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Creating a chord track from SFP chords

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I used to be able to do it.. I want to take the chord progression from a song, and also make it a track in the arrangement to drive Tyros 4. I want to do it from SFP with it sending a clock so I can play with Stylus generators same time as SFP is playing. 

 

I highlighted chords, put into a progression box and save .cogdef.  I then tried importing this into both a phrase and a new arrangement, yet when I dragged or copy and pasted, it did not work right..

 

Track 14 in Top arrangement is the result of a copy/paste.. The same thing happens if I just drag the 'chords' from the lower arrangement to top arrangement.. As you can see they have nothing in common.

 

In screenshot 280 - I opened a new arrangement imported just the chordprogression out.. 

 

But everytime I try to get chords into orig. arrangement.  I get those exact same results with notes not on the beat. they are the wrong notes too.  I've deleted the instrument and created a new one, same results..

 

Have I missed something?

 ------------- a while later----------------

I tried something new.. I created a new track in orig arrangement.. Made sure length was long enough and then was able to copy it.. Perhaps SFP code should make for that allowence to auto matically reset length to accomodate new track..

 

Not sure if this is the answer, but it kinda works.

 

If you look closely at last track of chords.. You'll see only the first chord lines up with measure.. 

 As you see, it's not right.. all other notes are 1/16th late.. I compensated by highlighting all but first chord, setting quantize to 16th and that corrected it.. Still it should accurately be placed by program.

 


Wed, 2013-10-30 - 19:40 Permalink

Why don't you simply use an Auto-Chords interpretation on an empty track in the root container? That should do everything you need.

Wed, 2013-10-30 - 20:23 Permalink

janamdo: I think it's not documented. But it's obvious: It plays a single note with the bass tone for each harmonic context in the progression. Similar to Auto-Chord, but for bass instead.

Wed, 2013-10-30 - 20:45 Permalink

Hi Energy thanks, although obvious for you, but not for me. 

You never know what musical trick (suprize) comes out of the sleeve of André  

Wed, 2013-10-30 - 21:19 Permalink

I think it's not documented.

 

Yes, the section in the manual where "Auto-Bass" should be described (Appendix: Encyclopedia of Parameters > Interpretation, Page 190) is not up to date. It shows a window from a previous version of Synfire where Auto-Bass was not yet included. Should be updated.