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Using Chord Pads
Chord pads allow you to play with chords and to change their voicings and tensions. In terms of harmonies and rhythms, they allow for a more playful and spontaneous approach to composition than the chord track functions.
Chord Pad Playback and Recording
You can play back and record chords that are assigned to chord pads using MIDI or instrument tracks.

Chord Pad Playback and Recording

You can play back and record chords that are assigned to chord pads using MIDI or instrument tracks.

There are two different Chord Pad Output Modes that determine if chords that are assigned to chord pads can be played back and recorded using any MIDI track or using exclusive instrument or MIDI tracks:

Chord Pad Output Mode: On

Allows you to play back and record chord pads on any MIDI or instrument track, as long as Record Enable or Monitor is activated.
Chord Pad Output Mode: Off

Allows you to play back and record chord pads using exclusive MIDI or instrument tracks, as long as Record Enable or Monitor is activated, and with Chord Pads selected as a MIDI input in the Input Routing pop-up menu.

Note

If Record-Enable allows MIDI Thru is deactivated in the Preferences dialog (Record—MIDI page), you must activate Monitor to use the chord pads.