How to efficiently enter pitch bend controller data in X3's piano roll?

 
 
          I tend to have a tough time getting pitch bend data right while recording, and I usually have to record the notes first and then go back and record the pitch bend part over the notes. Even then I have to record several takes to get it right. That isn't efficient workflow, and I would like to take a more surgical approach and enter the pitch bend data manually by hand in the piano roll's controller pane, but I haven't figured out how to enter data that occurs steadily over time. Is there a way to enter manually a start and end time, and a pitch to bend a note or chord to, or perhaps to draw a steady even curve like I would with an automation envelope, but inside the piano roll view so that I wouldn't have to create a pitch envelope in the track view? I prefer to keep my track view as minimal as possible. thanks!

I have the same problem, in that it takes me way too many takes to get pitch bend data right with my pitch controller. I've tried editing the data in the controller pane but I can't seem to work out how to draw it accurately and musically. 

Thanks for the replies guys, sorry I have been out of town for several days. I am not familiar with this thin CAL command Wookie but I will look into it and give it a shot, thanks! But in case I did a poor job explaining I was basically asking if there is a way to quantize controller data, so that the pitch bend happens evenly at a rate of my choosing over a time frame of my choosing. Like if I wanted to choose a start point and end point and then tell sonar to bend from pitch A to pitch B and then back to pitch A over this time interval. I am familiar with envelopes and nodes and could always automate by hand if needed but thats messy business and I have enough time consuming things I prefer to automate as it is, so was just looking for a more efficient method.

Genius simplemanz, exactly the type of thing I'm looking for! thanks man, I will most definitely try that tonight!

The difficulty with drawing in pitch bend for careful tuning is that you generally want values that are very low and very close together --- the entire pitch bend range, 16000+, even if your instrument is set to only a 2 semitone pitch range, gives way more change than you will usually want.     So either you have to zoom out and cover most of the screen, or you have to find a better way.   My version is to plan the pitch changes ahead of time and use a CAL script to place relatively exact, small, pitch bend values into the track before each midi note.