Transcendent Thots Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 (Moved to Feedback from another thread.) There's a feature described in this video which is common to many modern DAWs, which lets you sort of "filter" the Piano Roll keys by Scale and Mode. I.E. Keys you're "not supposed to press" are simply removed from the piano roll, which makes it super easy to mess around with melodies and even chords, even if all you have is a mouse and a dream. Of course, you'd be able to toggle it on and off, just in case you decide you want to mess around with key changes or something fancy or experimental. Changing the Key or Mode wouldn't transpose any existing notes, it would just hide different keys from the Piano Roll. If this isn't currently a feature in Cakewalk, I'd love to see it added. But I can see how it may depend on your design goals. Do you want making music to be quick and easy to the point where it's hard to screw up? Or do you want learning how to implement chords by hand to be mandatory? I was never really clear whether BandLab/Cakewalk was meant to be a tool or a school. (It's so good at doing both at the same time! 😃) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scook Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 See Snap to Scale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Beat me to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Or you could learn the rudiments of music theory..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transcendent Thots Posted January 12, 2023 Author Share Posted January 12, 2023 Thank you both. 🙂 Don't get me wrong, I know that G sharp and A flat are the same thing. I can do it by hand if I absolutely need to. But I have to consult chord charts in order to do it. This cuts out the middle man. It's also much faster to experiment when all of the wrong answers have been removed. I'm not proud, but I know my limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 There are no wrong answers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transcendent Thots Posted January 13, 2023 Author Share Posted January 13, 2023 With respect, in my experience, right and wrong are only useful terms relative to one's goals. My current goal is to make some songs that I don't hate. I look forward to the day when I'm so bored with doing that, that my goal changes to making songs nobody's ever heard before. I'm not there yet. But I got further along that journey in just two days of using your products than years of forced music curriculum, back in grade school. (Including after-school piano lessons that just wouldn't stick.) This is the best I can do with this brain and this computer right now. Lucky for me, there are no wrong answers. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimlynch22 Posted January 13, 2023 Share Posted January 13, 2023 21 hours ago, scook said: See Snap to Scale I second this suggestion! I use snap to scale a lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenLight Posted January 16, 2023 Share Posted January 16, 2023 On 1/12/2023 at 9:51 PM, Transcendent Thots said: ...even if all you have is a mouse and a dream. This must be one of the best computer-related quotes ever! 😂🖱️ On 1/12/2023 at 10:13 PM, scook said: See Snap to Scale I have never used this, I barely knew it existed! Thanks scook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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