Record MIDI Plugin Output to Get Chord Notes in Pro Tools

👂 🖐️ Create instrument chord tracks by ear and feel
🔴 🎹 Capture your generated MIDI for optional note editing

Control ChordAXE with a keyboard or MIDI clips. Use the MIDI Editor to make chord changes and express them with rhythmic patterns. Then record the ChordAXE MIDI output to a separate instrument track to capture the notes produced from your changes and patterns. This method avoids having to drag and drop notes from a generator, and preserves all the timing and feel that you create live.

BASIC SETUP (1 TRACK)
• Insert ChordAXE as a MIDI plugin on any Instrument Track (ahead of the instrument)
• Control ChordAXE from a keyboard or MIDI clip to drive the instrument

RECORD THE CHORDAXE MIDI PLUGIN OUTPUT (2 TRACKS)
• Add a second Instrument Track to record the MIDI output
• Check: View ＞ Edit Window Views ＞ Instruments (or do the same for Mix Window Views)
• Locate the MIDI Input selector on the second track under INSTRUMENT
• Set second track MIDI Input selector to ＞ ChordAXE track ＞ MIDI Chain ＞ Chain Out
• Record the output of the ChordAXE track to this track
• Use or edit the recorded MIDI to play any instrument plugin (on any track)

😎 PRO TIP
You can drive an instrument on either track (or optionally both). For a simple 2-track setup, move the instrument to the second track where it will be driven by editable notes recorded from the ChordAXE track.

⬇️ Download the Pro Tools .ptx demo file used for this video
📂 https://www.chordaxe.com/pro-tools