[dj]

Hi, James:

Rather than the piano roll, try the GraphOverNotes (TM) feature.

Click on the GraphOverNotes (TM) tab in the main palette.

Each staff will now have a dotted line above and below it.

Click on the second icon from the left in the detail palette (looks like a pencil with a sloping straight line).

Now draw a line on the staff that you wish to sound sustained. The line must be at the top dotted line, as MIDI CC #64 (Sustain Pedal) only has two settings: ON (top, 127) and OFF (bottom, 0).

The line you just drew should automatically extend for the full length of the piece.

It's a good idea to draw a short OFF line (at the bottom dotted line of the staff) at the end, just to make sure the Sustain Pedal CC is turned off.

You'll need to do this for each MIDI channel that you want to sound sustained, bearing in mind that multiple staves can be assigned to the same MIDI channel and that the lines you draw will affect all the sounds on that channel.

From there, it's a simple matter to add ON/OFF changes to make it sound the way you want. The Erase tool is the second from the right on the detail palette.

Good luck.

David