M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio - Manual (Page 611)

Chapter 29: MIDI Editing 593
To show MIDI Controller data for a track, do one of
the following:
„ Select the corresponding Track View from the
Track View menu.
– or –
„ Reveal the corresponding MIDI Controller
lane under the track.
Continuous controller events that can be in-
serted and edited in Pro Tools include:
• volume
• pan
• pitch bend
• aftertouch (mono)
• MIDI controllers, 0–127
MIDI controller #7 (volume) and #10 (pan) are
treated by Pro Tools as automation data. This
means that these controller events (along with
Mutes) can be recorded and automated from the
Mix window; in addition, each MIDI or Instru-
ment track’s automation mode affects how
these events are played back and recorded.
While a MIDI track’s volume, pan, and mute
events can be suspended, all other controller
events in the track always play. Instrument
tracks support both MIDI volume, pan, and
mute, and audio volume, pan, and mute.
To avoid overwriting existing MIDI volume and
pan automation data, record in MIDI Merge
mode. When recording in MIDI Merge mode,
existing volume and pan data play back while
recording new MIDI data.
Continuous controller events (including vol-
ume and pan) can be recorded from an external
MIDI controller (such as a keyboard or control
surface), and they can be inserted in a MIDI
track’s playlist using the Pencil tool or any Grab-
ber tool.
Inserting and Editing Controller
Events
Continuous controller events can be edited with
any of the following methods:
‹ Individual breakpoints can be dragged with
any Grabber tool to adjust their location or
value.
‹ A group of selected breakpoints can be scaled
up or down with any of the Trimmer tools.
‹ New controller events can be drawn in with
the Pencil tool to replace existing events. Events
can be drawn with the Pencil tool (set to Free
Hand, Line, Triangle, Square, or Random).
‹ Controller events can be cut or copied and
pasted, as well as nudged or shifted.
Instrument track displaying MIDI Volume events in MIDI
Volume view
Instrument track displaying MIDI Volume lane
Polyphonic aftertouch cannot be viewed in
the Edit window. To view polyphonic after-
touch in Pro Tools, use the MIDI Event List
(see Chapter 32, “MIDI Event List”).
Track View selector
Reveal Controller lanes
Controller Type selector