Copying and pasting notes in the Key Editor

You can copy and paste notes in the piano roll and percussion editors, including to other pitched instruments and voices, and repeating them directly after themselves.

Prerequisite

  • The lower zone is shown.

  • Key Editor is selected in the lower zone toolbar.

  • Select is selected in the Key Editor panel toolbar.

  • You have selected the instruments you want to show in the Key Editor.

Procedure

  1. In the piano roll/percussion editor, select the notes you want to copy.
  2. Copy the selected notes in any of the following ways:

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-C.

    • Choose Edit > Copy.

  3. Move the playhead to the position to which you want to paste the selected notes.
  4. Optional: If you want to paste notes to another instrument, make that instrument the primary instrument.
  5. Optional: If you want to paste notes into another voice, select that voice from the voice selector in the Key Editor toolbar.
  6. Paste the selected notes in any of the following ways:

    • Press Ctrl/Cmd-V.

    • Choose Edit > Paste.

Result

The selected notes are copied to the selected position, instrument, and voice, without deleting them from their original positions. By default, any MIDI CC points in the copied range are also pasted.

Tip

  • You can also repeat notes immediately after themselves by selecting them, then pressing R.

  • You can also copy notes by selecting them, then Alt/Opt-dragging them to the position where you want to paste them.