Multi Lanes editing

Overview

Multi Lanes editing lets you have note clips of multiple lanes visible at the same time on the Edit pane, in a layered fashion. This makes it a lot easier to edit notes in relation to other notes in other clips:

Four clips on four different lanes in Multi Lanes edit mode, with the note lane on the EuroBass tack currently selected.

Selecting multiple lanes for editing

The easiest ways of selecting what note lanes should be available for Multi Lanes editing are these:

•	By selecting multiple instrument tracks in the track list and then entering Edit mode in the Sequencer.

•	By selecting multiple note clips on the Arrange pane and pressing [Return], or right clicking one of the selected clips and then selecting “Edit” from the context menu.

In Edit mode, make sure the Multi Lanes button is on:

 

The Edit pane now shows all (un-muted) clips on all selected lanes in a layered fashion, with the notes of the currently selected note lane in red and the notes of the other lanes in grey:

•	If a single sequencer track contains multiple lanes, selecting the track will automatically display all clips on all un-muted lanes:

The RnB Kit 03 track, which contains six lanes, selected for Multi Lanes editing.

With the Multi Lanes editing feature, the functions “Move/Duplicate Selected Notes to New Lane” and “Extract Notes to Lanes” are very useful, especially when working with drum tracks.

Editing notes in Multi Lanes mode

Editing notes in Multi Lanes editing mode is done in the same way as when editing one clip on one lane at a time, as described earlier in this chapter. The only important thing to bear in mind is which lane you want to edit:

Select the lane you want to edit, either by clicking the desired Lane selector in the track list...

The lane on the EuroBass track is currently selected.

... or by clicking a note on the Edit pane:

The notes of the currently selected EuroBass lane shown in red on the Edit pane and the notes of the other lanes are shown in grey.

•	If you click any of the grey notes on the Edit pane, the lane that this note belongs to is automatically selected in the track list.

Now, all notes of the newly selected lane become red, and the notes of the other lanes become grey.

It’s not possible to edit multiple notes on multiple lanes together - only notes of the currently selected lane can be edited together (e.g. moved, transposed, etc.).

If the tracks selected for Multi Lanes editing has different Note Edit Modes (e.g. REX Edit Mode or Drum Edit Mode), you might want to switch to regular Key Edit Mode for the entire note range to become visible and accessible on the Edit pane. See “Note Edit Modes” for more details.