Chords
The Chords page holds one global chord progression lane: up to eight slots, each with a scale degree, a chord type and a length in bars. Tracks set to follow the chords (on Keys > Harmony) use the chord that is playing now. The lane is on or off, and it uses no track.
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EDIT
PERF
SESS
11
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1
2
3
4
I2
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
Tri
5
7th
Sus2
Sus4
Pwr
1b
2b
3b
4b
6
Lane
Mkv
7
8
Editing a slot
- Tap a step pad (81-88) to select a slot. Hold CLEAR and tap a slot to clear it. Hold DUP and tap a slot to copy the selected slot onto it.
- The value pads edit the selected slot:
- 41-47: degree I to VII.
- 48, 31, 32, 33, 34: type Triad, 7th, Sus2, Sus4 and Power.
- 35-38: length 1 to 4 bars.
- The first value-pad press on an empty slot fills it with degree I, a triad and one bar, and then applies your change.
Not yet verified on hardware
The type pads cross the row boundary (pad 48, then 31-34). The layout follows the app code and has not been checked on a Launchpad.
Options
| Pad | Option | Default | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Lane | Off | Turns the progression on. With the lane off, chord follow does nothing |
| 22 | Markov | Off | At the end of the lane, the next pass gets new degrees from a seeded Markov table. Slots you wrote are never overwritten |
How it plays
- The lane moves on with the bar master’s bars. Each slot holds for its length in bars.
- Empty slots are skipped.
- A transport start, or bar 0, restarts the lane.
- The playing slot is lit in the playhead colour on the Launchpad (the selected slot blinks). The Launchpad scroll text shows “SLOT n” with its chord, and the companion status line shows “CHORD” with the chord now playing.