Ableton/Live/UG/30 MIDI Effect Reference/03 Chord
- Chord adds up to six pitches to each incoming note.
- Shift 1–6 each set one added pitch, up to ±36 semitones from the incoming note. Shift 1 at +4 st and Shift 2 at +7 st make a major chord on the played note. Order does not matter. An LED next to each Shift knob flashes when its note plays.
- Two Shift controls cannot hold the same pitch; a duplicate is switched off.
- Learn in the title bar sets the Shifts from a played chord: the first held key is the root and is not stored, and each further held key fills the next Shift. Hold more keys to add pitches, then turn Learn off.
- With the Velocity or Chance toggle on, a slider under each Shift adjusts that note:
- Velocity — relative to the incoming note, 1% to 200%; 100% matches it
- Chance — probability, 0% to 100%, that the added note plays
- Strum spreads the chord's notes over up to 400 ms. Positive values play the original note first, then Shift 1 to 6; negative values reverse that. Play Duplicate Notes When Strumming in the title bar's context menu allows repeated notes.
- Tension — positive values start the strum slowly and speed up; negative values start fast and slow down
- Crescendo — a rising (positive) or falling (negative) velocity ramp across the strum
- Use Current Scale in the title bar changes Shift units from semitones to scale degrees.
- Send Per Note Events to Generated Notes, in the title bar's context menu, passes MPE data to the added notes. With scale awareness on, per-note pitch bends follow the clip's scale.