Selecting and Auditioning MIDI Notes with the Mini-Keyboard

Use the mini-keyboard on MIDI and Instrument tracks to select and play notes on that track. You can click on the mini-keyboard with any Edit tool.

To play a note on a MIDI or Instrument track, and select all notes of that pitch on the track:

With any Edit tool selected, click a key on the mini-keyboard.

 

Playing a note with the mini-keyboard and selecting all notes of that pitch

Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) to play notes without making a selection.

Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) to select or deselect notes, and to make noncontiguous selections.

To select and play a range of notes on a MIDI or Instrument track:

With any Edit tool selected, click a key and drag up or down on the mini-keyboard.

 

Playing a range of notes with the mini-keyboard and selecting all notes of including those pitches

You can also Shift-click on the mini-keyboard to extend or contract the range of notes.