There’s also an option to collapse the note grid down to only notes with events-the idea is to more effectively turn the Piano Roll into a drum editor, and with certain Logic Instruments the names of the individual drums are displayed in this mode.Ĭolor-coding is utilized to good effect. When enabled from the Functions submenu, Time Handles let you make a selection of a group of notes, and then compress or expand time by dragging on either handle, with helpful visual feedback-this can be useful in a wide range of scenarios, like tweaking the timing of drum fills (in an un-quantized) drum part. Additional new features include Time Handles, a way to easily time-stretch/squeeze notes. Besides the usual choices, there are also more creative tools, like the Brush tool, which offers a way to quickly add a sequence of notes by dragging in the editing area-the current Quantize value determines the number of steps/notes created as you drag with the Brush, a nice step-editing alternative to dropping in notes one at a time.
Dragging the starts and ends of notes adjusts duration, and handy help tags show the actual numerical values as any edits are being made.Ī comprehensive set of tools is available specifically for the Piano Roll Editor: you can select not only the main Tool but a secondary Command-enabled tool for quick edits-I usually set this to MIDI Velocity. Of course MIDI notes can be dragged around the display for basic pitch and time adjustments (option-dragged to make copies), and the display has its own menu for choosing snapping behavior and resolution. Multiple regions on the same track can be selected and viewed/edited, but it’s also possible to select and edit MIDI events in multiple regions on different tracks as well. Typically the Piano Roll Editor would utilize the familiar Logic Link button, which makes it display the contents of any selected region or regions in the Tracks area.