[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":925},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-data-\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Flive-midi\u002F":3,"prose-edu-link:none":11,"breadcrumb#\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Flive-midi\u002F":923},{"page":4,"navigation":546,"relatedArticles":635,"relatedTutorials":922},{"id":5,"title":6,"articles":7,"author":10,"automaticallyTranslated":11,"body":12,"cardHighlight":529,"dateModified":530,"datePublished":530,"description":531,"englishFileHash":532,"extension":533,"flatOnly":11,"layout":532,"locale":534,"meta":535,"nav":536,"navigation":537,"nexttext":532,"nexturl":532,"path":538,"permalink":539,"pid":540,"ptitle":541,"reviewedBy":532,"seo":542,"stem":543,"thumbnail":532,"tip":544,"tutorials":532,"__hash__":545},"content\u002Fen\u002Feditor\u002F4.audio-midi-experience\u002F2.midi\u002F5.live-midi.md","How to record from a MIDI keyboard with Live MIDI in Flat",[8,9],"midi","midi-troubleshooting","titouan",false,{"type":13,"value":14,"toc":515},"minimark",[15,19,24,32,40,49,53,72,79,162,172,176,183,189,192,227,230,234,255,338,344,350,354,357,363,389,392,398,403,406,412,416,426,432,439,443,462,468,471,478],[16,17,18],"p",{},"Live MIDI in Flat records what you play on a MIDI keyboard and turns it into notation. Flat captures your take, snaps it to a rhythmic grid you choose, and lets you fix notes, staves, and timing in a review screen before placing the music at the measure you pick in your score.",[20,21,23],"h2",{"id":22},"requirements","What do I need to use Live MIDI?",[16,25,26,27,31],{},"Live MIDI needs a MIDI keyboard connected to your computer, the Flat editor in your browser, and a browser that supports MIDI devices: Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. The first time you use a MIDI device, your browser asks whether flat.io can use it: click ",[28,29,30],"strong",{},"Allow",".",[33,34,37],"callout",{"label":35,"type":36},"Safari","heads-up",[16,38,39],{},"Safari does not support MIDI devices, so Live MIDI does not work there. Open Flat in Chrome, Edge, or Firefox instead.",[16,41,42,43,48],{},"If Flat does not find your keyboard, or if you blocked the browser's request, see ",[44,45,47],"a",{"href":46},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fmidi-troubleshooting","MIDI troubleshooting"," to allow MIDI for flat.io and check your drivers.",[20,50,52],{"id":51},"record","How do I record with Live MIDI?",[16,54,55,56,59,60,62,63,67,68,71],{},"Click the red record button next to ",[28,57,58],{},"MIDI"," at the top of the editor, or open the ",[28,61,58],{}," menu and click ",[64,65,66],"pill",{},"Record Live MIDI",". The recording panel opens under your score. Choose your keyboard in ",[28,69,70],{},"MIDI device"," and start playing: the take starts on your first note, so there is no need to press anything before you play.",[16,73,74],{},[75,76],"img",{"alt":77,"src":78},"The MIDI menu, with the MIDI Input list and the Record Live MIDI button","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-menu.jpg",[80,81,82,106,126,141],"step-cards",{},[83,84,87],"step-card",{"number":85,"title":86},"1","Open the recording panel",[16,88,55,89,91,92,94,95,97,98,102,103,31],{},[28,90,58],{},", click ",[64,93,66],{}," in the ",[28,96,58],{}," menu, or press ",[99,100,101],"kbd",{},"Shift"," + ",[99,104,105],{},"R",[83,107,110,120],{"number":108,"title":109},"2","Choose your keyboard",[16,111,112,113,115,116,119],{},"Pick your keyboard in the ",[28,114,70],{}," menu at the top right of the panel. When the panel shows ",[28,117,118],{},"LIVE",", Flat is listening.",[16,121,122],{},[75,123],{"alt":124,"src":125},"The recording panel showing LIVE, with the Metronome, Start countdown, and MIDI device controls","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-ready.jpg",[83,127,130],{"number":128,"title":129},"3","Set the metronome and the countdown",[16,131,132,133,136,137,140],{},"Turn on the ",[28,134,135],{},"Metronome"," to play along with a click, and use the arrow next to it to change the tempo. Click ",[64,138,139],{},"Start countdown"," if you want the metronome to count you in before the take starts.",[83,142,145,156],{"number":143,"title":144},"4","Play, then stop",[16,146,147,148,151,152,155],{},"Play your passage. Your notes appear in the panel as you play. Press ",[99,149,150],{},"Space"," to stop the recording, or ",[99,153,154],{},"Esc"," to discard it and start