Pro Tools MIDI Lesson 4 - Editing in the MIDI Editor Pt 1

Question 1

What are the three steps to copy/paste notes?

Answer 1

1. ) select notes and cmd+c
2. ) place edit selection at destination
3. ) from edit menu, choose paste (cmd+v) or paste special > merge (opt+m)

Question 2

What are the 5 steps to build chords from a single note?

Answer 2

1. ) select root note
2. ) use up arrow with ctrl+opt to copy selected root note up to second scale degree
3. ) use up arrow with just ctrl to move copied note to 3rd scale degree
4. ) use up arrow with ctrl+opt to copy selected note to 4th scale degree
5. ) use up arrow with ctrl to move copies note to 5th scale degree

Question 3

Select a single note by clicking with the _____.

Answer 3

grabber tool

Question 4

Hold _____ and _____ to select multiple notes.

Answer 4

shift, click

Question 5

Use _____ to move a selection of notes.

Answer 5

left/right arrow keys

Question 6

Use _____ with _____ to select multiple adjacent notes.

Answer 6

left/right arrow keys, shift

Question 7

Select multiple notes by _____ and _____ or _____.

Answer 7

clicking in piano roll, dragging across notes with the marquee, clicking and dragging over notes with selector tool

Question 8

Click a key on the vertical keyboard to _____.

Answer 8

select that note for the entire session

Question 9

Drag notes up or down to _____.

Answer 9

transpose by semitones

Question 10

Use shift with up/down arrow keys to _____.

Answer 10

transpose by octaves

Question 11

Use control with up/down arrow keys to _____.

Answer 11

transpose by key

Question 12

Hold shift before clicking on notes to _____.

Answer 12

lock location or pitch

Question 13

Hold command after clicking to _____.

Answer 13

switch mode behavior

Question 14

Nudge selected notes with _____ on numeric keyboard.

Answer 14

minus/plus keys

Question 15

Change nudge value with _____.

Answer 15

cmd+opt+minus/plus keys

Question 16

How do you move notes by specific amount of bars and beats?

Answer 16

shift+command in edit window

Question 17

How do you move the start of a note to edit selection?

Answer 17

ctrl+click note

Question 18

How do you move the end of a note to edit selection?

Answer 18

ctrl+cmd click note

Question 19

How do you copy a note by dragging?

Answer 19

hold opt

Question 20

How do you copy selected notes?

Answer 20

from edit window, choose duplicate and repeat

Question 21

How do you COPY the start of a note to the edit selection?

Answer 21

ctrl+opt+click a note

Question 22

How do you COPY the end of a note to edit selection?

Answer 22

cmd+opt+ctrl+click a note