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I have selected my midi keyboard in the routing menu and clicked 'use this port for input' and then in a palette window I have clicked 'midi input' and also 'midi live', now when I press the midi keyboard keys I can see the palette blocks changing colour which seems to be correct but I don't hear any sound - also if I try and record no chords are recorded in the notepad panel. If I click with the mouse in the palette window then I hear the notes.
I must be doing something wrong? Thanks for any advice.
Mo., 23.08.2010 - 17:27 Permalink
OK I've got it figured out now. Is there a way to get chords triggered when pressing single midi keyboard keys? Example - If I select a global key of A Minor and I then press A on the keyboard it will trigger ACE, with maybe an option to also add the 7th (G)? Thanks.
Di., 24.08.2010 - 00:12 Permalink
Basically the idea sounds nice and other users have also suggested it. However, there's a non-trivial problem to solve:
In a palette, you can easily see how many chords match each step of the scale (the columns). How is HN supposed to make a decision which chord to play when you press one of these scale tones?
Or in other words: There are many chords that start at the same scale tone and no algorithm yet exists that could choose one in a predictable way.
It might be possible with basic triads and a single major or minor scale only. All the fancy other chords could be simply ignored. If that is what you are looking for ...