool
pop-up menu and, if necessary, select
"Standard."
Trim tool
– or –
• Use the Pencil tool.
Do one of the following:
4
• Move the cursor near the beginning of any
of the highlighted notes, so the Trim tool
appears. Drag right to shorten the notes, or
drag left to lengthen them.
– or –
• Move the cursor near the end of any of the
highlighted notes, so the Trim tool ap-
pears. Drag left to shorten the notes, drag
right to lengthen them.
Changing note end times with the Trim tool
If using Grid mode, the dragged start or end
point snaps to the nearest Grid boundary. If us-
ing Spot mode, the Spot dialog opens, where
you can enter the new location for the note's
start or end point.
When in Grid mode, you can use the Con-
trol key (Windows) or the Command key
(Mac) to temporarily disable Grid mode.
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Notes can also be trimmed with the Trim Region
to Selection command (see "Trim Region to Se-
lection Command" on page 331) and the Trim
To Insertion command (see "Trimming with
Nudge" on page 332).
Manually Editing Note Velocities
When a MIDI or Instrument track is set to Veloc-
ity View, each note's attack velocity is repre-
sented with a velocity stalk. The taller the veloc-
ity stalk, the higher the velocity value (0–127).
To edit MIDI velocity:
Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Velocity
1
View.
Select any Grabber tool.
2
Do one of the following:
3
• Drag the top (diamond) of the velocity
stalk up or down.
Dragging a velocity stalk
– or –
• If two notes have the same start time (with
velocity stalks on top of each other), Con-
trol-drag (Windows) or Command-drag
(Mac) the actual note up or down.
Editing simultaneous velocities