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Adding and Editing Controllers in the Piano Roll
View
Controller events (MIDI continuous controllers, pitch wheel, NRPN’s, and RPN’s) appear in either the
Notes Pane or the Controller pane, depending on whether you choose to display the Controller pane or
not. Each controller event has an edit handle at the top, which you can drag to edit, and a tail under the
edit handle, which graphically demonstrates the controller event’s current value. The tail changes
colors to show whether you can edit a particular type of controller, and also turns dark to show that the
controller event is selected. Controller events appear in different colors so you can differentiate them
when you’re displaying multiple controller events, possibly in multiple tracks.
Note : only the current track and current events appear in a solid color. All other tracks and events
appear in de-saturated colors.
To show which events belong to which track, and which ones are the “current” events (the ones you can
edit), and which events are selected, controller events use the following color patterns:
• Controller tail—uses the same color as the edit handle when the controller can be edited (in other
words, when the controller is selected in the Edit MIDI Event Type menu). You can automatically
enable a controller type for editing by clicking its edit handle with the Draw tool.
• Selected—if a controller event is selected, both the edit handle and the tail darken in shade the
way that selected notes do.
Adding Controllers
When you add a new controller type to a track, the controller type is automatically chosen in the Show/
Hide MIDI Events menu, so that you can see it. For help showing and hiding all the other MIDI data
you may have in your track or tracks, see “Displaying Notes and Controllers in the Inline Piano Roll
View” on page 260, “Displaying Notes and Controllers (Piano Roll View Only)” on page 248, and
“Working with Multiple Tracks in the Piano Roll View” on page 246.
To Add Controller Data with the Draw Tool
1. Click the Edit MIDI Event Type menu , and choose New Value Type from the popup
menu.
The MIDI Event Type dialog appears.
2. Choose options from the following fields:
• Type—choose the type of controller you want to add (for example, choose Control if you want
to edit volume).
Edit handle
Controller tail
A single controller event