Interface Overview

Learn the layout of Roneat Studio Pro and what each panel does.

Roneat Studio Pro uses a simple layout.

The sidebar stays on the left.

The main content area fills the right side.

The Two-Panel Layout

Roneat Studio Pro uses a simple two-panel layout:

• Left: The Sidebar — navigation, project actions, and status

• Right: The Main Content Area — changes depending on which panel is active

There are four panels you can switch between using the sidebar buttons: Score Editor, Audio AI, Plugin, and Settings.

Area	Purpose
Sidebar	Switch panels, save or load projects, and check app status
Main Content Area	Shows the active panel and its controls

The Sidebar

The sidebar is always visible on the left side of the window.

It contains:

Branding

The Roneat Studio Pro logo (ᨠ) and name appear at the top in gold.

Navigation buttons

Click a button to switch the active panel:

• 🎼 Score Editor — the main workspace for writing and editing scores

• 🎤 Audio AI — for transcribing audio recordings into scores

• 🧩 Plugin — import plugins and control how they extend the app

• ⚙ Settings — appearance, playback, calibration, and preferences

Project actions

These controls appear at the bottom of the sidebar:

• 💾 Save Project — saves the current score as a .roneat file. The song title is used as the default filename.

• 📂 Load Project — opens an existing .roneat file.

Status indicator

A small colored label at the very bottom shows the current app state:

Label	Color	Meaning
● Ready	Green	Idle. Everything is OK.
● Working…	Gold	Processing is in progress.
● Error	Red	Something went wrong.

You can also open a .roneat project by dragging and dropping the file directly onto the application window.

Dropping an audio file forwards it to the Audio AI panel automatically.

Panel 1 — Score Editor

This is the main workspace.

It opens by default when the app launches.

Title field

Enter the name of the piece here.

This title is used as the default filename when saving the project and as the title in PDF exports.

Notes text box

This is where you write or paste the score notation manually.

The notation system uses numbers 1–21 for bars, # for tremolo, - for rests, and / for visual bar lines.

See Score Notation Reference for the full syntax.

Live preview grid

Below the text box, a visual grid automatically renders your notation in real time.

It shows all 21 bars of the Roneat Ek and updates as you type.

BPM field

Sets the playback tempo in beats per minute.

This field is disabled and shows ⏱ Synced playback loaded when the score was imported from audio analysis, because playback follows the original recorded timing instead.

Left-hand toggle

When enabled, the app automatically computes and plays the second mallet hand using bar + 7 during playback.

It also shows that left-hand value in the preview grid below each right-hand note.

Play / Stop

Starts and stops score playback using synthesized instrument tones, or recorded samples if calibration has been completed.

Undo / Redo

Full edit history is maintained.

Use Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y.

Validation panel

Shows real-time errors if any notation tokens are invalid.

Examples include out-of-range bar numbers, bad tremolo counts, and unrecognized symbols.

Export buttons

PDF and MP4 export are accessible directly from the Score Editor panel.

See Exporting (PDF & Video) for full details.

If imported audio timing is attached, the BPM field is locked on purpose.

Playback will follow the original recording instead.

Panel 2 — Audio AI

Access this panel by clicking 🎤 Audio AI in the sidebar.

Use it to transcribe a recorded audio file into a draft score.

See AI Audio Transcription for the full step-by-step workflow.

Key elements of this panel:

• File selector — choose or drag and drop your audio recording

• Two-mallets checkbox — enable this if the recording uses two-mallet technique

• Analyze button — starts the transcription

• Progress bar — shows real-time analysis steps such as onset detection and note matching

• Result preview — displays the detected note sequence as notation tokens

• Import to Score Editor button — sends the result to the Score Editor with sync data

Panel 3 — Plugin

Access this panel by clicking 🧩 Plugin in the sidebar.

Use it to import plugins and control installed plugins.

Plugins can add features, change the app language, modify the app appearance, and more.

See Plugins for the full overview.

Panel 4 — Settings

Access this panel by clicking ⚙ Settings in the sidebar.

It controls appearance, playback behavior, calibration, and frequency presets.

See Settings Overview for full details.

Recommended First Workflow

If this is your first time using the app:

1. Read Score Notation Reference to understand how to write scores.

2. If you have a recording, go to Audio AI and transcribe it.

3. Review and edit the result in the Score Editor.

4. Save your project with 💾 Save Project.

5. Export to PDF for printing or MP4 for video.

If you want to extend the app, open Plugin and import a plugin.

If you want to build plugins, continue with Developer Documentation.