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MidiStickers

Getting Started

Welcome to MidiStickers! This guide introduces the basic operations of MidiStickers.

The Toolbar

All operations in MidiStickers are accessed through the toolbar, which you can move by by clicking and dragging.

Click on the keyboard icon to show or hide toolbar buttons. To add a new widget, click the plus icon . The settings icon opens the Settings Window, from which you adjust the program settings, such as MIDI Input, Language and other options. The remainings buttons are covered in details in the Toolbar reference page.

Configuring MIDI Input and Language

You can set up your MIDI Controller from the Settings Window by clicking on the Toolbar. By default, MidiStickers will detect and enable your MIDI controllers. If you want to enable or disable a MIDI controller, click on the On/Off buttons.

You can also set your Language from this window. It’s recommended to restart the program so that the language settings fully apply to all content.

For an in-depth explanation of all configurations, check out the Settings Window reference page.


Adding New Widgets

Click the toolbar button to create a new widget. The “Add New Widget” window will let you browse through available widgets, grouped by functions:

  • Input: visualize input as staff notation or as piano/fretboard input. The virtual piano and fretboard allow MIDI input via your computer keyboard.
  • Chords: display chord symbols, roman numerals, functions and figured bass
  • Harmony: advanced harmony visualization and training tools
  • Teaching: tools for teaching
  • Composites: preset widget combinations (e.g., staff + chords symbols)

Widget operations

Widgets can be moved by clicking and dragging. To resize a widget, hold and drag with the left mouse button. During movement or resizing, a colored outline will appear.

Hold Control to display additional widget controls: Minimize , Widget Settings and Close . To clone a Widget, hover over it an press Ctrl+C.

Holding Control and left-clicking a widget opens a context menu, allowing you to change the back-to-front draw order, quickly set transparency, or pin widgets to others.

For certain widgets, double-clicking or using the mouse wheel may trigger quick actions. Try experimenting with these actions — they’re easily reversible by repeating the same action. Specific actions for certain widgets will be covered in the next guides.

For more details on other widget operations, such as pinning, refer to the reference pages.

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