# Pattern Change using midi **URL:** \ **Category:** Scaler 2 General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/pattern-change-using-midi/3989 "2020-06-14T07:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lix2k3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@lix2k3](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/lix2k3)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/pattern-change-using-midi/3989/1 "2020-06-14T07:13:13Z")
Scaler 2 is awesome and actually inspired me to get back into creating. It’s that good. A couple of questions I have after purchasing: 1)Can you change the patterns using midi. I can’t seem to figure this out. I would like to load up different patterns to use with the triggers while playing in real-time. 2)Where is the “force chords into this scale menu item.” I think I’ve seen this once unless I imagined it. ---
**Author:** ![davide](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/forum.scalermusic.com/davide/32/824_2.png) [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2020, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/pattern-change-using-midi/3989/2 "2020-06-14T12:03:06Z")
Welcome @lix2k3 1. You can change patterns using key switches in PAD view 2. See here: [Workflow question](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/workflow-question/3955/2) Have you seen these videos? The in-depth overview covers a few things: [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCy2m2n0N8QrslPwt7io36Rs2bU1-oBW-](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCy2m2n0N8QrslPwt7io36Rs2bU1-oBW-) ---
**Author:** ![lix2k3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f0a364/32.png) [@lix2k3](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/lix2k3)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/pattern-change-using-midi/3989/3 "2020-06-19T20:28:03Z")
Davide, the force into scale only works for the songs and artists GUI. Could it be updated to also work for user chord sets or detected chord sets?