Key Editor Toolbar

To show or hide the toolbar elements, right-click the toolbar and activate or deactivate the elements.

Default Items

Solo Editor: Solos the editor during playback if the editor has the focus.

Record in Editor: Enables the recording of MIDI data in the editor if the editor has the focus.

Note
This only works if MIDI Record Mode is set to Merge or Replace.

Retrospective Record

Insert MIDI Retrospective Recording in Editor: Allows you to recover MIDI notes that you played in stop mode or during playback.

Left Divider

Left Divider: Allows you to use the left divider. Tools that are placed to the left of the divider are always shown.

Pitch Visibility

Pitch Visibility On/Off

Deactivate this to show all pitches in the note display. Activate this to reduce the pitches in the note display according to the selected pitch visibility option.

Select Pitch Visibility Options

Allows you to determine which pitches are displayed in the note display:

Show Pitches with Events shows only the pitches for which events are available in the note display.
Show Pitches from Scale Assistant shows only the pitches that match the musical scale that is selected in the Scale Assistant section of the Inspector.

Auto-Scroll

Link Project and Lower Zone Editor Cursors: Links timelines, cursors, and zoom factors of the Editor tab in the lower zone and the Project window.

Note
You cannot activate Link Project and Lower Zone Editor Cursors if Independent Track Loop is active.
Auto-Scroll: Keeps the project cursor visible during playback.
Select Auto-Scroll Settings: Allows you to activate Page Scroll or Stationary Cursor and to activate Suspend Auto-Scroll When Editing.

Acoustic Feedback

Acoustic Feedback: Automatically plays back events when you move or transpose them, or when you create them by drawing.

Tool Buttons

Object Selection: Selects events and parts.
Draw: Draws events.
Erase: Deletes events.
Trim: Trims events.
Split: Splits events.
Glue: Glues together events of the same pitch.
Mute: Mutes events.
Zoom: Zooms in. Hold Alt/Opt and click to zoom out.
Time Warp: Adjusts musical positions of events to time positions.
Line: Creates a series of contiguous events.

Auto Select Controllers

Auto Select Controllers: Automatically selects controller data of the selected MIDI notes.

Independent Track Loop

Independent Track Loop: Activates/Deactivates the independent track loop.

Note

If you activate Independent Track Loop, the Link Project and Lower Zone Editor Cursors function is automatically deactivated in the Editor tab in the lower zone.

Indicate Transpositions

Indicate Transpositions: Allows you to display the transposed pitches of MIDI notes.

Insert Velocity

Note Insert Velocity: Allows you to specify a velocity value for new notes.

Nudge

Nudge Settings

Allow you to set up a snap grid for the nudge commands.

By default, the snap grid for nudge operations is set to Link to Grid, and the step width corresponds to the snap grid.
If you activate Link to Primary Time Format, the snap grid for nudge operations follows the primary time format, and you can set up the step width in the Nudge Settings pop-up menu.
If you deactivate Link to Grid and Link to Primary Time Format, you can set up a snap grid that is fully independent for nudge operations. In this case, you can select a time format and a value from the Nudge Settings pop-up menu.

Note

To show the nudge buttons, click the points to the right of the Nudge Settings.

Nudge Start Left: Increases the length of the selected event by moving its start to the left.
Nudge Start Right: Decreases the length of the selected event by moving its start to the right.
Move Left: Moves the selected event to the left.
Move Right: Moves the selected event to the right.
Nudge End Left: Decreases the length of the selected event by moving its end to the left.
Nudge End Right: Increases the length of the selected event by moving its end to the right.

Transpose Palette

Move Up: Transposes the selected event up by a half note.
Move Down: Transposes the selected event down by a half note.
Move Up More: Transposes the selected event up by an octave.
Move Down More: Transposes the selected event down by an octave.

Snap

Snap On/Off

Activates/Deactivates the Snap function.

Snap Type

Allows you to select one of the following snap types:

Grid snaps events to the grid that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu.
Grid Relative keeps the relative positions when snapping events to the grid.
Events snaps events to the start or end of other events.
Shuffle changes the order of events if you drag one event to the left or right of other events.
Cursor snaps events to the cursor position.
Grid + Cursor snaps events to the quantize grid that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu or to the cursor position.
Events + Cursor snaps events to the start or end of other events, or to the cursor position.
Grid + Events + Cursor snaps events to the quantize grid that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu, to the start or end of other events or to the cursor position.

Grid Type

Allows you to select one of the following grid types:

Use Quantize activates a grid where events snap to the value that is selected in the Quantize Presets pop-up menu.
Adapt to Zoom activates a grid where events snap to the zoom level.

Quantize

Apply Quantize: Applies the quantize settings.
Quantize Presets: Allows you to select a quantize or a groove preset.
Soft Quantize On/Off: Activates/Deactivates soft quantize.
Open Quantize Panel: Opens the Quantize Panel.

Length Quantize

Length Quantize: Allows you to set a value for quantizing event lengths.

Multiple Part Controls

Show Part Borders

Shows/Hides part borders for the active MIDI part within the left and right locators.

Part Editing Mode

Sets the editing mode for parts.

Edit All Parts allows you to edit all parts that are opened in the Editor at the same time.
Edit Active Part restricts editing operations to the part that is selected in the Activate Part for Editing pop-up menu.

Activate Part for Editing

Lists all parts that were selected when you opened the editor, and allows you to activate a part.

Step/MIDI Input

Step Input: Activates/Deactivates MIDI step input.
MIDI Input/Note Expression MIDI Input: Activates/Deactivates MIDI input and note expression MIDI input.
Move Insert Mode: Moves all note events to the right of the step input position to the right to make room for the inserted event when you insert notes.

Note
This only works if Step Input is activated.
Record Pitch: Includes the pitch when you insert notes.
Record NoteOn Velocity: Includes the NoteOn velocity when you insert notes.
Record NoteOff Velocity: Includes the NoteOff velocity when you insert notes.

Event Colors

Event Colors: Allows you to select event colors.

Edit VST Instrument

Edit VST Instrument: Opens the VST instrument that the track is routed to.

Right Divider

Right Divider: Allows you to use the right divider. Tools that are placed to the right of the divider are always shown.

Window Zone Controls

Open in Separate Window: This button is available in the Editor tab in the lower zone. It opens the editor in a separate window.
Open in Lower Zone: This button is available in the editor window. It opens the Editor tab in the lower zone of the Project window.
Set up Window Layout: Allows you to set up the window layout.
Set up Toolbar: Opens a pop-up menu where you can set up which toolbar elements are visible.