Select midi-notes: all top-most pitches?

[Storytime Symphony]

 

Hi all,

 

I'm working with a guitar library that has pre-recorded power chords. I imported the song I wrote as midi, meaning that my imported midi data contains a lot of "extra" notes, since I only need the root note of every power chord. I've been manually selecting these extra top-notes... but it's a pain in the neck. (see picture)

 

Is there any clever way of automating this?

 

Bram

[stardustmedia]

yup...

 

SHIFT + arrow up

or was it CTRL + arrow up

 

Something like that. Try it out. 

It works only with chords though

[stardustmedia]

PS: The same for the lowest note, but arrow down. 

[Storytime Symphony]

Thanks a lot, that works! It does however select a bunch of other notes that are not chords.. 

 

Is there a way to first select some chords, and then use a modifier key with (shift+arrow up) to combine the selections?

 

PS: I found one way to do this, that is to make locators surround your group of chords, and then press SHIFT+UP, then delect outside locators (no shortcut by default)

... this is rather complicated though

[stardustmedia]

Thanks a lot, that works! It does however select a bunch of other notes that are not chords.. 

 

Is there a way to first select some chords, and then use a modifier key with (shift+arrow up) to combine the selections?

 

PS: I found one way to do this, that is to make locators surround your group of chords, and then press SHIFT+UP, then delect outside locators (no shortcut by default)

... this is rather complicated though

You're welcome. Yes, that short cut cannot distinguish mixed chords and single notes. 

 

Not sure if there is something you're looking for. 

[David Nahmani]

Is there a way to first select some chords, and then use a modifier key with (shift+arrow up) to combine the selections?

No, unfortunately that's not possible.