3 title: MIDI Track Controls
6 <p>A typical <dfn>MIDI track header</dfn> looks like this:</p>
7 <img src="/ardour/manual/html/diagrams/typical-midi-track-controls.png" alt="midi track controls"
11 To see the full set of MIDI track controls, you need to increase the
12 <a href="/working-with-tracks/controlling-track-appearance/track-height/">track height</a>
13 beyond the default. MIDI tracks show only a few of the control elements
14 when there is insufficient vertical space.
17 A MIDI track has the same basic
18 <a href="/working-with-tracks/audio-track-controls">controls as an audio track</a>,
19 with the addition of two extra elements. The set of buttons below the main track
20 controls the <dfn>MIDI channel</dfn>(s) that will be visible in the editor. A MIDI track's
21 data may span any number of the 16 available MIDI channels, and sometimes it is
22 useful to view only a subset of those channels; different instruments may,
23 for example, be put on different channels. Clicking on a channel number toggles
27 To the right of the MIDI track controls is a representation of a piano keyboard
28 called the <dfn>scroomer</dfn>. This performs a couple of functions.
29 The scrollbar controls the range of pitches that are visible on the
30 track, as visualized by the piano keyboard.<br />
31 Drag the body of the scrollbar up and down to display higher or lower
33 Drag the scrollbar handles to zooms in and out and increase and decrease the
34 range of visible pitches.<br />
35 clicking on the piano plays the corresponding MIDI note for reference.
38 To edit the contents of a MIDI track see <a href="/editing-and-arranging/edit-midi/">Edit