Piano Roll View Keyboard

[SonusProject]

When in PRV the notes are displayed two octaves higher than the keyboard represents on the left.  Basically a C2 is in line with C4 on the roll.

Because of this, notes that I play on the piano with the left hand record fine but are silent in playback if the perceived octave shift drops below a real piano.

PRV plays A1 as the lowest note on the piano.  Staff view shows the notes properly.  No transpose has been used.

Ideas?

Regards,

Lance

 

[Craig Anderton]

1 hour ago, SonusProject said:

When in PRV the notes are displayed two octaves higher than the keyboard represents on the left.  Basically a C2 is in line with C4 on the roll.

This is puzzling. With show note names selected, the keyboard on the left shows the same note as the note in the roll.

Maybe this relates to the octave name for middle C in MIDI not being standard. The note value for middle C is standardized, and always 60. However, although middle C is called C4 in most devices and DAWs, others call it C3 or even C5. 

[scook]

Base Octave for Pitches

[SonusProject]

Thank you both. 

 

Displaying the note names helped visually to see what was happening when I changed the Bass Octave to -2.

[Craig Anderton]

On 4/18/2020 at 11:41 AM, scook said:

Base Octave for Pitches

Thanks...I knew that function was in there somewhere, but couldn't find it because I kept looking in MIDI-related prefs. And because I didn't know what to call it, couldn't find it in searches.