MIDI Noodle · Live effects

Effects on the cable.

Drop an effect onto any route and every note passing through is changed on its way: kept in key, turned into a chord, arpeggiated, or played with a softer touch.

KeyStep 37USBKey LockC minor · NearestArpeggiatorUp · 1/16 · 2 octMinilogueChannel 1Effects sit on the cable, in the order you chain them.

Stay in key without thinking about it

Key Lock moves any note outside the key to one in it: the nearest, the one above, the one below, or it drops the note. Play anything and it fits.

Harmonizer adds a second note a third, fourth, fifth, sixth or octave away that stays in the key. Chord turns every key into a chord: major, minor, sevenths, sus, power and more. Transpose shifts by semitones, or by steps of the scale so the line stays in key.

They can all follow the patch key, so changing the key in the transport panel moves them together.

Key LockC minor · NearestPlayedSoundsC4C4C♯4C4E4E♭4F♯4G4B4B♭4
Key Lock in C minor: wrong notes land on the nearest right one.
For example:put Key Lock in front of a mono synth for a solo, and hand the keyboard to someone who's never played.

An arpeggiator for any synth

Hold a chord and the Arpeggiator plays its notes one at a time, in time with the transport, from 1/4 to 1/32 with triplets, over one to four octaves. Latch keeps it going after you let go.

A knob on your controller can ride Rate, Gate or Octaves through a control cable, so the pattern climbs another octave as the track builds.

HeldCE♭GUp-down · 1/16 · 2 octC4E♭4G4C5E♭5G5E♭5C5G4E♭4

Nine shapes, shared with the Chord Sequencer

Up, Down, Up-down, Down-up, Outside in (lowest, highest, then inwards), Alberti (low, top, middle, top), Skip (every other note, then the ones skipped), Random and As played. Each has its own pattern icon, so you can pick one at a glance.

The Chord Sequencer's arpeggio play modes use the same shapes (all but As played), so an Alberti on the Arpeggiator sounds like an Alberti from the Chord Sequencer.

UpDownUp-downDown-upOutside inAlbertiSkipRandomAs playedHeld: C E G B. Random reshuffles each pass; As played follows the order you pressed the keys.

Shape the touch and the feel

Velocity reshapes how hard notes arrive: a soft, linear or hard curve between a minimum and a maximum, or one fixed velocity for every note.

Humanizer loosens a sequencer the way a player would: each note a little late, a little louder or softer, held a little longer. Pick Subtle, Natural, Loose or Sloppy, or set each amount yourself. Rests leaves the last beats of every few bars silent, for breathing room in a loop.

How hard you playWhat the synth getsSoftLinearHardOr Fixed: every note at one velocity.Any curve takes a min and a max.
For example:a keyboard with a heavy action plays a synth that wants a light touch: a Soft curve evens it out.

Glide instead of jump

Velocity and Humanizer settings can slide to a new value over ¼ bar up to 8 bars instead of changing at once, so a build-up happens in the music, not with a click.

Fixed velocity 64 → 110, glide 2 barsBar 1Bar 2Bar 3Bar 4you change it here

Stack them

Chain several effects on one cable, in the order you want.

Per route

Each cable has its own effects: one keyboard can play one synth dry and another arpeggiated.

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Live MIDI effects: key lock, arpeggiator, chords, velocity | MIDI Noodle for Mac