CAKEWALK sonar x3, Reference Manual

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Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll
Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
To move events between lanes
When you move events from one lane to another lane, the MIDI data is transformed to match the
edit type in the target lane.
1. Select the event types you want to move to another lane. See “Selecting controllers” on page
749 for more information.
2. In the Scale pane, right-click the lane you want to move the selected events to.
The lane context menu appears.
3. Click Move selected events to this lane .
The selected events are moved to the destination track.
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 755, “Displaying notes and controllers (Piano Roll view only)” on page 731,
and “Working with multiple tracks in the Piano Roll view” on page 728.
To add controller data with the Freehand tool
1. Click the controller lane’s Event Filter and choose New Value Type to open the MIDI Event Type
dialog box.
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).
• Value. This field is grayed-out if you choose Wheel or ChanAft in the Type field. If you
choose Control , RPN , or NRPN in the Type field, choose which Control, RPN, or NRPN you
want to add. For example, to edit volume, choose 7-Volume in this field if you chose Control
in the Type field.
• Channel. Choose a MIDI channel for the controller if you want. If your track has a MIDI
channel listed in the Ch field, all MIDI data in your track uses the listed MIDI channel.
3. Click OK to close the dialog box.
4. Select the Freehand tool in the Control Bar, and add your controller values by using one of
the following methods:
• Depress the mouse at the point where you want your controller messages to start, and drag
the Draw tool to draw the kind of curve you want your controller messages to follow. A tooltip
Note: It is impossible to move selected events to a lane that has an edit type of Velocity; the type
of event to transform to would be Note and the pitch could not be specified in this case. In this
case, the
Move selected events to this lane menu command will be disabled and appear
grayed out.