Keyboard

With the keyboard, software synthesizers can be played directly via an on-screen keyboard and also recorded.

The keyboard always controls the synthesizer in the track for which MIDI recording has been activated.

You can operate the keyboard with the mouse to play the instrument. The closer to the bottom edge you click on the "virtual keys", the louder the sound will play. Of course, you can't play music properly by clicking with the mouse. (This function is more suitable for testing out sounds quickly). That's why you can also play the keyboard with the keys on your computer keyboard.

Attention: This only works if the mouse has been clicked in the keyboard once before, otherwise the keyboard entries act as keyboard shortcuts for various other Samplitude functions. If the computer keys control the program's keyboard, then the piano keys will display the corresponding keyboard characters.

	Use the vertical arrow buttons to shift the octave range in which the keyboard can be played using the computer keys.
	Use the horizontal arrow buttons to select the next/previous sound of the synthesizer, the list box next to it also lets you select the sounds directly.
	This button opens the synthesizer editor window for fine-tuning the sound.

Arpeggiator

The arpeggiator is a playing aid that allows you to automatically generate chords by playing and holding individual keys, either as a normal chord or as a broken chord (arpeggio), i.e. a rapid succession of the chord notes.

Note C

C major chord

C major arpeggio with 1/16 notes

	This button activates the arpeggiator.
	This switch determines whether the played note will generate no chord, a minor chord or a major chord.
	This switch determines the type of arpeggio. In the rightmost position a normal chord is played, the other positions are up, down or up and down. The figures are repeated as long as the note is played.
	The tempo of the arpeggio is set here and can range from 1/4 notes (slow) up to 1/32 notes (very fast).