N.i built in Midi Chords, Note Randomizer and midi plugins.

New Features
hopefully for the next update,

Sometimes people that don't know how to play, always want to play chords and scales. That would make N. I professional to put built in Midi Chords.

 

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this has been beat to death... suggest you put your suggestion in the feature request forum with the other dozen threads on the same topic..lol

also, while i dont disagree with adding any feature that helps people, you do know right that you only really need to learn two scales (major and minor) and one set of chord patterns?.. change the root note of the pads to cover transposition...

 

How's that change the root note of the pads to cover transposition?

 

How's that change the root note of the pads to cover transposition?

 

Why does a person only need to learn two scales? Why do they have to be major and minor (especially as they're not commonly used together, apart from in musical theatre and boy band pop perhaps)? And just one set of chord patterns? Which set? The set that includes all chords? Or just the standard triads?

Aside from all that, though, none of this really needs to be learnt to make music, especially in the software realm. Don't get me wrong, at least a sense of music theory can help no end in composition, production, and performance, but it can also lead to theory-driven composition, which may or may not be desirable. As we have all no doubt found, some of the more interesting elements of our music have often come from somewhat blind experimentation when we are brand new to a device/instrument/tool.

Using software tools for the "boring" theory of music is just a different approach and one that can be used in place of more traditional methods or to complement them


I'll stick to writing everything in C# major*, using only first-takes, and no overdubbing.


*Second thought, A# minor is more my thing.

 

I agree with alot of what you're saying.. either way I still don't understand why people need built in scales. Play something - if a note or two don't sound right, experiment with them for a minute or two until they do. If you're not careful you might actually learn something about the music you're trying to create.

 

True, you can just play around and experiment if you don't know the theory and get a result that way as well as perhaps learning something. However, some people don't want music-making to be at all academic and just want it to be "fun" with as little thinking and work as possible.
Just because I like to think about what I'm playing, how and why it fits (or doesn't), and work at understanding more doesn't mean that's the way music-making has to be. Built-in scales for beginners and people who want to make music without the "hassle" allow them to get into making music.

On the other hand, I know my scales and a fair bit of theory etc., but I would very much welcome the ability to choose scales in keyboard mode. Why? Experimentation, ease of input e.g., I know I want this riff to be in A# minor and using a built-in scale I can worry less about hitting wrong notes and concern myself more with timing, feel, rhythm etc., and live use - we all use software for music-making because it makes life easier and allows us to do things we could not do otherwise: this is just another one of those things. It's just another tool.

Having the software essentially prevent playing of "wrong" notes does not mean your music will be made for you, you still have to choose which notes to use and how. It's basically "pitch quantize" and plenty of people use quantize functions to correct or assist with timing (something I actually feel less comfortable with!).