How do I make wave files have a piano roll? (noob question)

desbest · Post by **desbest** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:49 pm

How do I make wave files have a piano roll?
I've tried dragging sounds to the piano roll but it dont work.

Tone Deft · Post by **Tone Deft** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:05 pm

put a simpler instrument into the track and drop the waveform on top of simpler, then the piano roll notes play the simpler, the simpler plays the waveform.

laird · Post by **laird** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 9:58 pm

Just to clearify the answer Tone Deft gives.

Instruments have piano rolls
Audio tracks are like tape decks. They play back audio.

The manual covers the difference between Audio tracks versus MIDI tracks pretty well.

Luckily, Instruments called Samplers (such as "simpler") allow you to take audio and play it like an instrument