Piano Roll

Harmonic Guides

Klimper's piano roll provides you with visual guides on a note's stability in regard to your songs harmony: 

 

Zooming Horizontally

If your mouse has a scrollwheel, you can also hold [alt/option] + [shift] while scrolling. If you're using a trackpad, you might be able to use the pinch gesture as well, depending on your machines manufacturer.

You can zoom via keyboard shortcuts as well: press [ctrl] + [+]/[-] on Windows or [command] + [+]/[-] on macOS.

Zooming Vertically

If your mouse has a scrollwheel, you can also hold [alt/option] while scrolling. If you're using a trackpad, you might be able to use the pinch gesture while holding down [alt/option] as well, depending on your machines manufacturer.

You can zoom via keyboard shortcuts as well: press [alt] + [ctrl] + [+]/[-] on Windows or [option] + [command] + [+]/[-] on macOS.

Inserting / Removing Notes

• click to enter a new note 
• double-click to delete a single note
• press [DEL] to delete selected notes

Selecting Notes

• click on a note to select it
• click into empty space between notes to deselect
• hold [Shift] to select additional notes
• Rectangle-Select: Hold down left mouse button in empty space

Moving Notes

Make sure note placement editing is engaged: 

Hold down the mouse button on a note and drag it to the desired location.

Duration

Make sure note placement editing is engaged, as above. Hold down the left mouse button on the beginning or end of a note and drag it to the apply the desired length.

Velocity 

Make sure note velocity editing is engaged:

Hold down the left mouse button on a note and drag up to increase or down to decrease velocity. Whenever you lift your mouse button, you will hear a preview of the note at the current velocity.

Snapping

If enabled, snapping is applied to all note placement changes. You can change the snapping setting in the top bar: