# Chord Detect "Hero" View **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 2 Feature Requests\ **Created:** [May 23, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-detect-hero-view/7203 "2021-05-23T02:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**Author:** ![TMacD](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/tmacd/32/6358_2.png) [@TMacD](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/TMacD)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-detect-hero-view/7203/10 "2021-05-24T14:35:08Z")
> [@Ed1](#): > > This is why it’s really interesting for us to get this wide range of feedback 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] 1. Select a song or scale [EDM 1] 2. Enable a performance mode [MENO] 3. Select all chords in section A 4. Click and drag all the chords from Section A outside Scaler’s UI boundary **BUT DO NOT DROP** 5. 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_) 6. You will now have dozens of Chords and Notes in Section A 7. Right click between two chords in section A and select all chords [64] 8. Right click on a selected chord and Add to Current Pattern. 9. Now you have 7 patterns populated with 56 related (or duplicated) chords to play with in Pad view 10. 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. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/chord-detect-hero-view/7203)._