Piano Roll#

The piano roll is the main editor for editing MIDI regions, and is displayed when a MIDI region is selected.

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Piano roll#

Additional Controls#

The piano roll contains the following additional controls.

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Piano roll controls#

Drum View

Switch to drum editor view (or Drum mode), where each MIDI note is drawn as a diamond and the piano roll keys display the name of each drum.

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Drum mode#

Listen to notes

Play back each note as you drag it inside the piano roll.

Piano Roll Keys#

These are the keys corresponding to each key found on a piano.

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Piano roll keys#

Clicking on each key allows you to listen to it, much like pressing a key on a real piano.

A label for each key is shown on the left side of the black/white keys, in addition to any highlighting (if selected). See Chord/Scale Highlighting for more information.

Tip

The vertical zoom level can be changed by holding down Ctrl and Shift and scrolling.

MIDI Arranger#

The MIDI arranger refers to the arranger section of the piano roll.

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MIDI arranger with notes#

The MIDI arranger contains MIDI notes drawn as rectangles from their start position to their end position. Zrythm will send a MIDI note on signal when the start position of a note is reached, and a note off signal when the end position of a note is reached.

Velocity Editor#

There is another arranger at the bottom of the MIDI arranger for editing the velocity of each note.

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Velocity refers to the force with which a note is played. Each instrument handles various velocities for the same note differently, but generally a higher velocity will result in a louder or stronger note. Velocities are useful for adding expression to melodies.

The velocity of each note is drawn as a bar, where higher means a larger value. Clicking and dragging the tip of each velocity bar allows you to change it.

Tip

You can also edit multiple velocities at once by selecting multiple MIDI notes before editing a velocity bar.

The Ramp Tool can also be used in the velocity editor to ramp velocities.

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Using the ramp tool on MIDI note velocities#