MIDI effect tutorials
Change the notes before they reach the instrument. Watch a chord become a pattern, reshape an accent or give a phrase a different ending.
Pitch and harmony
MIDI Pitch: transpose a phrase or restrict its input range
Hear octave transposition and note-range blocking with MIDI Pitch. Compare before-and-after notes, preserve the rhythm, and learn where the input gate acts.
MIDI Chord: build a voicing, then give it a strum
Turn single notes into fixed-interval chords. Hear major versus minor thirds, balance added-note velocity, and understand strum timing, collisions and short-note limits.
MIDI Scale mapping: change notes, block classes and control Fold
Hear a melody mapped toward C minor, then build a custom reject-and-redirect map. Learn Base, Transpose and the actual octave behaviour of Fold.
Timing and repetition
Note Length: Separate the Attack from the Gate
Shorten or extend MIDI notes, compare milliseconds with synced lengths, and trigger new notes at release through a sustaining synth.
Note Echo: Repeat the Notes, Not the Recording
Count MIDI retriggers, follow velocity feedback and pitch steps, and distinguish Note Echo from audio delay using an original phrase.
Arpeggiator: Turn Held Chords into a Rhythmic Pattern
Hear how rate, gate, style, hold and pattern repeats reshape four triads into a scheduled arpeggio, with exact timing examples.
Expression and variation
Velocity: reshape note emphasis before the instrument plays
Remap MIDI velocity to bring forward quiet notes or equalize drum triggers. Hear how output range and response curves differ from audio compression.
Random: turn pitch variation into a repeatable arrangement
Explore Random’s Alt cycle, Chance, Choices, Interval and direction controls. Create repeatable pitch changes without confusing randomness with timing.
MPE Control: remap modeled intensity and per-note pitch
Hear MPE Control’s modeled pressure-to-velocity mapping and pitch-slide shaping. Separate per-note expression from the clip’s independent bend.
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