Is there a reference as to what pitch your are creating in Vocaloid's console, before you render the actual sound? Something like a cheap piano with a keyboard? I play by ear, and although I can read notes with some effort, tab and the pitch of the note is what I go by.

Anyone know?

Judging by the screenshot at www.vocaloid.com I would say your answer is 'yes' then. Really does look like XG Works, so if you're used to MIDI sequencers (and it sounds like you are?) Vocaloid shouldn't be too much trouble for you then?

Good luck!

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Is there a reference as to what pitch your are creating in Vocaloid's console, before you render the actual sound? Something like a cheap piano with a keyboard? I play by ear, and although I can read notes with some effort, tab and the pitch of the note is what I go by.

I'm sure someone will correct me but as far as I can tell there's no way to hear the pitch (or anything else) of your notes before rendering. This is a failing and I hope this will be looked at by the developers. The shiny keyboard on the left is not animated in any way and seems to serve only as a reference to the notes grid. This is less than ideal when you're trying to enter notes in some grid zooms. Some Vocaloid owners have called for a 'phoneme audition' function so you can hear the results without rendering the whole sequence. A simple tone would help though, if it played the notes as you click on them. Better than what we have at the moment.

You *can* import midi files for use as the basis of your vocal parts. This is a bit hit & miss though. I'm sure I read somewhere that Yamaha are planning on an update that will let you enter notes via midi.

right before this gets locked down

i have one question about vocaloid
what exactly is it?is it a vocoder or does it provide the words too?

i do not require opinions just fact please