MIDI roll view

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The MIDI roll view allows you to create MIDI files and record these MIDI files to wave files that can then be inserted into your session. In this view, with the MIDI functionality, you can create tracks for instruments that you do not have or cannot play.

A portion of the MIDI roll view is shown on the picture below. To see this view (in case you are looking at another view), click on View and then on MIDI Roll View in the menu or click on the MIDI roll view button (View MIDI roll button) of the view toolbar.

Orinj MIDI roll view

Functionality

The following are examples of things you can do in the view:

MIDI roll menu

See MIDI roll menu. The menu is at the top of Orinj. It contains the commands that allow you to perform the tasks listed above.

Marker line, time line, time signature line, and MIDI control line

These are the four panels under the menu.

MIDI track

The MIDI track takes the largest portion of the view, under the MIDI control line. Use this track to draw the notes of your MIDI file. There is a piano roll to the left of the track. Use the piano to test the notes that you will draw in the track.

MIDI instrument, channel, and track control panels

These are to the left of the MIDI track.

Cursor

The vertical yellow line running through the MIDI track is the play cursor. This play cursor shows you where you are in your MIDI file. If you play your MIDI file, playback will start from the play cursor. The play cursor will move with the playback so that the notes being played will be the notes right under the play cursor.

Wave track

Use the wave track to insert a wave file in the MIDI roll view. The wave file will then accompany the MIDI file during playback. This is useful if you want to confirm that the MIDI file has the right rhythm and tempo to be inserted later in your multitrack session. (See Working with waves in the MIDI roll view).

Standard toolbars and panels

The following toolbars and panels are in all views of Orinj.

At the bottom of Orinj, you can see the label "CPU: 0%". This is the CPU usage bar. During playback, this bar shows you how strenuous playback and recording are on your computer.