Pianoroll Editor

Pianoroll editor

In Add Notes mode, notes can be drawn by moving the mouse horizontally while holding down the left mouse button. Clicking without dragging adds a note with the same duration as the previous one.

Notes can be dragged or resized using the mouse in both Select Notes and Add Notes mode.

Right clicking a note opens a menu that allows you to (among other things) split the note or join it with the previous note.

The name of the chord formed by the selected notes will be displayed in the editor while selecting.

Step Recording

The Pianoroll editor supports step recording. This works with the vertically oriented piano on the left:

• If you click while holding the Command key, the corresponding note will be recorded at the current transport position. The transport position will then move to the end of the new note. The duration of the new note equals one step of the current grid.
• If you also hold the Option key the position moves one step to the left before adding the note, which is useful for placing multiple notes at the same position.
• Clicking while holding the Shift key adds a rest (i.e. moves the transport position forward). Here, too, you can add the Option key to move one step to the left instead.