Pro Tools Reference Guide584
To open the last active MIDI Operations window
page:
■ Choose Event > MIDI > Operations Window.
To apply the command in the MIDI Operations
window, do one of the following:
■ Click Apply or press Enter on the numeric
keypad. This applies the command and leaves
the window in the foreground.
– or –
■ Press Enter on the QWERTY keyboard (Win-
dows) or Return (Mac). This applies the com-
mand and closes the window.
To undo the command in the MIDI Operations
window:
■ Choose Edit > Undo.
Using the MIDI Operations Window
Use the following methods to easily configure
the various options, which vary from command
to command, in the MIDI Operations window:
◆ To move forward and back through the vari-
ous fields, press Tab or Shift+Tab.
◆ Increment or decrement selected fields with
the Up and Down Arrow keys. Press and hold
these keys to scroll quickly through the values.
◆ Click and drag up or down in a selected field
to scroll to a new value.
◆ Press Control (Windows) or Command (Mac)
while adjusting sliders for finer resolution.
◆ For selected pitch and velocity fields, play a
note on your MIDI controller keyboard to auto-
matically enter it.
◆ Changing a value for a particular control
(such as the Swing Percentage in the Quantize
window), automatically enables the control.
Grid/Groove Quantize
The Grid/Groove Quantize command adjusts
MIDI note locations and durations so that tim-
ing is improved, or so that a particular rhythmic
“feel” is achieved.
The default Grid/Groove page provides Grid
Quantize options, so that you can Quantize
works by aligning notes to a Quantize Grid, the
size of which is defined in the Quantize Grid
pop-up menu by a standard note duration, or
you can apply a groove template. The
Grid/Groove Quantize window provides slightly
different options for Grid Quantize and Groove
Quantize.
To open the MIDI Operations window
and display the last active MIDI Opera-
tions page, press Alt+3 (Windows) or Op-
tion+3 (Mac).
If the MIDI Operations window is already
open, you can select any of the pages from
the pop-up menu at the top of the window.
When using the MIDI Operations window
and MIDI Real-Time Properties at the same
time, MIDI operations are applied to the ac-
tual MIDI data. MIDI Real-Time Properties
continue to applied on top of the actual
MIDI data.
You can also quantize MIDI input, see “In-
put Quantize” on page 604.