over.",[16,157,158],{},[75,159],{"alt":160,"src":161},"The panel during a recording, with the notes appearing as they are played","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-recording.jpg",[16,163,164,165,168,169,171],{},"If the panel shows ",[28,166,167],{},"No notes captured",", Flat did not receive any note from your keyboard. Play again to start a new take, and check the ",[28,170,70],{}," menu if it happens again.",[20,173,175],{"id":174},"review","How do I read the review screen?",[16,177,178,179,182],{},"When you stop recording, your take opens in ",[28,180,181],{},"Review your recording",". Nothing is in your score yet. The notation at the top is a preview that updates as you edit, and the note grid below shows every note you played, one row per pitch.",[16,184,185],{},[75,186],{"alt":187,"src":188},"The Review your recording screen, with the notation preview at the top and the note grid below","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-review.jpg",[16,190,191],{},"In the note grid:",[193,194,195,202,216],"ul",{},[196,197,198,201],"li",{},[28,199,200],{},"Solid bars"," are your notes snapped to the grid you chose.",[196,203,204,207,208,211,212,215],{},[28,205,206],{},"Dashed outlines"," show the notes exactly as you played them. Click ",[64,209,210],{},"Hide raw notes"," to see only the snapped notes, and ",[64,213,214],{},"Show raw notes"," to bring the outlines back.",[196,217,218,219,222,223,226],{},"On a piano part, ",[28,220,221],{},"blue"," notes go to the top staff and ",[28,224,225],{},"green"," notes to the bottom staff.",[16,228,229],{},"Click play to hear the take before it goes into your score. The playback starts from the selected note, the same way as in the editor.",[20,231,233],{"id":232},"grid","Which grid should I choose?",[16,235,236,237,240,241,240,244,240,247,250,251,254],{},"Your timing is never exactly on the beat when you play, so Live MIDI moves each note to the nearest line of a grid. This is called quantizing. 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If the preview does not look like what you played, try another grid. You can change it as many times as you like before you save.",[16,345,346],{},[75,347],{"alt":348,"src":349},"The grid choices at the top of the review screen, with 1\u002F8 selected","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-grid.jpg",[20,351,353],{"id":352},"edit-notes","How do I fix the notes before saving?",[16,355,356],{},"Click a note in the grid to select it, or drag around several notes. 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Use undo and redo at the top right to step back through your changes.",[16,393,394],{},[75,395],{"alt":396,"src":397},"Dragging the end of a note in the grid to make it longer","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-duration.jpg",[399,400,402],"h3",{"id":401},"trim-tempo","How do I trim the recording or change its tempo?",[16,404,405],{},"Click the scissors at the top right to trim the start or the end of the take: drag the handles of the strip that opens under the grid. 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Drag it up or down to change which notes go to each staff, or select notes and use ",[28,424,375],{}," in the editing bar for the exceptions.",[16,427,428],{},[75,429],{"alt":430,"src":431},"Dragging the staff divider between the notes of the two staves","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-staff-divider.jpg",[33,433,436],{"label":434,"type":435},"Notes in red","note",[16,437,438],{},"A note shown in red is outside the range of the instrument and will not sound. Play it in another octave, or move it in the grid.",[20,440,442],{"id":441},"place","How do I place the recording in my score?",[16,444,445,446,449,450,453,454,457,458,461],{},"Click ",[64,447,448],{},"Save to score",". Flat shows your score with a ",[28,451,452],{},"Starting point"," flag and the number of measures the recording adds. Click any measure to move the starting point there, then click ",[64,455,456],{},"Done"," to add the recording, or ",[64,459,460],{},"Back"," to return to the review screen.",[16,463,464],{},[75,465],{"alt":466,"src":467},"Placing the recording: the Starting point flag and the measures that will be overwritten, in red","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Feditor\u002Flive-midi-place.jpg",[16,469,470],{},"The measures highlighted in red are overwritten: anything already written in them is replaced by your recording. Once it is placed, the recording