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Chord Pads
Assigning Chords to Chord Pads
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Assigning Chords with the MIDI Keyboard
If you know which chord you want to assign to a specific chord pad, you can use a
MIDI keyboard.
PREREQUISITE
You have selected a MIDI track or an instrument track.
PROCEDURE
1. Right-click the chord pad that you want to use for the new chord, and select
Assign Pad from MIDI Input.
The borders of the chord pad change their color to indicate that it is now ready for
recording.
2. On your MIDI keyboard, press the keys for the chord that you want to assign.
The chord and its voicing is assigned to the chord pad, and you hear an acoustic
feedback of the chord.
NOTE
The assigned voicing can be changed by the Adaptive Voicing setting. Therefore, if
you want to keep the voicing for that specific pad, right-click the chord pad and select
Lock from the context menu.
RELATED LINKS
Adaptive Voicing on page 537
Assigning Chords from the Chord Track
You can assign the chord events from the chord track to the chord pads.
PROCEDURE
• To the left of the chord pads zone click the Functions Menu button, and
select Assign Pads from Chord Track.
If chords are already assigned to the chord pads, a warning message informs you that
all previous assignments will be overwritten.
RESULT
The chord events are assigned to the chord pads in the same order as they appear
on the chord track.
NOTE
Chord events that have more than one occurrence on the chord track are only
assigned once.