# Add support for seamless working with recent Yamaha arranger keyboards with CHORD LOOPER functionality

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/add-support-for-seamless-working-with-recent-yamaha-arranger-keyboards-with-chord-looper-functionality/11292>\
**Category:** Scaler 2 Feature Requests\
**Created:** [August 3, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/add-support-for-seamless-working-with-recent-yamaha-arranger-keyboards-with-chord-looper-functionality/11292 "2022-08-03T13:29:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![nonchai](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/nonchai/32/1892_2.png) [@nonchai](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/nonchai)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/add-support-for-seamless-working-with-recent-yamaha-arranger-keyboards-with-chord-looper-functionality/11292/1 "2022-08-03T13:29:58Z")

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Some top end hardware arrangers have a CHORD LOOPER kind of functionality where instead of playing in a finger combination in the left hand live ( not necessarily a real chord, can be just a single finger in some cases ) one can record the chord progression being specified in the left hand into CHORD LOOPER BANKS.

Yamaha recently ( finally ) Added this to their top line GENOS and PSR SX 900 keyboards. But they did it very minimally - for example theres no way of editing the chord progression.

YAMAHA use special non-GM MIDI commands to store and handle chord change information. I believe its sysex something. ( forums can give more info ) .

But in any case - if there were an option for SCALER - particularly on iPads to be able to record or even import chord looper data ( they are actually MIDI files using an extended Yamaha XG or XF format but with the file extension changed to .CLD instead of .MID ) to be able to create, send, record and edit such data it would help a lot of these owners- as currently theres nothing out there - free community app or official - for doing this.

The most recent hardware arrangers like the Genos - are no longer toys- and with some improvements - or external utilities - or hopefully one day- integration seamlessly into DAWs with chord tracks - Cubase being prime candidate of course ( owned by yamaha ) can be used as a songwriting, production and composing for media tool that is very inspiring.

The sounds ( apart from certain categories ) no longer sound cheesy - and the styles often serve as excellent starting points for musical ideas or experimentation.

if SCALER were able to fully “Speak” Yamaha chord-progression-language - it would be uber cool!

I realise the proportion of musicians out there that own hardware arrangers compared to other kinds of keyboard are very small - but if SCALER were to do what I propose it would really open up what’s possible. Of course it would be far better of YAMAH just did a decent job and put in proper editing features etc etc - but the way YAMAHA works is a little like that work-house boss handing out food in the OLIVER story!..

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**Author:** ![Nova227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/43a26b/32.png) [@Nova227](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Nova227)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/add-support-for-seamless-working-with-recent-yamaha-arranger-keyboards-with-chord-looper-functionality/11292/2 "2023-03-26T20:18:32Z")

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I strongly support this as a user . It would be a great opportunity for Scaler to be exposed to a new market.