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

To zoom along the timeline, press

  • [CTRL] + [+]/[-] on Windows
  • [command] + [+]/[-] on macOS

If you're using a trackpad, you can use the pinch gesture as well.

Zooming Vertically

To zoom in/out along the pitch, press 

  • [ALT] + [CTRL] + [+]/[-] on Windows
  • [option] + [command] + [+]/[-] on macOS

If you're using a trackpad, you can hold down [alt/option] while pinching.

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: 

note placement mode

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:

note velocity editing mode

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:

note snapping menu