Originally Posted By: Madsy18
Sorry to interupt. I am new to BIAB and maily use it to get and practice music on clarinet.
I have been looking at the piano roll window and can understand the one for notes. Can anyone explain in simple terms what the lower panel does.
e.g what does the height of an event signify?
What is velocity?
How do you change pitch, duration, velocity etc.
Does the lower panel reflect what is done in the upper panel.
Finally I get the impression that the lower panel is for MIDI control. Is this correct?

If this is not the right part of the forum to get answers to this can you please direct me gently to the correct section of the forum.]Thanks in advance.


Hi Madsy, and a big welcome to the forums!

The lower section of the piano roll window has several purposes, but its most common purpose is the show note "velocity". However, other MIDI data types can be displayed, and filters may be selected to show events for that specific data type.
You can think of velocity as the loudness of a note. Think of playing a piano softly (piano) or loudly (forte) - the hammer strikes the strings with more velocity when played forte.

The notes may be dragged up/down to change pitch, or left right to change position. The velocity may be adjusted by selecting the note in the top window, and looking for the corresponding highlighted velocity value directly below it in the bottom window, then position the mouse cursor at the top of the vertical line, and click/hold drag up/down. Press Help on the page for a lot more detail.

You can always start a new post to start a new thread in any of the available Forum topics.

Some visual samples below, that might assist to illustrate:
Hope this answers your question satisfactorily.
Cheers
Trevor

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