User's Manual

CHORD Type and the Chromatic Scale
The Chrom scale consists of every semitone in an octave. This means that when you play every
white key and every black key of an octave up or down, you are playing the 12-step Chrom scale.
Since all semitones of an octave are present in the Scale, you can use all keys to form chords. In
turn, selecting Chrom as SCALEType means that you can select virtually any CHORDType. The
following chords are available and can be generated:
Chord Type Semitones Added above Played Note
Octave 12
Perf 4 (Perfect 4) 5
Perf 5 (Perfect 5) 7
Major 4 and 7
Minor 3 and 7
Sus 4 (Suspended 4) 5 and 7
Maj 7 (Major 7) 4, 7 and 11
Min 7 (Minor 7) 3, 7 and 10
Dom 7 (Dominant 7) 4, 7 and 10
Dom 79(Dominant 9) 4, 7, 10 and 14
Min 7 b5 (Minor 7 b5) 3, 6 and 10
Dim 7 (Diminished 7) 3, 6 and 9
Aug (Augumented) 4 and 8
Quartal 5, 10 and 15
Trichord 5 and 11
16.8.3. CHORD Position
The third CHORD parameter is Position. On the keyboard, it is mapped to Knob 7 of the Control
section in Scale Edit mode. Use it to spread the notes of a chord generated from a single note and
to aid a more musical transition between chords.
The CHORD parameter Position.
The Position parameter is available when CHORDType is set to Harm or Chd Set and includes
the following values:
Position Description
Root The root position of the selected chord is always played.
-1 to -8 Decreasing Position with negative values moves the highest note of the current chord down by an octave, this
inverts the chord to a lower position in the selected scale.
+1 to +8 Increasing Position with positive values moves the lowest note of the current chord up by an octave, this in-
verts the chord to a higher position in the selected scale.
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