FWIW, I use chord detection (midi) all the time to detect performance chords/notes Scaler is creating. It is a great way to find simple related chords and mini chord progressions that are used w/in a Scaler performance. You can quickly populate the pad view with 56 chords (related and duplicate) and then audition sequences using the preview selected chords feature. (This is also a decent workflow when you are doing an audio detection and the result is dozens of chords)
Pad populate workflow [example]
- Select a song or scale [EDM 1]
- Enable a performance mode [MENO]
- Select all chords in section A
- Click and drag all the chords from Section A outside Scaler’s UI boundary BUT DO NOT DROP
- Drag back over Scaler and drop - select Yes (you are just loading the performance midi file but this is a little faster than saving and importing)
- You will now have dozens of Chords and Notes in Section A
- Right click between two chords in section A and select all chords [64]
- Right click on a selected chord and Add to Current Pattern.
- Now you have 7 patterns populated with 56 related (or duplicated) chords
to play with in Pad view - Bind, Click or use Play Selected to experiment.
Often I’ll use pattern 1 for the original chords and keep pattern 7 blank so I can use it as a sketch pad.