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JFM · Post by **JFM** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:46 am

Does anyone know of a programme which will output midi chords into piano roll in a sequencer? -would be very useful for non-musicians like me to use in developing chord progressions for strings / arps to form the basis of a track. It would be great to be able audition chords to see what sounds right and then export as midi ( hope i am explaining myself clearly)- i know there are programmes that plays chords but doesnt export midi. Alternatively Midi files of the various chords would suffice.

Many thanks.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:09 am

chordspace?

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:33 am

I am serious here, but for basic chords you should really try to learn playing them for yourself. It's no rocket science and it also doesn't require *that* much of practice either. On the upside, you will then know what you're doing.

JFM · Post by **JFM** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:19 am

Sascha i am not a musician and find it difficult to construct chords - thanks anyway. whyterabbyt i dont think chordspace outputs midi - maybe i am wrong will check it out

Thanks guys

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:26 am

I'd say try SuperJam or BandInaBox or JammerPro or the likes. They all can export midi files to be used in any other sequencer as far as I know.

More threads:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=168605
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=165169
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=168909

stevieb19 · Post by **stevieb19** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:33 am

Chordspace does output midi I use it that way all the time.

You just have to set up the thing right and hit record on the sequencer.

Toxikator · Post by **Toxikator** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:36 am

Chordspace doesn't output anything BUT MIDI, IIRC.

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:03 pm

JFM wrote:Sascha i am not a musician and find it difficult to construct chords - thanks anyway. whyterabbyt i dont think chordspace outputs midi - maybe i am wrong will check it out

Thanks guys

What host are you using, JFM? Let us know and I'll show you how to set it up. As Toxi said ChordSpace does nothing but output MIDI.

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:01 pm

JFM wrote:Sascha i am not a musician and find it difficult to construct chords

So, but you do want to be (or become) a musician, right?
In that case, a certain knowledge (be it learned intuitively or by a bit of studying doesn't matter) surely does no harm.

I'm not saying things such as ChordSpace are of no use - in fact, ChordSpace is excellent. But you will defenitely be able to get WAY more out of it with a certain additional knowledge.

JFM · Post by **JFM** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:11 pm

Sascha Franck wrote:
JFM wrote:Sascha i am not a musician and find it difficult to construct chords
So, but you do want to be (or become) a musician, right?
In that case, a certain knowledge (be it learned intuitively or by a bit of studying doesn't matter) surely does no harm.

I'm not saying things such as ChordSpace are of no use - in fact, ChordSpace is excellent. But you will defenitely be able to get WAY more out of it with a certain additional knowledge.

nuffink - thanks a million - i am using FLStudio

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:22 pm

JFM wrote:nuffink - thanks a million - i am using FLStudio

Set it up exactly the same way as Playa... http://www.chordspace.com/Playa/FLSInstall.htm

Get back to me if you have any problems.

JFM · Post by **JFM** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:38 pm

Nuffink have tried this - can hear chords but they are not appearing on Piano Roll - i have tried recording etc - damn dont know what i'm doing wrong

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:44 pm

JFM wrote:Nuffink have tried this - can hear chords but they are not appearing on Piano Roll - i have tried recording etc - damn dont know what i'm doing wrong

Give me a few minutes, I'm just grabbing a demo version of FL.

nuffink · Post by **nuffink** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:12 pm

JFM wrote:Nuffink have tried this - can hear chords but they are not appearing on Piano Roll - i have tried recording etc - damn dont know what i'm doing wrong

I'm having the same problem. It doesn't help that I'm completely unfamiliar with FL. I'll post an answer when I find it. Hopefully someone who knows FL better will come up with the method.

experimental.crow · Post by **experimental.crow** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 10:16 pm

nuffink wrote:
JFM wrote:Nuffink have tried this - can hear chords but they are not appearing on Piano Roll - i have tried recording etc - damn dont know what i'm doing wrong
I'm having the same problem. It doesn't help that I'm completely unfamiliar with FL. I'll post an answer when I find it. Hopefully someone who knows FL better will come up with the method.

i've managed to record some midi into the piano roll , using maple midi port ...
however , i have some weird feedback loop happening , that i do not understand ...
it is perhaps a note-off issue ...
i'll keep at it ...

arrgghh ...
i just noticed i'm in the dread 'music theory' forum ...

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