How to copy & paste entire bars/measures in the midi editor?

Neil-Kendall wrote on 3/6/2019, 7:00 AM

I've been creating some tracks with the midi editor (piano roll, etc) in Samplitude Music Studio 2016. I know you can copy notes by holding down the control key and clicking them with the mouse until they turn red, then dragging them to wherever in the piano roll you want them to go. However, is there a way to highlight, copy and paste entire bars/measures/sections/groups of notes at once instead of having to highlight every note individually (which is very fiddly)? Thanks.

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browj2 wrote on 3/6/2019, 9:21 AM

Hi Neil,

Lasso them by dragging with the left mouse button held down to select the notes that you want to copy, release, then Ctrl+C to copy them to the clipboard. When you start lassoing, make sure that you are not on a note and that you will be able to cover only the notes that you want.

John CB

Neil-Kendall wrote on 3/7/2019, 6:45 AM

Hi Neil,

Lasso them by dragging with the left mouse button held down to select the notes that you want to copy, release, then Ctrl+C to copy them to the clipboard. When you start lassoing, make sure that you are not on a note and that you will be able to cover only the notes that you want.

John CB

Ok, I tried this but when I click the left mouse button it just adds another note into the piano roll (wherever my cursor is), but won't lasso any notes. I have the 'draw pencil' function on. I see there's something called 'combi-tool glue notes' that seems to let me highlight groups of notes, but doesn't seem to work for pasting them elsewhere in the piano rool. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

browj2 wrote on 3/7/2019, 11:22 AM

Hi Neil,

You have the wrong mouse mode in the piano roll (Midi Editor) screen. There is a button with just an arrow, Combi-Tool Selection, shortcut 1 (on top row of the keyboard, not the numbers keypad). That is what you should have as the default.

John CB

Nickillus wrote on 3/14/2019, 12:58 PM

I find it works for me that if I select one note, and the select all (ctrl + a), you can then copy and paste it to where you want it. That's assuming you want everything you've already written copied of course . . . . . . And you do need that arrow tool browj2 mentioned. Otherwise lasso as necessary, as said.