User Guide

Chapter 12: User Programmable Functions
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you want a “forced open position,” you should likely transpose the melody to a lower octave prior to generating
the solo.
The settings for Note duration thresholds to get a chord refer to the length that a note must be before a chord will be
generated.
Looking at the settings above (for Guitarist #2), 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 the example above, passing notes will never be voiced as chords, since the tick threshold is set to
zero.
There is a further threshold applied to whether or not a note is voiced to a chord. These are durations in
milliseconds.
In the settings as illustrated, if the note occurs less than 100ms after the previous note, the note will not be voiced as
a chord. If the note is followed by another note within 80ms, then the note will not be voiced as a chord.
Strumming Settings
If the Guitar Chord were all played at the same time, it would sound as if it was “plucked.” Guitar playing is more
typically a strum.
Strum Speed: If you set the Speed of the strum to, say, 80ms, then the guitar chord will be “strummed” over a
period of 80ms.