Step Recording with the Pencil Tool To step record with the Pencil Tool: In the Graphic Editor window, choose a track and output to record on. Use the Arrow Tool to click the location where you want to start recording. To choose a precise bar or beat, click in the time line above the piano roll; to choose a particular clock tick, click in the piano roll or use the Edit > Set Selection dialog box. Click the Pencil Tool. The cursor becomes a Crosshair. Select a note value by pressing a number on the Macintosh keyboard (1 is a whole note, 2 a half, 4 a quarter,etc.) or click the note icon and select from the popup menu. Pressing a 3 or clicking the 3 next to the note icon toggles triplet values on or off. Pressing or clicking the period toggles dotted values on or off. Select a duration by clicking the % of Value field at the top of the Graphic Editor window. Choose a velocity by clicking the Velocity field at the top of the graphic editor window. Do one of the following: Click the Audible Keyboard in the left of the active track within the Graphic Editor window's Notes display. Metro enters notes at the start time and pitch you selected; if you continue to click the keyboard, Metro enters notes one after the other, the same distance from each other as the note value selected in the Note Value field. Click in the Notes display. Metro enters notes at wherever location you click. Enter a rest by pressing r on the Mac keyboard or by clicking the word 'Rest' at the top of the Graphic Editor window. Repeat steps 5-8 for every note or rest you want to enter.