MPC chordfinder - online tool to locate chords on the MPC

The MPC chordfinder is an online-tool to find chords on the mpc in 16/12Levels mode:

http://gherkins.github.com/mpc-chordfinder/


disclaimer: i built it.
Any feedback is appreciated Thanks!

pretty cool... i still need to verify whether or not the 16 pads section on the site requires me to re-assign the pad values... as the mpc1000 and 2500 don't lay the pads out chromatically by default.

Thanks for your reply!

mpc1000 and 2500 don't lay the pads out chromatically by default

not even in 16Levels mode?
AFAIK the mpc500s layout also is not chromatic by default, but at least in 16levels it is.

...would it make sense to support the MPCs default note layout in the chordfinder?
Just wondering if anyone would prefer that over chromatic.

Nice concept Yes if you select 16 levels, 'tune' and pad A01, it will tune the sample on pad A01 chromatically from A1 to A16. If you select say, pad A04, it will tune chromatically up from A04 and down on A3 and lower.

Perhaps offer the option for the MPCs odd default layout - for example pads A1 to A4 are (midi note numbers):

37, 36, 42, 82.

Unless you are using JJOS 2 or OSXL, in which case it's chromatic by default starting on 36 at A01.

BTW, G#/Ab maj is giving me a B# rather than C on pad A1.

MPC-Tutor wrote:
BTW, G#/Ab maj is giving me a B# rather than C on pad A1.

That's actually what that note in the chord is called. (b# and c being equivalent).

It makes sense: the G# scale contains C#, so the note below (two semitones lower) in the scale is called B#. The G# scale also contains F-double-sharp for the same reason, to not repeat letters in the scale.

It's just that it's showing only the sharp chords, not the equivalent flat-root chords. Though in cases like G#, the equivalent flat key is more commonly used. (4 flats in the A-flat major scale, as opposed to the 6 sharps and 1 double-sharp in the G# scale)

Great contribution to the community, it's an excellent tool for anyone who would like to know how the pad system relates to chords!

Maybe make this a sticky il Tutore?

Digging this, especially since I'm a web developer and I'm loving the whole concept.

thanks a lot for the feedback, everyone.

i'll see into how to improve the tool, as soon as i get some time on my hands

This is it! Finally something for the people!

missing heaps of chord shapes though, so lots more work needed.
also with JJOSXL chord bank it is kinda useless for me. Not dissing it though - its a good idea

mgherkins wrote:The MPC chordfinder is an online-tool to find chords on the mpc in 16/12Levels mode:

http://gherkins.github.com/mpc-chordfinder/


disclaimer: i built it.
Any feedback is appreciated Thanks!

Fair play on this one!!

the only problem with doing it for default layout (2kxl at least) is that the chords might cover multiple pad banks.

also on the xl you can't really record 'chords' with 16-levels as it only records one note + variation.
you can however do this over multiple tracks.

do the other mpcs behave the same way, or can you have more than one note var per note? i know on 1k/2.5k you can have two - but three?

still a very cool app - useful for when you DO have your pads laid out chromatically.

Hey everyone - thanks a lot for the feedback

problem with doing it for default layout (2kxl at least) is that the chords might cover multiple pad banks

I think i'll stick with the chromatic layout for now,
as the default layout is really not that intuitive and pad layout is chromatic in 12/16Levels-mode anyway, isn't it?

missing heaps of chord shapes though, so lots more work needed

As you have only one octave (at least with the 12 pads on the 500) i just used 3- and 4-note chords.
Even that way you'll end up playing a lot of inversions, which is not necessarily a bad thing IMHO.
Did i miss any of those?


The tool finally got a layout - check it out:
http://web-development.cc/mpc-chordfinder/

Again, thanks for the feedback !

Cheers

Nice.

playing chords on an MPC's pads would be mainly for MIDI use [as samples are rarely ever tuned to the pad they're on]... so the pads would have to be reconfigured to chromatic in order for any of this to be useful. also, i think i liked the old layout better than the current 3D looking one... just my 2 cents.