I been playing around with chord pads and pattern assigning a midi loop…
I notice that it completely plays the loop wrong from the original,
I tried different settings, chords, etc… hopefully I can get some of you guys
to test it out tell me what Im doing wrong
Actually after 2 years and a glory update related to chord pads it’s pretty much the same.
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If I use custom midi loops it forgets notes and doubles notes. Examining the midi loop export it could depend on the midi loop export/import too.
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Changing patterns works not in real-time, we have to stop and start the transport.
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Chord changes in pattern mode only work with enabled chord follow.
Generally Yamaha did a big step with version 8. But there is so much space for real smart solutions.
For a 900.00 EUR package which I bought (incl. Absolute 2) I expect smart solutions! I mean really smart solutions and no cheating.
- Make everything automateable in the note editor (incl. quick controls, because it’s much smarter to edit)
- Give everything midi out, instead of drag and drop cheating.
- Forget about rack nostalgia and give us splines.
- Let us chord pads internal route.
- Give chord pads variable strumming incl. strum speed (1-2 person days for development).
- Give every stock-plugin midi learn (which is standard since decades), especially the midi effects ala Arpache.
- Give us native Yamaha styles import.
- Overhole all bulid in plugs, and don’t let them forget presets and settings.
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Conclusion: Make everything really smart, anything else is cheating. We customers are not so stupid!
Unfortunately, no one from Steinberg will ever read this. I never saw an answer from them in this forum.
We definitely still have a customer relations and quality problem here.
I believe what’s happening is the chord pad plays a chord so if the midi loop
has single notes it gets translated into a chord its not like the chord track were
it can move chords and scales around. it seams to be a useless feature
having all these notes on top of each other. why would Steinberg just throw
a little feature in that is useless