User Manual

ON-SCREEN PIANO KEYS
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D In Computer Keys Mode you can play notes and chords using your computer keyboard.
The Computer Keys keyboard range is fixed to 18 notes (from C to F), although the octave range will give you ac-
cess to any notes within the ten octaves shown in the navigator. You can also click on the keys with your mouse
to trigger notes. The numerical keys in the top row are not used to enter notes but to set velocity, see “Velocity”.
D The default layout of the Computer Keys logically reflects the layout of a piano keyboard’s black and white
keys.
The first (leftmost) key represents C and so on up to F an octave above. By default, the [A]-key will play the first C,
the [W]-key a C# and so on, according to piano keyboard standards. If you wish, you can customize the note to key
assignment in the Preferences - Language and Computer Keyboard page (see “On-screen Piano Keys” in Prefer-
ences).
Octave range
D Press [Z] or [X] on your computer keyboard to shift one octave down or up, respectively.
There are also “Z” and “X” Octave buttons in the On-screen Piano Keys window that function in the same way.
See “Setting Octave range” for more ways of changing the Octave range.
Repeat and Hold functions
See “Repeat and Hold functions”.
Adding sustain
D Press [Shift] when entering notes to make the notes sustain, just like when using a sustain pedal.
There is also a Sustain button in the On-screen Piano Keys window that has the same functionality.
Velocity
In Computer Keys Mode, note velocity for notes you enter is set using the numerical keys in the top row. The currently
set value is also shown in the Velocity value field. The numerical keys correspond to the following velocity values:
|
Numerical key
|
Velocity value
11
214
328
442
556
670
784
8 98 (default)
9 112
0 127