Pro Tools Reference Guide600
Transpose
While the Grabber tools can be used to manu-
ally transpose individual MIDI notes, or small
groups of notes, the Transpose command can be
used for entire MIDI tracks and regions. One of
the more common uses for Transpose is to
change the key for your MIDI tracks. You can
define an Edit Group for MIDI tracks that you
want to transpose, making sure to exclude any
drum tracks from the group so they aren’t trans-
posed. You can even transpose in key.
Transpose By (Octaves) Transposes selected
notes by up to +/– 10 octaves.
Transpose By (Semitones) Transposes selected
notes chromatically, up or down, by up to
+/–127 semitones.
Transpose (From and To) Transposes selected
notes by semitones, as expressed by the differ-
ence between the source and destination
pitches. Transposing from C3 to F#3, for exam-
ple, transposes the notes up by an augmented
fourth (six semitones).
Transpose All Notes To Transposes all selected
notes to the same pitch. Use the slider or the
number entry box to enter the desired pitch to
which to transpose all selected notes.
Transpose In Key Transposes selected notes in
key up or down by scale steps (based on the Key
Signature ruler).
To transpose MIDI notes:
1 If you will be transposing a group of tracks,
enable the Edit Group.
2 Select the notes you want to transpose.
3 Choose Event > MIDI > Transpose.
4 Select the option for Transpose (By, From and
To, All Notes To, or In Key).
5 Set the corresponding pitch fields.
With any pitch field selected, play a note on
your MIDI controller to automatically enter it as
the pitch value.
6 Click Apply.
You can also transpose MIDI notes nonde-
structively in real-time using MIDI Real-
Time Properties. See “MIDI Real-Time
Properties” on page 607.
MIDI Operations window, Transpose
Press Alt+T (Windows) or Option+T (Mac)
to open the Transpose window.
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