Deleting Notes (question)

Hi folks, can anyone help me with this? I'm used to hardware sequencing (synths/workstations), and I've had Cakewalk for some time, and I find myself using it more.

I created a drum pattern, and I copied and pasted the pattern because on the copied version I want to take out the hi-hat part and change it. Is there a way to do this without having to go under "event edit" something similiar to a synth for example. On synths you can press the delete button keep it pressed and then press the key with the instrument part you want to delete. Can anything like this be done in Cakewalk or do I have to use event edit? That's pretty time consuming (unless I'm missing something).

Thanks,
Squeak

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Hi folks, can anyone help me with this? I'm used to hardware sequencing (synths/workstations), and I've had Cakewalk for some time, and I find myself using it more.

I created a drum pattern, and I copied and pasted the pattern because on the copied version I want to take out the hi-hat part and change it. Is there a way to do this without having to go under "event edit" something similiar to a synth for example. On synths you can press the delete button keep it pressed and then press the key with the instrument part you want to delete. Can anything like this be done in Cakewalk or do I have to use event edit? That's pretty time consuming (unless I'm missing something).

Thanks,
Squeak

Yes, in event view you can delete and insert events. You would need to do this before you copy the so you don't have to insert it on each pattern. If an event is highlighted you just press delete and it's gone. Also, if you press insert you get a duplicate of the highlighted event. Then just change the time value to where you want it, move to the note value and press enter, then press the key on the midi keyboard you want to change the value to. There might be an easier way but that's the way I remember doing it.

If you need to change a note then you could use interpolate. It works just like search and replace in a word processor and you can also limit it to a selection. After you make your selection and do edit / interpolate you will get the first of two dialogs that look the same. On that first one you tell it what you want to "find". For example on the note range if you want only one note enter the same value for both. While in that entry field you should be able to just press the note on the keyboard to enter it, then tab to the next field and press it again. So if you enter C3 to C3 it will only change all the C3s it finds. The next dialog is the "replace", on this one you would enter what note you want those C3s to be. So if you want them to be D#3 then enter D#3 in both fields. This can get a bit complex so press F1 there or check the manual for interpolate, it's very powerful.

In the Piano Roll view, if you want to just change the hi-hat to say a ride cymbal, you can highlight the whole row of hi-hat events and then drag them up to the cymbal row in one shot. Now you have cymbals instead of hi-hats.