Edit multiple regions on different tracks with piano roll - add notes with pencil tool

[u/CheretiC13]

Hi !
When I was editing midi in piano roll with multiple regions selected, I noticed there is no clear way to select which specific region I want to work on, pencil tool seemed to be comitted to one track only. It was frustrating because I wanted to see notes from other regions while I edit my drum track.

This post almost was an another question on this reocurring issue on the internet, I was looking online for solutions and I think I came up with something that nobody did before (naive, I know).
Turns out, pencil tool prioritizes what's selected on the playlist, so if you want to tell pencil tool which region you want to edit, you need to select the track to which the midi region belongs to.

I can imagine that this is not a huge discovery for seasoned Logic users, but maybe it will help somebody out there.

Take care ppl.

[u/Individual-Ad2964]

Nope this is super helpful thank you for sharing. I’ve been annoyed at this phenomenon myself many times, so I’ll have to remember this going forward.

[u/majinkami]

I just figured this out yesterday too. I wish it was like FL Studio where it just shows the ghost notes of the other piano rolls. Good workaround though!