Sample Editor Piano Keyboard Display

The piano keyboard display is shown to the left of the note display in the Sample Editor if you open the VariAudio Inspector section.

The piano keyboard gives you a visual orientation over the pitch positions in the event display, helping you to find specific note pitches.

If you move the mouse to the far left of the piano keyboard display, the mouse pointer changes, allowing you to scroll up and down and to zoom in and out of the keyboard display:

  • Drag upwards/downwards to scroll up/down in the piano keyboard display.

  • Drag to the right/left to zoom in on/out of the piano keyboard display.

The keys show the note names of the corresponding pitches. If you zoom all the way out of the piano keyboard display, only the C keys display the note names.

Note

You can change the naming format and the note names of the pitches in the Pitch Notation section of the Preferences dialog (Event Display—Chords & Pitches page). The MIDI note number is only shown at high zoom levels.

If you select note segments in the event display, the corresponding keys on the piano keyboard display are shown in the same color as the segments.

Note

You can use the VariAudio Segment Colors menu in the Sample Editor toolbar to select a color scheme.

If you move the mouse pointer in the event display, the corresponding pitch position on the piano keyboard display is highlighted.

  • Hold down Ctrl/Cmd, and click a key on the piano keyboard display to select all note segments of that pitch. Note segments that deviate slightly from the exact pitch are taken into account.