CHORD MEMORY
Chord memory has been around since the 70’s. Early synths were capable of it, but we didn’t see a lot of
use of it unitl the 80’s. Think of Kevin Saunderson’s infectious keys on Inner City’s ‘Good Life’ and what
would come to be the classic “rave” chord sound. That’s chord memory. We program more than one
note to play with the touch of one key and the result is a chord being played. It’s fun to memorize a
progression to play coplex chords with one finger, or to just make a chord and then play that chord all
over the whole keyboard and get that MKS/Sampler chord sound for rave-o-matic party fun! Chord
memory is really useful in many creative ways. Explore it. See what you can do with it besides using it as
a robot piano player for chords you can’t remember. Maybe a bass note with two higher notes? Mess
around. Get inspired.!
1. Press the [CHORD] button to make it light. !
2. Play a key. !
You can use the [HOLD] button to make the sound continue.%
You can also use the step buttons as a keyboard. !
For details, refer to “Using the Buttons as a Keyboard (NOTE)”. !
1. Selecting a Chord Memory !
2. Press the [NOTE] button to make it go dark.%
3. Hold down the [CHORD] button and press a step button [1](c1)–[16](c16). !
* You can also make a selection by holding down the [CHORD] button and turning the [VALUE] knob. !
EDITING A CHORD MEMORY
Select the chord memory (c1–c16) that you want to edit.%
Press the [NOTE] button to make it light.%
Hold down the [CHORD] button and press the [1]–[14] buttons as desired. !
Use these buttons to edit the settings of the selected chord memory. !
BUTTON# # EXPLANATION!
[1]-[12]# # Specify the notes of the chord (C-B)!
[13],[14]## Change the octave!
You can also edit the chord memory by holding down the [CHORD] button and pressing keys on the
K-25m. !
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