Event Operations Window

For more information, see the following topics:

Using the Event Operations Window

The Event Operations window provides commands to transform groups of MIDI notes to affect pitch, timing, and phrasing. The Quantize and Restore Performance Event Operations can also be applied to audio clip start times (or sync points) and Elastic Audio events. The Transpose Event Operation can also be applied to whole clips on Elastic Audio-enabled tracks.

The Event Operations window has nine pages, one for each Event Operations command.

Quantize

Restore Performance

Flatten Performance

Change Velocity

Change Duration

Transpose

Select/Split Notes

Input Quantize

Step Input

The Event Operations window can be left open, This provides quick access to apply a command or try out different options for a particular command.

You can also apply quantize, duration, delay, and transpose to MIDI nondestructively using MIDI Real-Time Properties. See MIDI Real-Time Properties.

To open a specific Event Operations window page:

Choose Event > Event Operations, followed by one of the Event Operations (such as Quantize).

To open the last active Event Operations window page:

Choose Event > Event Operations > Event Operations.

To open the Event Operations window, press Option+3 (Mac) or Alt+3 (Windows).

If the Event Operations window is already open, you can select any of the pages from the pop-up menu at the top of the window.

To apply an Event Operations command, 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.

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Press Enter on the alphanumeric keyboard (Windows) or Return (Mac). This applies the command and closes the window.

When using the Event Operations window and MIDI Real-Time Properties at the same time, Event Operations are applied to the actual MIDI data. MIDI Real-Time Properties are applied on top of the actual MIDI data.

To undo a command in the Event Operations window:

Choose Edit > Undo.