piano chord midi files

not sure where to put this request, but does anyone know where i could download some midi files of piano chords (did i say that right??). I want to load some up in my mpc and use them to trigger some hw synths.

there seems to be only full song midi files out there. i cant find downloadable midi chords anywhere on the intergoogle.

thanks

cozy

Hmmm, don't know, but I do have some that were made for Reason. Never thought about exporting them cause there's every permutation of a chord for each note.

Not saying I'm gonna grant your wish but is there anything specific you're looking for?

If you're familiar with chord construction, you shouldn't have any problem augmenting preset chords.

Just eliminate some of what's already there or reconstruct the pattern itself.

Don't know if you're able to import and edit any preset patterns/songs, but see if you can play around with what I suggested or do some experimenting.

to be honest, i dont know shit about chords. basically what i am doing right now is looking at a chord chart and trying to play 2 bar lengths of each chord. they sound alright, but i need to practice. the velocity is messing up the sound. i may have to go and adjust. also, i am working on a 25 key midi controller which seems like its not meant for what i am doing. haha

@happyhour: i dont know what i am looking for exactly to be honest. like i said. i dont know shit about chords. i can hear if a chord works with a track, but i couldnt call what it is to save my life. so i appreciate the offer, but i dont know what i want. i just realized looking at this chord chart how many chords per note there are!!! then im thinking how they could be played in each octave of the keyboard, which means there would be hundreds of midi files.

@dabmeister: i would love to experiment with what you suggested, but i dont know what you just said

i guess i am going to just have to make a project of playing these chords manually and adjusting the velocity so they sound right. this should only take a few months!!!

thanks anyways guys!

Here you go. Have fun. haha I actually had a few different Chord reference files for Reason, and this was the one that made the most sense to render to a midi file.

Probably a good idea to load this midi file into some daw and figure out what you want to use and then export a midi file from that to your MPC cause I just loaded this into my MPC and it's overwhelming to say the least.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9TDRRF8P
180 Chords. Each Chord plays for 1 bar.

damn. thanks man. i really appreciate it!! i hope to return the favor!!

Buy a book on music theory, it'll have a good analysis of chords, and probably more importantly for what it sounds like you want to do scales and root notes.

Before you start playing along to an existing track you really want to isolate the root note, then you can more easilly determine the scale, from the scale you can make all kinds of crazy chords and progressions.

Train your ear, you'll make things 100x easier on yourself.

EDIT: The 25 keys should be more than enough for what you want to do, on the MPC you can always record more than one pass and your keyboard should support transpose up/down at least 1-2 octaves.

Good Luck!

NearTao wrote:Buy a book on music theory, it'll have a good analysis of chords, and probably more importantly for what it sounds like you want to do scales and root notes.

Before you start playing along to an existing track you really want to isolate the root note, then you can more easilly determine the scale, from the scale you can make all kinds of crazy chords and progressions.

Train your ear, you'll make things 100x easier on yourself.

EDIT: The 25 keys should be more than enough for what you want to do, on the MPC you can always record more than one pass and your keyboard should support transpose up/down at least 1-2 octaves.

Good Luck!

good info. thanks a lot man!

there are vsts that play chords automatically for you when you hit a key... I have one called Catanya that works pretty good.. it plays chords and it has a bunch of nice arpeggiator presets... Reaper and Nuendo also have built in chord players to use...