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MIDI Effects
Chorder
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2. Select the key to which you want to assign a chord by clicking on it on the
keyboard display or by pressing the key on a connected MIDI keyboard.
The red bar now moves to the first layer, indicating that you are ready to record the
first chord.
NOTE
In Global Key mode, you do not have to choose a trigger key. The first layer is
activated automatically.
3. Play a chord on the MIDI keyboard and/or use the mouse to enter or change
the chord in the layer display.
• Any notes you enter are immediately shown in the Chorder display. The notes
are shown in different colors, depending on the pitch.
• If you are entering chords via a MIDI keyboard, Chorder learns the chord as
soon as you release all keys of your MIDI keyboard.
As long as a key is pressed, you can continue looking for the right chord.
• If more than one layer is shown, Chorder jumps automatically to the next layer
where you can record another chord.
If all layers for a key are filled, the red bar jumps back to the keyboard display
so that you can choose a different trigger key (in Global Key mode, the Learn
mode is deactivated).
• If you are entering chords with the mouse, Chorder does not jump to the next
layer automatically.
You can select/deselect as many notes as you want and then click on another
layer or deactivate the Learn mode to continue.
4. Repeat the above with any other keys you want 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 8 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.
PROCEDURE
1. On the Layers pop-up menu, 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
you want to use.
3. Enter the chords.
RESULT
Now you can play the keyboard and trigger the variations according to the selected
layer mode.