DigiDesign Digidesign Pro Tools 8.0, Reference Manual

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Chapter 31: Score Editor 633
To marquee zoom to a particular area of the score:
1
Click the Zoomer tool pop-up menu and select
Normal Zoom mode.
2
Drag in the score, making a marquee selection
of the area to which you want to zoom.
The zoomed area fills the entire Edit window.
Single Zoom Mode
Single Zoom mode returns you to the previously
selected tool after a zoom has been performed.
For example, when using the Pencil tool you can
select the Single Zoomer tool, and once the
Zoom operation has been performed, Pro Tools
automatically switches back to the Pencil tool.
Single Zoom is identified with an arrow to the
right of the Zoomer icon. (Normal Zoom mode
does not show the arrow.)
To use Single Zoom mode:
„
Click the Zoomer tool pop-up menu and se-
lect Single Zoom mode.
Trimmer
The Trimmer tool lets you lengthen or shorten
the duration of a note.
Note Selector
Use the Note Selector tool to select notes on one
or more staves in the Score Editor window. Se-
lected notes highlight blue. Selected notes can
be deleted, moved, transposed, and processed
(using Event Operations).
Grabber
Use the Grabber tool to select one or more notes.
You can also use the Grabber tool to move single
notes, or all selected notes, to a different pitch or
time location.
Pencil
Use the Pencil tools to insert, select, move, or
delete notes. The various Pencil tools differ in
how they draw note durations, repeated notes,
and velocities, but function in the same fashion
as drawing notes on tracks in Notes view in the
Edit window or in a MIDI Editor window.
Marquee zooming with the Zoomer tool
Press the F6 key to select the Trimmer tool.
Press the F7 key to select the Note Selector
tool.
The Note Selector tool makes a range
selection that only includes MIDI notes and
velocities. It does not include any other
MIDI data, such as program changes or
continuous controller data.
Press the F8 key to select the Grabber tool.