Snapping MIDI Note Pitches to Musical Scales While Editing

You can snap the note pitches of MIDI notes to the nearest pitches of the selected scale while editing in the Key Editor.

Prerequisite

In the Key Editor, you have selected a scale for your MIDI notes or you have selected a Chord Track Mode.

Procedure

  1. Open the Scale Assistant section of the Inspector.
  2. Activate Show Scale Note Guides.
  3. Activate Snap Pitch Editing.
  4. Do one of the following:

    • Insert a note event with the Draw tool, the Object Selection tool, or with the Line tool.

    • Drag a note event upwards or downwards with the mouse.

    • Select a note event and use the Up Arrow/Down Arrow keys.

Result

The notes snap to pitches of the selected scale. You cannot place notes on pitches outside of the scale. If you select multiple notes and move them to different pitches, all selected notes snap to the pitches of the selected scale.

Note

Snap Pitch Editing does not apply when you change pitches using the Pitch value field on the info line or if you record notes via MIDI input.