User Guide

Chapter 11: User Programmable Functions
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The settings for Note Duration thresholds to get a chord refer to how long a note must be before a chord will be
generated. (Quarter note = 120 ticks.)
Looking at the settings above these would be interpreted as follows:
- If a note occurs and it is the “First Note of a New Chord” and the note is not followed by another note for at
least 50 ticks (120 ticks = 1 quarter note), then a chord will get voiced 90% of the time.
- If a note occurs (not the first note of a chord), that is on “Beat 1 of a bar,” and the note is not followed by
another note for at least 50 ticks (120 ticks = 1 quarter note) then a chord will get voiced 90% of the time.
- Similar interpretations for notes occurring on “Beat 2, 3 and 4.” You can see that the threshold is higher for
notes on beat 2 and 4, which is how a guitar player makes chord solos.
- “Passing notes” are defined as short duration notes that aren't on the beat, and are followed by a note that is on
the beat. In this example, passing notes will never be voiced as chords since the tick threshold is set to zero.
A further threshold is applied to the possibility that a note is
voiced to a chord. These are defined as durations in
milliseconds. In the settings shown, if the note occurs less
than 100ms (Time to Previous Note) after the previous note,
the note will not be voiced as a chord.
If the note is followed by another note within 80ms (Time to the next note), the note will not be voiced as a chord.
Strumming Settings
If the Guitar Chord is all played at the same time, it will sound as if it was plucked. Guitar playing is more typically
a strum.
Speed of the strum
If the setting is 80ms, then the guitar chord will be “strummed” over a period of 80milliseconds.
Delay start time of strum by %
If the Delay start time is left at zero, the strum will end at the original time of the melody note. If you set it to 50%
delay, the strum will be in its midpoint at the original start time of the Melody note, while if it's set to 100%, the
strum won't start till the time of the original note. The most musical setting is about 50% delay. A delay of 0% also
sounds good, and has the added advantage that it doesn't shift the actual time of the Melody note (relevant if you
keep regenerating the solo on the Melody track).
Plucked / Strummed
Pressing these buttons will set the settings to preset values.