PIANO ROLL
In this section, you can take the channel notes and go into a lot
more detail. Here, you can compose and edit MIDI notes from a
channel. MIDI is a software language that allows your computer,
a MIDI controller, and other instruments to communicate with
each other. When creating audio on a MIDI controller, it can be
easily manipulated at a later date if you make a mistake. Whereas
if you hit the wrong string on a guitar whilst recording, chances
are you may have to re-record a whole piece of the music.
>> To open up the piano roll, right-click on any channel name in
the channel rack and click ‘piano roll’ from the list. Now we can
create melodies by left-clicking to add notes and right-clicking
to remove them. To change the duration of the notes, drag on the
edge to shorten or lengthen [Image I].>> You can also drag notes around to put them precisely
in place. Keep pressing the spacebar to play through the
pattern you have created, it should loop this sequence.
>> At the top, there are tools such as the slice tool to
chop up notes, the mute tool, and the rectangle tool that
allows you to select multiple notes at once. At this stage,
try experimenting and see if you can come up with a fun
little MIDI sequence of your own to create a melody.PLAYLIST WINDOW
Hopefully, at this stage, we now know how to create basic
drum patterns in the channel rack and MIDI melodies in
the piano roll. The playlist window [Image J] is where
you bring the elements together to create a completeJR&D