PianoCheater - Screen

PianoCheater's goal in life is PLAYING music and to help YOU play music.
   Real time playing and editing of songs.

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First off, we'll talk about what's on the durn window...

   

   toolbar buttons - HOVER over them for help

   display area - top/right
      Time   in bars.beats
      Bars   duration of song
      Tmpo   current tempo in   Beats Per Minute
      TSig   current timesignature   beatsPerBar:noteDivPerBeat:subBeats

   songlist droplist
      filenames of all songs in your current playlist
      with leading path prefixes removed for easier reading.
      titlebar also shows current song.
      when selected, use scrollwheel or cursor keys to change songs, etc

   key [in]put control
      when red x, songlist is getting key events.
      when "lightning bolt", pc keys do commands like adjust tempo, scoot time
      when "piano keys", pc keys do piano keys (<==see PCKeyboard in menu)
         (esc toggles from commands to pianokeys)

   Status area for lyrics and misc messages

   

   track display area
      red hilight means this track is selected for editing
      colored tracks mean they're a track you're learning

      Mode       little box that goes from ? (learning) to # (mute) to
                                                        empty (background track)
      Track      name of the track
                 leading + means shares device/channel with previous track
      Sound      which sound preset is assigned to the track
      Device     which device the sound/channel plays on
      Ch         which midi channel (1..16) on the device this track plays on
      Vol        special volume of soundfont drum sounds
      Events     how many midi events are in the track (noteups, downs && ctrls)
      SoundDesc  device's sound preset description
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Next up, doing commands...