adding new chords?

MIDIbox SEQ
1

is it possible to add now chords to the appropriate table??

i tried to edit the seq_chord.inc file by adding some new chords:

SEQ_CHORD_TABLE

;; 1  2  3  4  <----> (6 chars!)

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, -1, "Maj.I "

CHORD_ENTRY 4,  7, 12, -1, “Maj.II”

CHORD_ENTRY 7, 12, 16, -1, “MajIII”

CHORD_ENTRY 0, -1, -1, -1, "Root  "

CHORD_ENTRY 4, -1, -1, -1, "3rd  "

CHORD_ENTRY 7, -1, -1, -1, "5th  "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4, -1, -1, “R.+3rd”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  7, -1, -1, “R.+5th”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  8, -1, -1, “3rd+R.”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  5, -1, -1, “5th+R.”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7,  9, "Maj.6 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, 11, "Maj.7 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, 12, "Maj.8 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, 14, "Maj.9 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, 16, “Maj.10”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  7, 12, 17, “Maj.11”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  7, 12, 19, “Maj.12”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  7, 12, 21, “Maj.13”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  2,  7, -1, "Sus.2 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  5,  7, -1, "Sus.4 "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  8, -1, “Maj.5+”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  6, -1, “Maj.5-”

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  6, 10, "7b 5- "

CHORD_ENTRY 0,  4,  7, 10, "Dom.7 "

but the last chord i get is “Maj.11”, so i suppose that there is a variable, somewhere, that defines the length of this table.

can the table length be changed?

thanks!

2

maybe another entry in the seq V4 wihlist ?

greets

moroe

3

if it applies for seq4, it could be worthwile to consider also the various inversion of the chords…

ex: C E G B  (maj7) can also be played: EGBC, GBCE, BCEG

:wink:

4

i suppose that there is a variable, somewhere, that defines the length of this table.

It’s built in…

;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------

;;  This function prints the chord name + octave

;;  IN: WREG[3:0]: chord number

;;      WREG[6:4]: octave transpose -4..+3

;;  OUT: 8 characters

;;  USES: BSR, TBLPTR[LH], TABLAT, PROD[LH]

;; --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Note: only 4 bits for the chord number.

Course, you can always replace them with your own selection…

5

Yes, as StrydOne already mentioned: chords are selected with a 4bit value, accordingly only 16 chords can be predefined.

As a workaround, you could use chord mode #1 which allows you to take customized chords from a second track. Up to 32 chords can be stored this way, you can use the step record function for manual entry, or edit the notes directly with the encoders.

Unfortunately this methods limits the number of notes to 3 (corresponds with the number of parameter layers). In MBSQ V4, there will be a 4th parameter layer to overcome this (and other) limitations.

Best Regards, Thorsten.