Draw to extend note mode

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Glynn Hall
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Draw to extend note mode

Post by Glynn Hall » Fri Sep 24, 2010 2:32 am

Would like to see when you had the pencil tool selected you could hold down a single command key to extend the note and release it to go back to the pencil tool. Logic has this and is really helpful.

djgroovy
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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by djgroovy » Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:48 pm

On PC, it's the Alt key.

#1thelark
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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by #1thelark » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:06 pm

If you want to use a single key to switch between drawmode and normal mode, you could use glovepie on a PC,
f.ex.
Key.LeftControl+B=Key.F8 would turn your F8 key into a toggle key for the drawmode.
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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by djgroovy » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:09 pm

It does work.
You have to press Alt *before* you click.

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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by djgroovy » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:10 pm

Unless you mean after the note has been drawn, in which case you're out of luck and i misinterpreted what you meant!

#1thelark
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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by #1thelark » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:12 pm

On my Live 8.2 it just enables velocity when in drawmode after drawing.
*EDIT*
Mkay sorry, didn't know that you had to press alt before drawing the note.
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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by djgroovy » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:14 pm

What i do is i have the letter b assigned to the pencil, so it's effectively just 1 keystroke to get out and back in to pencil mode.

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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by #1thelark » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:18 pm

That's even easier unless you want to do a set of keystrokes.
Thanks for the hint! You can actually use the altkey to toggle the note length snapping to grid. Nice!

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Re: Draw to extend note mode

Post by djgroovy » Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:29 pm

:)

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