DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

Page: 603 / 1112

Chapter 29: MIDI Editing 585
Trimming Note Start and End Times
Like regions, start and end points for MIDI notes
can be adjusted with the Trimmer tool. If several
notes are selected when performing the trim,
each note is changed.
To change the start or end points for a group of
MIDI notes:
1
Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Notes
view.
2
Using the Pencil tool or any Grabber tool,
Shift-click each note you want to trim.
3
Do one of the following:
• Select the Trimmer tool.
– or –
• Use the Pencil tool.
4
Move the cursor near the beginning of any of
the highlighted notes, so the Trimmer tool ap-
pears. Drag right to shorten the notes, or drag
left to lengthen them.
If the Edit mode is set to Grid, the dragged start
or end point snaps to the nearest Grid bound-
ary. If the Edit mode is set to Spot, the Spot dia-
log opens, where you can enter the new location
for the note’s start or end point.
Notes can also be trimmed with the
Trim Region
to Selection
command (see “Trim to Selection
Command” on page 500) and the Trim To Inser-
tion
command (see “Trimming with Nudge” on
page 502).
The placement of MIDI notes can also be
adjusted with Shift (see “Shift Command”
on page 730) or Nudge (see “Nudging Re-
gions” on page 502).
The Trimmer tool can also be used on MIDI
regions. For more informations, see “Time
Compression/Expansion Trimmer Tool
Functionality on MIDI Regions” on
page 591.
Changing note end times with the Trimmer tool
When in Grid mode, use the Control key
(Windows) or the Command key (Mac) to
temporarily disable Grid mode.