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M-AUDIO Pro Tools Recording Studio User Manual

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Drag any of the selected notes to another time

location on the same staff.

Inserting Notes

Use the Pencil tool to manually insert notes in
the Score Editor. When you insert a note, the
Score Editor automatically places it on the Grid
and creates rests where appropriate.

To manually insert a note:

1

Select the Default Note Duration setting you

want (see “Default Note Duration” on
page 635
).

2

Select the Grid setting you want (see “Grid”

on page 636).

3

Select the Default Note On Velocity (see “De-

fault Note On Velocity” on page 635).

4

Click the Pencil tool and select Free Hand.

5

With the Free Hand Pencil tool, do any of the

following:

• Single-click at the time location and pitch

you want to enter a single note of the se-
lected Default Note Duration.

– or –

• Click at the time location and pitch you

want and drag to the right to increase the
duration of the note. Release the mouse
when you have the duration you want.

To manually insert multiple notes of the same
pitch:

1

Select the Default Note Duration setting you

want (see “Default Note Duration” on
page 635).

2

Select the Grid setting you want (see “Grid”

on page 636).

3

Select the Default Note On Velocity (see “De-

fault Note On Velocity” on page 635).

Moving selected notes with the Grabber tool

You can also Nudge notes in the Score Editor
by the currently selected Grid value.

You can also enter notes by recording MIDI,
importing MIDI from a file, or using Step Input
(Event > Event Operations > Step Input).

Entering a single note with the Pencil tool

Entering a single longer note with the Pencil tool