Plug-in Reference

136
MIDI Effects
Chorder
• If you are entering chords with the mouse, the Chorder does not jump to the next
layer automatically.
You can select/deselect as many notes as you wish and then click on another layer
or deactivate the Learn mode to continue.
4. Repeat the above with any other keys you wish to use.
Using Layers
The Layers pop-up menu at the bottom right of the window allows you to set up chord
variations in the layer display above the keyboard. This works with all three modes and
provides up to eight variations for each assignable key, that is, a maximum of 8
different chords in Global Key mode, 12
x 8 chords in One Octave mode and 128 x 8
chords in All Keys mode.
The different layers can be triggered by velocity or interval. Proceed as follows to set
up your layers:
1. Open the Layers pop-up menu and select Velocity or Interval. Set this to Single
Mode if you want to set up only one chord per key.
2. Use the slider below the Layers pop-up menu to specify how many variations
(layers) you want to use.
3. Enter the chords as described above.
4. Now you can play the keyboard and trigger the variations according to the
selected layer mode.
The layer modes work as follows:
Empty Layers
If you enter less chords than layers present for a key, these layers are filled
automatically when you end the Learn mode.
This works according to the following rules:
• Empty layers are filled from bottom to top.
• If there are empty layers below the first layer with a chord, these are filled from top
to bottom.
Mode Description
Velocity The full velocity range (1 to 127) is divided into zones, according to
the number of layers you specified. For example, if you are using two
variations (Number of Layers is set to 2) there are two velocity zones:
1 to 63 and 64 to 127. Playing a note with velocity 64 or higher
triggers the second layer, while playing a softer note triggers the first
layer.
Using the “Velocity spread” slider at the bottom right of the window,
you can change the velocity ranges of the layers so that a different
layer is activated using the same velocity value.
Interval In this mode, the Chorder plays one chord at a time – you cannot play
several different chords simultaneously. When the Interval mode is
selected, you press two keys on your keyboard to trigger a layer, with
the lower key determining the base note for the chord. The layer
number is the difference, that is the interval, between the two keys. To
select layer 1, press a key one semitone higher than the base note,
for layer 2, press a key two semitones higher, and so on.
Single Mode Select this if you do not wish to use different layers.