The Piano Roll view

The Piano Roll view displays all notes and other events from one or more MIDI tracks in a grid format that looks much like a player piano roll. Notes are displayed as horizontal bars, and drum notes as diamonds. Pitch runs from bottom to top, with the left vertical margin indicating the pitches as piano keys or note names. Time is displayed running left to right with vertical measure and beat boundaries. The Piano Roll view makes it easy to add, edit, and delete notes from a track.

A single-track version of the Piano Roll view is available in each track in the Track view. This view is called the Inline Piano Roll view, and replaces the Clips pane in any track that you choose to display in Inline Piano Roll mode.

The Piano Roll view consists of the Note Map pane, the Drum Grid pane, the Notes pane, the Controller pane, the Track List pane and a menu across the top.

 

Note: By default, the Controller pane and Track List pane are hidden.

Figure 170. The Piano Roll view

A. Menu B. Drum Grid pane C. Notes pane D. Controller pane E. Key/Pitch pane F. Edit Filter G. Track List pane H. Selected track

 

See:

Opening the view

Displaying notes and controllers (Piano Roll view only)

Adding and editing notes in the Piano Roll

Piano Roll view snap resolution

Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll

Note Map pane

Drum Grid pane

Notes pane

Controller pane

Note names

Track List pane

Working with multiple tracks in the Piano Roll view