show keyboard when in pattern editor

When I am not using the keyboard ( real one ;), thus only composing from the pc key board , it would be verry handy to see the chord / notes played .

So maybe there’s some place in the spectrum analyzer/scope view to show the keyboard

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Yeah, like this maybe:

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I think tho this might have been suggested before probably.

I had a similar idea. I posted it in the piano roll thread.

https://forum.renoise.com/t/brainstorming-piano-roll/12547

When I am not using the keyboard ( real one ;), thus only composing from the pc key board , it would be verry handy to see the chord / notes played .

So maybe there’s some place in the spectrum analyzer/scope view to show the keyboard

You can always detach the instrument editor (CMD/CTRL + D) -works great with dual monitor setups

This is an old thread, but I’m kind of surprised there’s still no way to do this properly. Detaching the instrument editor isn’t useful to me, as I’m on a single screen and it’s a pain to re-arrange stuff manually.

I definitely would like to see what I’m playing as I press the computer-keyboard keys, and having a Piano view that (optionally) replaces the analyzer seems like the perfect approach to this. I certainly don’t have the computer keys ‘memorized’ as far as what letter = what note, and regardless, it would just be super helpful when building chords, etc.

One sort-of compromise / workaround is to just use phrases, since the phrase editor does have a keyboard below it, at least – but it doesn’t show which keys are being triggered during playback.

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