is ordinary notation that you can edit, transpose, play back, and export like the rest of your score.",[16,472,473,474,477],{},"To leave the review screen without adding anything, click ",[64,475,476],{},"Discard"," and confirm. The take is deleted.",[479,480,482,492,498,504],"faq",{"title":481},"Frequently asked questions",[483,484,486],"faq-item",{"question":485},"Why doesn't Flat see my MIDI keyboard?",[16,487,488,489,491],{},"Check that the keyboard is plugged in and turned on before you open the panel, and that you use Chrome, Edge, or Firefox. If you clicked Block when the browser asked for MIDI access, allow MIDI for flat.io in your browser's site settings and reload the page. The ",[44,490,47],{"href":46}," page also covers drivers and MIDI to USB adapters.",[483,493,495],{"question":494},"Will recording replace what's already in my score?",[16,496,497],{},"Only in the measures where you place it. Before you confirm, Flat highlights in red the measures your recording covers, and their content is replaced when you click Done. Move the starting point to empty measures, or add measures at the end of the score, to keep what you already wrote.",[483,499,501],{"question":500},"Can I see exactly what I played?",[16,502,503],{},"Yes. In the review screen, the dashed outlines show every note exactly as it was captured, next to the notes snapped to the grid. Click Hide raw notes to hide them and Show raw notes to bring them back, and press play to hear the result before you save.",[483,505,507],{"question":506},"What is the difference between Live MIDI and entering notes with my MIDI keyboard?",[16,508,509,510,514],{},"With ",[44,511,513],{"href":512},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fmidistart","step mode",", each key you press writes one note at the cursor, with the duration you selected. 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It has two lists, ",[28,707,708],{},"MIDI Input",[28,710,607],{},", and each list selects one port.",[713,714],"screenshot",{"alt":715,"src":716,"width":717},"The MIDI menu, with the MIDI Input and MIDI Output lists","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Fmidi\u002Fmidi-menu.png",294,[16,719,720,721,724],{},"The MIDI menu also offers a way to disable writing on the score with the ",[28,722,723],{},"Write while playing"," toggle. It can be useful when you want to play with the MIDI device and Flat sounds, without having notes being written on the score.",[20,726,708],{"id":727},"midi-input",[16,729,730],{},"Two different modes are available while using your MIDI devices to input notes on a score:",[399,732,734],{"id":733},"step-mode","Step mode",[16,736,737],{},"The step mode is the default input mode, automatically activated as soon as you connect a MIDI device to Flat.",[16,739,740],{},"Once a note has been pressed and released on the device, this note will be set at the cursor location, taking the same duration as the previous note or rest. The cursor will then automatically move to the next position in the same voice.",[16,742,743],{},"Chords are also supported and will make the composition process frictionless.",[399,745,747],{"id":746},"real-time-recording","Real-time recording",[16,749,750,751,753,754,756,757,759,760,764],{},"To record a passage in real time, use ",[28,752,529],{},": click the red record button next to ",[28,755,58],{}," at the top of the editor, or ",[28,758,66],{}," in the MIDI menu, and play. Flat snaps your take to a rhythmic grid, lets you review and fix the notes, then places them at the measure you choose. See ",[44,761,763],{"href":762},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Flive-midi","how to record with Live MIDI"," for every step.",[20,766,607],{"id":767},"midi-output",[16,769,770,771,773],{},"MIDI output plays your score on a synthesizer, a DAW or a sample library like Native Instruments Kontakt, instead of Flat's sounds. 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The step mode is the default input mode, automatically activated as soon as you connect a MIDI device to Flat.",[797],"tutorial-midi","OHboLZOVFHoUYm9j-gVf7nfFOS7j4vxIIOWhXTyj-Hk",{"id":800,"title":619,"articles":532,"author":532,"automaticallyTranslated":11,"body":801,"cardHighlight":532,"dateModified":530,"datePublished":791,"description":917,"englishFileHash":532,"extension":533,"flatOnly":11,"layout":532,"locale":534,"meta":918,"nav":536,"navigation":532,"nexttext":532,"nexturl":532,"path":620,"permalink":622,"pid":9,"ptitle":532,"reviewedBy":532,"seo":919,"stem":621,"thumbnail":532,"tip":920,"tutorials":532,"__hash__":921},"content\u002Fen\u002Feditor\u002F4.audio-midi-experience\u002F2.midi\u002F4.midi-troubleshooting.md",{"type":13,"value":802,"toc":912},[803,806,809,813,824,852,855,859,862,865,873,876,880,883,886,892,895,898,906,909],[16,804,805],{},"Most of the modern MIDI devices are automatically set up once plugged to a modern computer.