Native Instruments MASCHINE MK3 Groove Production Studio (Black) - Manual (Page 526)

◦ Fully lit pads indicate Sounds for which all events are selected: Press any lit pad to
remove all its events from the selection (the pad turns dim lit).
▪ In Keyboard mode, each pad represents a specific pitch of the focused Sound:
◦ Unlit pads indicate pitches at which the Pattern has no notes. Nothing happens when
you press them.
◦ Dimmed pads indicate pitches at which notes can be selected: Press any dimmed pad
to add all notes at that pitch to the selection. The pad turns fully lit to indicate that
all its notes are selected. You can press any additional dimmed pad to add its notes to
the selection.
Fully lit pads indicate pitches at which all notes are selected: Press any lit pad to remove all its
notes from the selection (the pad turns dim lit).
11.4.4 Editing Selected Events/Notes
Once you have selected particular events, you can edit them in various ways.
In the software you can edit events with your mouse only if Select mode is selected in the Edit
Mode selector. Select mode is the default mode indicated by the unhighlighted Pencil icon:
Select mode indicated by the unhighlighted Pencil icon.
Action Function
Editing Selected Notes
Drag note horizontally Moves selected notes in time according to the Step Grid
(see quantizing rules below).
[Ctrl] + drag note horizontally
(macOS: [Cmd] + drag note) Freely moves selected notes in time (overrides the Step
Grid quantization).
Working with Patterns
Editing Events
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