williamcopper
Am I missing something? I want to quickly add new notes with the draw tool (the dumb 'smart' tool requires click drag release, while the draw tool just click).
Yes, you're missing something; As Bristol Jonesey and Karl pointed out, you don't need to change tools. With the Smart Tool, you can draw a note of the selected note duration (or the duration of last touched/selected note) by either double-clicking, or holding down the Alt key while clicking. Once drawn, you can then move, adjust velocity, change start time, or change duration with the Smart Tool.
Thanks for the helpful answers! Although none of them addressed my question, they gave reasonable workarounds.
I don't see how using the functionality built into a single tool is a "workaround" compared to your wanting to switch tools, unless you consider holding down Alt while clicking too onerous. But that way you only have to press a key once. With switching tools, you'd have to press once to call up the other tool that you don't need, then press again to return to the tool you didn't need to leave.