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3 Click the note icon for the Custom Note Du-
ration pop-up menu, and select a note duration.
The note icon changes to show the selected note
value.
Setting the Grid Value
When inserting MIDI notes with the Pencil tool,
the Grid value determines the duration of each
note, or other characteristics, based on the Pen-
cil tool shape (see “The Pencil Tool” on
page 560).
To set the Grid value for MIDI editing:
1 Set the Main Time Scale to Bars:Beats (see “Set-
ting the Main Time Scale” on page 349).
2 From the Grid Value pop-up menu, select a
note value (such as 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16).
3 Verify the default session meter and tempo
(see “Setting the Default Meter” on page 274
and “Setting the Default Tempo” on page 274).
Inserting MIDI Notes
In addition to recording, step recording, and im-
porting MIDI into Pro Tools, you can manually
insert MIDI notes using the Pencil tool.
To insert a MIDI note:
1 Set the MIDI or Instrument track to Notes
View.
2 Select the Pencil tool and make sure it is set to
Freehand. The cursor will change to the Pencil
tool when located over the playlist area of a
MIDI or Instrument track in Notes View.
3 To insert quarter notes on the beat, set the
Main Time Scale to Bars:Beats, and set the Edit
mode to Grid and the Grid value to quarter
notes (0|1|000).
4 Move the Pencil tool into the playlist area for
the MIDI or Instrument track. Use the Edit win-
dow’s ruler and the track’s mini-keyboard to lo-
cate the pitch and time location you want.
When using the Pencil tool, the Cursor location
and value are displayed in the Options Bar.
Custom Note Duration pop-up menu
For more information on Grid mode, see
“Grid” on page 365.
When inserting MIDI notes or other MIDI
data with the Pencil tool, MIDI region
boundaries are created on the nearest bar-
lines.
Pencil tool set to Freehand
Cursor location and value
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