MC-101's chord designer is a MUST HAVE for dawless producers

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samplers have a limit and that limit is polyphony… but not in the strict, technical sense... let me explain.

when I say polyphony, I actually mean the ability to play CHORDS! see, in order to play back chords on samplers, you have to, well, sample a chord. and you can then transpose it chromatically and play it that way. but the intervals between notes stay the same. you’re stuck with it. It’s like playing a song on guitar using only bar chords.

the Roland MC-101, on the other hand, has none of these problems... it has up to 128 voices of polyphony, and a special feature that makes chord building an absolute breeze. also, technically, it IS a sampler...?!

today, we're talking about my personal favourite feature of the Roland MC101: CHORD DESIGNER. with chord designer you can create and store 50+ 4-note chords, choosing a Key, Scale and Interval. you can transpose one chord shape up and down the keyboard as well as create completely different chords and store them as you please. once you record them in the sequencer, you can also edit these chords, create inversions and add extensions.

I don't get why more people aren't talking about chord designer - I find it extremely useful in my dawless setup!

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