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Question: hey jf- why do we have vertical piano rolls in daws when a piano is played horizontally? (other than obvious answer) heh, would a horizontal piano roll make no sense to people? (+bonus question! how do you feel about top> bottom tracker style rolls?) ta
Asked by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on May 7 2024, 9:51pm
Reply on May 8 2024, 10:36pm:

I guess because we usually represent time as left to right? the only vertical piano rolls I've seen have the music come from the top, which is also backwards because we read top to bottom etc...

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Posted by 2024 (86.185.199.x) on May 9 2024, 12:33pm:
you mean horizontal? (reaper's is vertical?) + there are quite a few of countries in the world which read from right to left? ((+ time can be read or scrolled from right to left as in the :Spectrograph Spectrogram Meter?) cheers

Posted by Justin on May 10 2024, 10:03pm:
yeah that. I meant vertical as "time is on the Y axis" ... anyway

Posted by splitcollectivity (77.184.146.x) on May 13 2024, 10:52am:
Radium is a tracker with a vertical piano roll where the music comes from the bottom: youtube.com/watch?v=aPCot-J28Uw

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