Editing Controllers - CAKEWALK SONAR User Manual

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To Select Controller Events of the Same Type
1.
Click the Edit MIDI Event Type menu
from the popup menu.
2.
Activate the Select tool in the Piano Roll toolbar or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar (depending on
which view you're working in), and select one or more controller events by usint the following
techniques:
Drag a rectangle around the edit handles of the controller events that you want to select.
Shift-click or Shift-drag to add other controllers to the selection.
Ctrl-click to or Ctrl-drag toggle the selection state of a controller.
Click and drag in the Time Ruler.

Editing Controllers

Each controller value appears with a handle at the top of it, which you can drag vertically with the
Select tool or the Draw tool, or horizontally (Select tool only).
Activate the Select tool or the Draw tool by clicking their respective icons in either the Piano Roll view
toolbar, or the Inline Piano Roll toolbar, depending on which view you're working in.
Tip: you can assign the Inline Piano Roll view tools to key bindings.
To Edit or Delete Controller Events with the Select Tool
1.
Select the type of controller events you want to edit by clicking the Edit MIDI Event Type menu
The controller events you chose change shade to show that you can edit them.
2.
Drag the edit handle of each controller event that you want to edit vertically and/or horizontally. A
tooltip appears when you depress the mouse, and constantly reports the controller name, channel,
value, and location of the controller value that you are editing. Release the mouse where you want
your controller value to be.
3.
To delete controller events, select them, and press the Delete key.
To Edit or Delete Controller Events with the Draw Tool
1.
Select the type of controller events you want to edit by clicking the Edit MIDI Event Type menu,
and choosing the controller type from the popup menu.
Or
1.
Click an edit handle on the type of controller events you want to edit. This automatically chooses
the controller in the Edit MIDI Event Type menu.
The tails of the controller events you choose change to the same color as their edit handles to show
that you can edit them.
2.
Edit the controller by using any of the following methods:
To edit a single event, drag an edit handle vertically.
Redraw a series of controller events by dragging a new curve through the events.
Delete a single controller event by activating the Auto Erase button, and clicking a
controller's edit handle. You can override the Auto Erase button (temporarily reverse its
current state) by holding down the Alt key while you click.
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, and choosing the controller type from the popup menu.
, choose the type of event you want to select

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