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The Pilot Zone
The Virtual Keyboard
The Project Root Key (KEY)
This shows the project root key.
To change the root key, you have the following possibilities:
• Click on the value and select a key from the pop-up menu.
• Select a loop in your project that has the key that you want to use and drag it onto
the key field.
This works only if the key information was saved with the original file.
The Virtual Keyboard
The virtual keyboard allows you to play and record MIDI notes using your computer
keyboard or mouse. This is useful if you have no external MIDI instrument at hand and
you do not want to draw in notes with the Draw tool.
1. Create or select an instrument track and activate its “Record Ready” button.
Which type of sound is played depends on the selected preset.
2. Activate the virtual keyboard by clicking the “Activate Virtual Keyboard” button.
You can choose between two keyboard display modes: computer keyboard and piano
keyboard.
• To switch between these two modes, click the “Change Virtual Keyboard Display
Type” button.
The virtual keyboard in computer keyboard display mode
The virtual keyboard in piano keyboard display mode
3. Play one key at a time to enter single notes or several keys simultaneously to enter
polyphonic parts.
The maximum number of notes that can be played at one time varies between the
different operating systems and hardware configurations.
• In piano keyboard mode, you have a wider range of keys at your disposal, allowing
you to enter two voices simultaneously, for example bass and lead voice or bass
drums and HiHats.
In computer keyboard mode, you can use the two rows of keys that are displayed
on the virtual keyboard to enter notes. In piano keyboard mode, you can also use
the two rows of keys below these.
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When you create a new project, the first audio event that you drag into your project
defines the key, provided that the audio event data contains key information.
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When the virtual keyboard is active, the usual key commands are blocked. The only
exceptions are: [*] (“multiply” on the numeric keypad) for recording, [Space] for
start/stop, and [Home]/[Command]-[Home] to jump to the project start.