When DAW playback is halted (STOP), every change applied to a chord—
including adding new chords—yields an acoustic preview of the result by the
assigned MIDI instrument.
Chord information display (C4):
Provides the exact chord symbol of the chord
being edited.
Individual chord notes—mute and unmute (C5):
The four curved lines of a
chord segment represent the four notes of the respective chord. The innermost
line indicates the lowest note, the outer line stands for the highest note. Clicking
on a note line mutes or unmutes the corresponding note. Activated note lines
appear brighter in color.
Chords are always initially arranged in their root position, i.e. their lowest note is
the root note. This is the most transparent and musically flexible approach. But it
sometimes results in audible ‘jumps’ between chords, which can easily be
“smoothed” by adjusting the inversion settings for individual chords.
Triads often contain octave-transposed notes to preserve the four-note chord
structure of loop segments.
Chord function and complexity (C6):
Chords are arranged in a matrix of
tonal
function
(Tonic, Subdominant, and Dominant) and
complexity
(from bottom to top
according to the degree of their probability in the progression).
Major and Minor toggle (C7):
The basis of major and minor harmony is the
major and minor scale, respectively. Chords are derived from those scales in the
range of major and minor. Very simply put however, major sounds ‘brighter’ or
‘more positive’, whereas minor feels ‘darker’.
Inversion (C8):
Like in Loop Control but for individual chords: Inversion Up
pushes the lowest notes an octave up. Inversion Down pushes the highest notes
an octave down.
Velocity (C9):
Adjustment of the volume of individual chords
Chord Control (C tags)
This is the editing interface for individual parameters of single chords.
Click on the black dots in the chord segments to switch between chords
you want to edit
(C)
. The selected chord is highlighted
(C3)
.
Switching to Loop Control (L):
To end Chord Control mode and switch
to Loop Control click on the ‘x’ symbol.
Working with polyphonic note patterns in Note Control (N):
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