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Can a piano roll editor be used for MIDI?
Those piano roll editors provide a convenient way to sequence MIDI note data. There is not, to my knowledge, any way in the MIDI standard to specify portamento between two specific notes.
What kind of representation is the piano roll?
A very popular representation is the so-called piano roll, which dates back to the player pianos of the early 20th century. Holes were punched into a roll of paper to indicate which notes should be played at which time. This representation survives in digital form today and is commonly used in music production.
What makes a piano roll a good instrument?
Piano rolls are great for piano performances, because they are able to exactly capture the timing, pitch and velocity (i.e. how hard a piano key is pressed, which is correlated with loudness, but not equivalent to it) of the notes.
How does MIDI control the amount of portamento?
MIDI CC 5 – Controls portamento rate to slide between 2 notes played subsequently. MIDI CC 84 – Controls the amount of Portamento. See this in Mutools Mulab. It’s an amazing portamento than I can make with the properties of any note:
What’s the difference between a glissando and a portamento?
In singing, Portamento is a style, Glissando a technique. Neither are likely to be heard as a distinct chromatic (or otherwise) scale. On a harp, Glissando is a scale. On trombone it’s a continuous smear. The terms mean different things in different contexts.
What does the term glissando mean in music?
Glissando means, a contiguous pitch transition from the beginning note to the next specified pitch. Ideally, this should be a continuous slide, but instruments where this isn’t feasible may approximate it with a chromatic or even diatonic scale run.
Where is the piano roll in Ableton Live?
For Ableton Live, this is another overlay in the Clip View (where the piano roll is). Click on the little “E” in the lower-left corner, which will open up your envelope editor.
Where do I find the piano roll in Reaper?
For Reaper, this is the view at the bottom of the piano roll that by default shows your note velocities. Click on the ‘Velocity’ chooser and you’ll see that you can choose ‘Pitch.’ For Ableton Live, this is another overlay in the Clip View (where the piano roll is).