\nHowever, for older devices and computers and for some exceptions, it may not be recognized once you plug it in.",[16,807,808],{},"This page's purpose is to list the most common issues when setting up your MIDI device and how to solve them.",[20,810,812],{"id":811},"browser-midi-access","MIDI access blocked by the browser",[16,814,815,816,819,820,823],{},"Flat reaches your MIDI device through your browser, which asks for your permission the first time. If you clicked ",[28,817,818],{},"Block",", or if the browser never asked, Flat cannot see your device and opens the ",[28,821,822],{},"Set up your MIDI device"," page instead. To allow MIDI for flat.io again in Chrome:",[825,826,827,830,840,849],"ol",{},[196,828,829],{},"Open the Flat editor.",[196,831,832,833,836,837,31],{},"Click the icon to the left of the web address (",[28,834,835],{},"View site information","), then ",[28,838,839],{},"Site settings",[196,841,842,843,846,847,31],{},"Find the MIDI permission (Chrome lists it as ",[28,844,845],{},"MIDI device control & reprogram",") and set it to ",[28,848,30],{},[196,850,851],{},"Reload the page.",[16,853,854],{},"Edge and Firefox ask for the same permission, so allow it for flat.io in their site settings. Safari does not support MIDI devices: use Chrome, Edge, or Firefox to connect a MIDI device to Flat.",[20,856,858],{"id":857},"missing-drivers","Missing Drivers",[16,860,861],{},"The most common issue is when the MIDI device driver is missing. A \"driver\" is a software component which needs to be installed on the computer in order to communicate with the MIDI device.",[16,863,864],{},"There are different ways to find the correct driver for your device.\nOften, a CD will be packaged with the MIDI device, containing all the necessary components to run the device, including the drivers.",[16,866,867,868,872],{},"If you don't have a CD, no worries! You can also find your device driver online. The safest place to get it is from the MIDI device manufacturer website. You can find a list of the most popular manufacturer's website ",[44,869,871],{"href":870},"\u002Fen\u002Fmusic-notation-software\u002Fmidi-drivers","on this page"," with the direct link to the driver's download page for each brand.",[16,874,875],{},"With modern devices and systems, the drivers are automatically installed by the system, or replaced by a generic driver, making the driver installation pointless.",[20,877,879],{"id":878},"issue-while-using-a-midi-to-usb-adapter","Issue while using a MIDI to USB adapter",[16,881,882],{},"MIDI devices older than 15 years were not always including a USB port to transmit MIDI signals. Instead, MIDI ports were used for this purpose.",[16,884,885],{},"The only way to use these MIDI devices as MIDI controllers with your computer is to use a MIDI to USB adapter.",[16,887,888],{},[75,889],{"alt":890,"src":891},"MIDI USB adapter","\u002Fassets\u002Fimg\u002Fmidi\u002Fmidiusbadapter.jpg",[16,893,894],{},"Those are then quite easy to set up, as they are plug-and-play.\nYet, a common mistake is to invert the two MIDI wires of the adapter. It may, in fact, be confusing which wire needs to go to which MIDI port.",[16,896,897],{},"To make it simple just follow these instructions:",[193,899,900,903],{},[196,901,902],{},"The MIDI In plug goes into the MIDI Out port.",[196,904,905],{},"The MIDI Out plug goes into the MIDI In port.",[16,907,908],{},"You will also need to make sure that the MIDI Output connection of your MIDI device is enabled.",[16,910,911],{},"If you still cannot have your device recognized, the best thing you can do is to contact your MIDI device manufacturer so they can help you to connect it.",{"title":516,"searchDepth":517,"depth":517,"links":913},[914,915,916],{"id":811,"depth":520,"text":812},{"id":857,"depth":520,"text":858},{"id":878,"depth":520,"text":879},"Most common issues when trying to have a MIDI device recognized, and how to solve them.",{},{"title":619,"description":917},"(...) The MIDI In plug goes into the MIDI Out port. (...) 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