Piano Roll Menu
This menu provides many important functions for working with the Piano Roll,
such as copying and pasting notes, converting color groups etc.

1. File
- Open Score - Lets you load notes from a FSC
file in the Piano Roll.
- Save Score As - Lets you save all notes in
the current Piano Roll view as a FSC file.
- Copy (
Ctrl+C) - Copies all selected notes/slides
to clipboard.
- Import MIDI (
Ctrl+M)- Shows the Import
MIDI Data dialog box, which lets you import notes from MIDI files to the
Piano Roll. Selecting this command from a Piano Roll window imports only note
events. To import controller data (cutoff, resonance etc.) from a MIDI file,
launch the Import MIDI Data dialog box from a separate Event
Editor window.
- Paste from MIDI clipboard (
Shift+Ctrl+V)- Works exactly as the previous
command, but uses the MIDI clipboard data rather than a MIDI file. You can
paste data from any sequencer that can copy to MIDI clipboard format, as for
example Cakewalk Pro Audio (TM).
2. Edit
- Cut (
Ctrl+X) - Cuts all selected notes/slides
to clipboard. Note that using this command on events in the integrated event
editor deletes them instead of sending them to clipboard.
- Copy (
Ctrl+C) - Copies all selected notes/slides
to clipboard.
- Paste (
Ctrl+V) - Pastes notes/slides from clipboard.
- Delete (
Del) - Deletes all selected notes/slides.
- Delete All (
Ctrl+Del) - Deletes all notes, slides and
events in the Piano Roll.
- Select All (
Ctrl+A) - Selects all notes, slides and events
in the Piano Roll.
- Invert Selection - Inverts the selection.
- Select By Color- Selects all notes and slides
that have the same color as the current one.
- Change Color (
Alt+C) - Repaints all selected notes/slides
in the current drawing color (if nothing is selected, applies to all).
- Quick Quantize (
Alt+Q) - Applies basic quantize to all selected
notes/slides depending on the global snap setting in the Recording
panel (if nothing is selected, applies to all).
- Quantize (
Ctrl+Q) - More advanced version of the quantize
feature. Opens the Quantizer settings dialog.
- Quick Chop (
Alt+U) - Slices long notes into many shorter,
based on the global snap setting in the Recording
panel (if nothing is selected, applies to all).
- Chop (
Ctrl+U) - More advanced version of the chop
feature. Opens the Chopper settings dialog.
- Init With Current Position (
Ctrl+I) - Initializes the integrated event
editor with the current value of the corresponding automated control.
- LFO (
Ctrl+L)- Shows the LFO
box, which lets you draw LFO-shaped events in the integrated event editor.
Note that this feature is enabled only when in the property/event selector
(15) type of event is selected, instead
of a note property type.
3. Options
- Grid Color - Opens a standard Color dialog
box, where you can set a color for Piano Roll's grid.
4. Chord
Shows a manu with predefined chord types. Select a chord and draw chords in
the Piano Roll. Select None (
Shift+N) to draw single notes again.
5. Auto Locate Channel
When selected, the Piano Roll will automatically display the first non-empty
channel when switching between patterns.
6. View All Channels (
Alt+V)
When selected, the Piano Roll will show the scores of all channels in the current
pattern (they are displayed in the background and have a semitransparent look).
Note that these scores are displayed only like a reference for easier sequencing
- you can not select or edit them in any way.
7. Zoom (
Alt+Z)
Zooms in/out horizontally (time).