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MIDIbox SEQ V4 Beginner's Guide
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• J–L: add9, Maj9, Maj11
• M–N: Maj13, Min
• O–P: Min6, Min7
• a–c: Minad9, Min9, Min11
• d–f: Min13, Dom7, 7Sus4
• g–i: Dom9, Dom11, Dom13
• j–l: 7b5, 7#5, 7b9
• m–n: 7#9, DimTri
• o–p: Dim, m7b5
Note that some of the chords in Chord2 layer have more than four notes. You can use both chord
layers to send note data to an arpeggiator track (see section 6.1. for details), but the arpeggiator
function will receive only four notes. If you send chord layer chords with more than four notes, only
the last four notes of the chord will be accepted; the earlier ones are ignored.
If the length of a chord track allows more than 4 parameter layers, by default all the extra ones will be
note layers. However, it is not really possible to play chords and melodies simultaneously on the same
track, because each parameter layer shares the one and only gate trigger for that track. Thus you
cannot trigger individual gates for the notes of the melody in a note layer, while leaving the gate
untriggered for the chord layer at the same time. If you go to Layer View (press & hold EDIT + GPB3;
see section 4.2. for details on different EDIT modes), you can insert notes in the note layers by turning
a knob, but it's only feasible in the same steps where there is already a chord and where the gate is
already on.
The setting Sustain on the MODE page is good to keep in mind when setting up a track to play chords
(whether transposed or not). Sustain holds each note/chord until another one is played, and this
spares you the trouble of having to set the length of each individual note/chord.
Given the disadvantages of the chord track, for the beginner it is probably easier to just initialise a
note type track with four or more note layers (maximum length 128 steps or less), and record the
required chords there as several simultaneous notes. (For recording, see section 4.)
2.1.1.3. CC tracks
CC tracks allow you to send Control Change messages to your MIDI equipment. By default, all
parameter layers of a CC type track are CC layers that do the same thing, i.e. they send CC
messages. By default, each newly initialised CC layer is 'off'. On the EVENT page you can switch them
'on' and set which CC number each layer is sending. Use GPK9 to choose a CC layer and GPK11–13 to
choose which CC number that layer sends. Confirm your selection by pressing GPB10.
For example, if you want the first CC parameter layer (layer A) of your newly initialised CC
track to send modulation wheel messages, select layer A with GPK9. Then turn GPK11–13 all
the way to the left to choose CC number 001, and then confirm the selection with GPB11–13.
Then go back to the EDIT page and choose the CC layer you just set up (press parameter
layer selection button A). You can see your CC number selection on the top row of both LCDs:
“PA:#001” (instead of PA:COff) on the left, and “CC# 1” (instead of “CC#off”) on the right.
Now you can use the knobs to enter a CC value for each step, simulating the position of the
modulation wheel at that step. CCs can be recorded live as well. (See section 4.1.4. for
