# Select All Chords button or shortcut?

**URL:** <https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/select-all-chords-button-or-shortcut/8252>\
**Category:** Scaler 2 Support\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 12:12am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/select-all-chords-button-or-shortcut/8252 "2021-09-28T00:12:17Z")\
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**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:** [September 29, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/select-all-chords-button-or-shortcut/8252/7 "2021-09-29T14:33:02Z")

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The paths through Scaler are endless, you can find something new to play with every day.

Here is a longer version of that pad populate workflow. Sorry, no video.  
Probably not real useful for more than exploring, but you never know. [Using MIDI detect to populate the Pad view with the chords of a Performance](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/using-midi-detect-to-populate-the-pad-view-with-the-chords-of-a-performance/7546)

While on the topic of populating the pad view, here is a handy workflow if you use the Circle of 5ths UI.

> [@Circle of 5ths + single notes + Midi Capture + drag and drop detect = an easier way to capture patterns?](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/circle-of-5ths-single-notes-midi-capture-drag-and-drop-detect-an-easier-way-to-capture-patterns/7242):
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> Do you ever click within the CoF while previewing chords to find sequences of interest? When you do find something you like, is it ever a challenge to remember the pattern you just clicked through so you can build that sequence in an empty pattern slot. Not a huge lift by any means, but what if there was a little easier way? This is where midi capture and chord detect comes into play. Open a panel with the CoF UI (Chord or Mod) Turn on midi capture Click within the circle looking for p…

have fun

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