User Manual

MIDI TRACKS
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If you would like to choose a patch for the track,
but you do not want the patch to be remembered
with the project, choose it from this Patch menu. If
you do, however, want it to be remembered, choose
it from the Default Patch menu.
MIDI KEYS
The MIDI Keys window (Studio menu) turns your
computer keyboard into a basic MIDI controller
(Figure 15-5). Keys in the “q-w-e-r-t-y” and
“a-s-d-f” rows trigger an associated MIDI note
event. Other surrounding keys serve as modifier
keys for changing octave, changing on-velocity,
applying pitch bend and applying modulation
wheel. As a “virtual” controller, MIDI Keys may not
be suitable for performing a Chopin Nocturne, but
they do serve as a quick and convenient way to
enter MIDI data when a “real” MIDI controller is
not available.
Figure 15-5: MIDI Keys
Playing notes
Press the keys in the top row (W through P) and
middle row (A through ’)of the computer
keyboard (Figure 15-5) to trigger the notes in the
current octave, where the letter A is the pitch C and
the letter J is the B just below the next octave.
Octave up/down
Press the minus (-) and equal (=) keys to go down
or up one octave, respectively.
Octave display
Displays the current octave being played by the
MIDI Keys, as controlled by the octave up/down
keys. Or click anywhere on the octave display
keyboard to jump directly to the desired octave.
Note-on velocity
Press the Z through period ( . ) keys to adjust the
note-on velocity between 0 and 127 as follows:
Pitch Bend
Press the 1 and 2 keys to apply pitch bend down or
up, respectively.
Mod wheel
Press the 4 through 9 keys to apply modulation
wheel as follows:
MIDI sustain
The tab and back slash ( \ ) keys provide MIDI
sustain (CC# 64).
Pitch Bend
Mod wheel Octave up/downOctave display
Note keys
Note-on velocity
Key Note-on velocity
z10
x32
c54
v76
b98
n 120
m 127
, (comma) decrease by 1
. (period) increase by 1
Key Mod wheel value
40
525
651
776
8 102
9 127