The Live Window displays the keys of your computer keyboard with the labels of their current action. Activate an action by pressing the corresponding key or click on it with the mouse. Right click to change the assignment of a key, this way you can personalize or customize your interface. Functions like switching stylevariations and adjusting volumes are labeled in black (functions can also be triggered by MIDI messages from your MIDI keyboard controller when defined in Preferences). Multivoices for the righthand melody are labeled in green, they include different types of automatic harmony based on the current chord. Menus are labeled in brown and will display a keyboard layout where each key has a new assignment.
In the upperright corner you can browse thru the styles that are on your disk. Click on a style to load it, when already playing the style will switch without a glitch at the start of the next bar. The upperleft corner shows all the current settings. Check the Record option in the lower left corner to record a MIDI file that can be processed and replayed with different styles and multivoices in the Sequencer Window.
The contents of the chords¬es menu displayed above is an example how you can play chords and melody using the computer keyboard. Of course in normal operations that is done using a MIDI keyboard controller. A choice of chord fingering methods is available, including full-keyboard where there is no separate lefthand and righthand area and chords are recognized from wherever they are played.
In this presets menu the styles that come with OMB are combined with a matching multivoice. As you can download thousands of styles for free, you may define lots of preset menus. A preset can be used to define all the settings for a particular song, including chords and lyrics as shown below.
