Select notes in the Piano Roll Editor in Logic Pro for iPad

Selecting notes in the Piano Roll Editor is similar to selecting other items in Logic Pro for iPad.

Select a single note

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, tap the Trim button or Velocity button , then tap a note bar to select it.
The vertical keyboard on the left highlights the corresponding key to show the note pitch.
Tap the working area to deselect any selected notes.

Select multiple notes

You can apply most of the editing tasks to a group of notes at once and change the parameter value of those notes to a specific value (absolute) or apply a value offset to all notes (relative).

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, tap the Multiple Select button .
The current function button is deselected automatically.
Tap individual notes to select or deselect them.
Once you’ve selected the group of notes, tap the Multiple Select button to deselect it.
The previous function button is selected again, and you can perform the edit, which applies to all selected notes.

To select multiple adjacent notes, you can also touch and hold the working area next to the first note you want to select, then drag across multiple notes.

Select multiple notes using momentary mode

You can apply most of the editing tasks to a group of notes all at once and change the parameter value of those notes to a specific value (absolute) or apply a value offset to all notes (relative).

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, touch and hold the Multiple Select button or press and hold the Shift key on an external keyboard.
The current function button is deselected momentarily.
While still holding the button (or pressing the Shift key), tap individual notes to select or deselect them.
Once you’ve selected the group of notes, release the Multiple Select button (or release the Shift key).
The previous function button is selected again, and you can perform the edit, which applies to all selected notes.

Note: The Multiple Select button remains selected if you don’t tap any item before releasing it.

Select all notes in the Piano Roll Editor

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, tap the Trim button .
Tap the working area to deselect any selected notes, then tap again to open its menu and choose Select All.

Select notes on conditions in the Piano Roll Editor

You can select notes based on various conditions in reference to a selected note.

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, tap the Trim button .
Tap a note to select it, then tap again to open its menu, tap Select, and choose one of the following options:
- Select All Following: Selects all notes starting from the selected to the end of the track.
- Select Same Subposition: For example, if the selected note is positioned on the third beat of bar 5, then all notes that are on the 3rd beat of any bar on that track are selected.
- Select Same Articulation: Selects all notes with the same Articulation value on the track. See Set articulation numbers.
- Select Same Pitch: Selects all notes with the same pitch on the track.
You can also tap the working area, then tap again to open its menu and choose one of those options:
- Select Overlapped Notes: Selects all notes that overlap to a note with the same pitch.
  See Shorten overlapping notes in the Piano Roll Editor.
- Select Muted Notes: Selects all muted notes on that track (indicated by a gray color).
  See Mute notes in the Piano Roll Editor.

Invert note selection in the Piano Roll Editor

This task is useful in combination with any of the conditional selections. You could select all notes with a certain pitch (for example, C1, assigned to the kick drum), then invert the selection and apply the Delete command. As a result, all notes except the kick drums are deleted.

In the Piano Roll Editor menu bar, tap the Trim button .
Tap a note to select it, then tap again to open its menu, tap Select, and choose Invert Selection.

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