Note Editing Overlay

The Note Editing Overlay allows you to edit note durations, note time positions, display durations, and note velocities in a similar way as in the Key Editor.

  • To display the Note Editing Overlay, activate the Note Editing Overlay section on the Score Editor toolbar, and activate Note Editing Overlay On/Off.

Edit MIDI Note Duration

Allows you to edit the MIDI durations of the notes and the note positions.

Edit Display Duration

Allows you to edit the display durations of the notes.

Edit Velocities

Allows you to edit the note velocities.

Snap

Snaps the durations and positions to the value that is set in the Quantize Presets pop-menu on the Score Editor toolbar.

Lock Overlay

Locks the overlay to the position from where you opened it. If you deactivate this, the overlay follows the mouse position.

Note

Moving the overlay to a different staff with the mouse automatically activates this staff for editing.

Show above/below Staff

Allows you to move the overlay above or below the active staff.

MIDI note durations/Display durations/Velocities

The note durations, the display durations and the velocities in the overlay are shown as rectangles, and the selected note duration or velocity is shown in the color that you specified for Selected Events in the Preferences dialog (Scores–Colors for Additional Meanings page).