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Midi Chords

Post by TheElement » Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:09 pm

Hi Guys, Since I dont play keyboard and can't play chords etc I was wondering if there was some midi chord vst thing out there? Or maybe at least some like keyboard/piano chord samples I could throw on some pads and play them that way?

I know I should learn keyboard. I do plan on taking some piano lessons. But in the meantime something like sample or midi based would help a lot.

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Post by TheElement » Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:03 pm

Thanks. I have ezkeys grand piano but it wasnt working for me as I prefer to write as I perform. programming cuts off my creative flow. I guess I could use it to make all the basic chords, run them all through a decent piano vst, export each chord as wav file and then load them onto Cubase's Groove Agent pads and play them like that.

Basically I want to assign all the pop type chords to each key on my midi keyboard and play chord progressions that way...

Can that be done?

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Re: Midi Chords

Post by TheElement » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:05 pm

Thanks. This thing looks interested. Will check it out some more. 8-)
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Re: Midi Chords

Post by EricB » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:38 pm

I don't know if you have ever used Ableton, but that software has some cool built in midi effects that will create arpeggios and harmonies.
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Re: Midi Chords

Post by Len911 » Tue Jul 15, 2014 6:58 pm


actually the other product, the harmonizer would be closer to what you are looking for.

or this: http://www.xferrecords.com/products/cthulhu

or even the Korg Nano pad. you can program one pad to play all the keys in a chord at the same time.

Another method is that you can make midi files of the chords yourself.

or- http://www.prosonic-studios.com/midi-ch ... hythm#prod
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Re: Midi Chords

Post by Cruciform » Tue Jul 15, 2014 7:17 pm

Yes, 7 Aliens Harmonizer will do what you want. Catanya is the next step. It creates patterns from chords that are fed to it.

But on the topic of arpeggiators, I recently found a new one that works on the same concept as Catanya but is far more powerful.
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Re: Midi Chords

Post by HectorRContreras » Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:18 pm

Dear Gavin,

May be this can help, this is how I figure out the Chords, when composing Music :

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Re: Midi Chords

Post by TheElement » Wed Jul 16, 2014 4:20 am

Thanks guys. Will check those links out. Much appreciated. 8-)

Hector that seems easier. Ok so I really only need to learn 24 chords then. I think I can do that. Thanks. :D
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