Time for action—opening a pattern in the Piano Roll editor
- To open the pattern in the Piano Roll, right-click on the bass pattern and choose Open in piano roll. It is the first choice in our menu:
What just happened?
What we will see now is a representation of our stepped pattern in Piano Roll form. The note grid of the Piano Roll shows pitch vertically and time position of the note horizontally. The width of each green vertical line on the grid is the length on that note:
Below the grid, we can see the velocity of the note.
Note
Velocity is the term for how hard the note is being played.
Technically, if we were playing a piano, velocity would be how fast our finger was speeding towards the key when the note was played. On a piano, if our finger is playing a key at break-neck speed, we would get two effects. The note would be really loud and the timbre of the note would change as well, sounding more bright and harsh. In LMMS, velocity is assigned to note volume. If we want to adjust the...
