Generative Music

[TMacD]

I love the serendipitous nature of Scaler. The ability to constrain things along a certain path while at the same time letting patterns and performances morph into unexpected combinations is a key attribute. While not exactly random, a couple of ideas for generating interesting patterns and related chords “automatically”.

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Chord Detect "Hero" View

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 workf…