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13.16 Using the Keyboard

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13.16 Using the Keyboard

Notes can be entered at the position of the edit cursor by using the Keyboard Shortcut I or at the mouse cursor by pressing Insert.

Kind: concept (user-guide-section) Chapter: 13 Working with MIDI Items Source: REAPER User Guide v7.70

Notes can be entered at the position of the edit cursor by using the Keyboard Shortcut I or at the mouse cursor by pressing Insert. Looking at the right click Notes menu you can see that default keyboard shortcuts have been assigned to many of these commands. There are others that are not shown on the menus. Some of the most useful of these are listed here. The Edit Cursor position on the Timeline is adjusted by using any of the following Keyboard Shortcuts.

To do this … … use this shortcut

Move edit cursor right by one grid division. Right or Ctrl Num 6

Move edit cursor left by one grid division. Left or Ctrl Num 4

Move edit cursor right by one pixel. Shift Right or Ctrl Alt Num 6

Move edit cursor left by one pixel. Shift Left or Ctrl Alt Num 4

Notes can be moved using any of the following Keyboard Shortcuts.

To do this … … use this shortcut

Move selected note(s) down one octave.

Alt Num 2

Move selected note(s) down one semitone.

Num 2

Move selected note(s) up one octave.

Alt Num 8

Move selected note(s) up one semitone.

Num 8

Move edit cursor left by one pixel.

Alt Num 4

To do this … … use this shortcut

Move edit cursor left by one grid unit.

Num 4

Move edit cursor right by one pixel.

Alt Num 6

Move edit cursor right by one grid unit.

Num 6

Note display can be filtered for channels 1 to 10 using any of the shortcuts Shift 1 thru Shift 0. Shift ` removes the note filter and restores all notes to view.

Using F1-F12 as step sequencer:

When Use F1-F12 as step sequencer is selected, the keys F1 thru F12 can be used to enter notes. These keys are mapped to the 12 Semitones of an Octave, with F1 having the lowest pitch and F12 having the highest pitch. The method for using this is the same as already described under the MIDI Editor’s main Options menu.

Note Properties:

The keyboard shortcut Ctrl F2 can be used to open the Note Properties box, as an alternative to choosing the command from the right-click menu.

Selecting / Editing multiple Notes:

Multiple notes can be selected by holding down the Ctrl or Shift keys while selecting notes with the mouse, by drawing a Marquee (Right-click and drag) around a group of notes, or by using Select All (Ctrl A).

 The value of all selected notes can be adjusted by dragging one of the selected notes.  The duration of all selected notes can be adjusted by dragging the edge of one on the selected notes.  The note velocity of all selected notes can be adjusted by dragging the Velocity handle (when active) of one of the selected notes.

The default Velocity value for notes created in the MIDI Editor is taken from the last selected event - e.g. if the Velocity of the last selected event was 70, then the Velocity value for the next created note will be 70.

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