Step Recording with the Pencil Tool

To step record with the Pencil Tool:

  1. In the Graphic Editor window, choose a track and output to record on.

  2. Use the Arrow Tool to click the location where you want to start recording. To choose a precise bar or beat, click in the time line above the piano roll; to choose a particular clock tick, click in the piano roll or use the Edit > Set Selection dialog box.

  3. Click the Pencil Tool. The cursor becomes a Crosshair.

  4. Select a note value by pressing a number on the Macintosh keyboard (1 is a whole note, 2 a half, 4 a quarter,etc.) or click the note icon and select from the popup menu. Pressing a 3 or clicking the 3 next to the note icon toggles triplet values on or off. Pressing or clicking the period toggles dotted values on or off.

  5. Select a duration by clicking the % of Value field at the top of the Graphic Editor window.

  6. Choose a velocity by clicking the Velocity field at the top of the graphic editor window.

  7. Do one of the following:

Metro enters notes at the start time and pitch you selected; if you continue to click the keyboard, Metro enters notes one after the other, the same distance from each other as the note value selected in the Note Value field.

Metro enters notes at wherever location you click.

  1. Repeat steps 5-8 for every note or rest you want to enter.

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