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Tone Track - Chords
Adding your First Tone Track - Chords
1. Connecting to Track 2
Add a synth or any tone based instrument to an audio track. We're using "Marseille" from Gadget.
Connect Prism to the audio track and filter the MIDI input input to channel 2 as we’ll use track 2 in Prism to add some chords.
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2. Opening a Tone Track In Prism
'Track Select State -> Track 2 -> Press Track Select button or SEQ to exit
[TRACK SELECT]
Let's select track 2
SEQ -> Tonal Track
to set track 2 as a tonal track for controlling our synth
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3. Adding Chords
Laying down notes in Prism is a breeze. Play notes on the [4x4] matrix to hear their output. As you play the center screen will update with the active notes. Press any trig step to lay down the active note data, the same way you would while using a 'Drum Track'.
Because we are on iPhones and small touch screens Prism has a variety of tools to make a single finger as powerful as possible. For this example we will use the Multi-Chord mode to create a pattern of seventh chords.
Press the keypad note mode button to toggle through the available play modes
We are looking for mode 3 - [CHORD] Multi
[CHORD] Multi
Press Keypad 2 to go to the second chord type - seventh chords
Add a Trig
Press a lettered keypad to set the active notes. Then press any sequence step to add a trig.
.Add a few more trig steps to complete the chord progression. Here's ours
You might be screaming "wait!!! You buffoon. I don't want my progressing to be only a single bar." Don't you worry.
Change a Trig's Length with [Trig Edit]
press and hold the trig we want to edit to enter [Trig Edit]
While still holding the trig also press the step indicating the desired length
Release your fingers to go back to SEQ
As promised, we'll change our progression to 4 bars
To keep their relative placement and simply extend the overall length we can use 'Stretch'
Go to [Seq Setup] by pressing the middle the of the sequence page graphic
Press Stretch x2
Each time you press stretch your pattern will double in length, up to a max of 16 bars. To get to 4 bars we need to stretch twice [1->2->4].
Press the page graphic / SEQ to exit [Seq Setup]
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4. Changing the Scale
Finally, let's change the scale of our pattern / the song
Keys and scales are very important in Prism. All tonal shift across every track are always done within the boundaries of the notes define by the set scale. Feel free to change the key or scale at any time, everything you've already played will update accordingly.
*Because of the layout of Prism working within scales < 8 notes provides an optimized experience.
Press HUE to acces song wide settings. The pink coloring of HUE helps identify that it lives within the context of the song, not each track.
Adjust 'Root' and 'Mode' to set your preferred scale. We'll go with E Minor.
Hit play for the ultimate masterpiece - "Hello, World!" "Hello"
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