The following sections explain the Scale options in more detail.
7.3.4.1 Setting the Root Note of a Scale
Use the SCALE parameter Root Note to set the root note of a scale. This means deciding what
key the scale will begin with. The following notes of the scale depend on which scale pattern
you select with the SCALE Type parameter. You can transpose any scale pattern up or down by
selecting a different Root Note.
The Root Note of a scale is visible via white click-pads on the 8x8 matrix.
7.3.4.2 Setting the Scale Type
Use the SCALE parameter Type to set the scale pattern according to which the notes will be
mapped onto the 8x8 click-pad matrix.
For example, using the default Root Note value C combined with the default SCALE Type value
Major, you get the scale C major, which spans over one octave and contains the notes C, D, E,
F, G, A, and B (followed by C again). If instead you select G as your Root Note, the G major
scale contains the notes G, A, B, C, D, E, and F# (followed by G again). You will notice that
the distance between each note follows the same pattern of “whole step–whole step–half step–
whole step–whole step–whole step–half step,” which is the pattern of the Major scale.
If you are triggering an instrument via an incoming MIDI pattern from your host software, the
notes of the MIDI pattern will be mapped onto the closest keys belonging to the selected
SCALE Type. This means that, for example (with Root Note set to C) a MIDI pattern consisting
of the notes C-D-D# will be played back as such if SCALE Type is set to Chromatic (named
Chrom in the on-screen overlay), but instead as C-D-E if SCALE Type is set to Major.
7.3.4.3 Chord Mode
Use the CHORD parameter Mode to generate chords from single notes, either from your MA-
SCHINE JAM or from incoming MIDI notes from your host software.
The 8x8 click-pad matrix indicates the keys of a chord being played via white illuminat-
ed LEDs, while inactive click-pads are not fully illuminated.
Recording and Editing Patterns
Creating Melodies and Harmonies
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