Change Duration Examples

To make notes more staccato:

1 Select the range of MIDI notes to be edited.

2 Choose Event > Event Operations > Change Duration.

Press Alt+P on Windows or Option+P on Mac to open the Change Duration window.

3 Select the option for Scale By with a percentage value of 50.

4 Click Apply. The durations for the selected notes are reduced by 50%.

With this option you may have to experiment with the percentage value to achieve the desired effect.

To make notes more legato:

1 Select the range of MIDI notes to be edited.

2 Choose Event > Event Operations > ChangeDuration.

3 Select the Legato option.

4 From the Legato pop-up menu, select Overlap.

5 Enter 0|000 for the amount of overlap.

6 Click Apply.

The end points for the selected notes are extended to the start point of the next note, thereby eliminating the space between each note.