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Mission 26 · World 4
MIDI Effects
Process notes before sound.
Effects that change notes before they hit the instrument.
+50 XP
// WHAT IT DOES
MIDI Effects sit BEFORE an instrument and transform the notes: chord, arpeggio, scale, random, pitch.
Drop Chord on a track → play one note → hear three.
Think of it like → A translator that rephrases what you play before the instrument hears it.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Build chord progressions live without playing all the notes.
- • Snap any wrong notes into a chosen scale.
// SEE & HEAR IT
C5
B4
A#4
A4
G#4
G4
F#4
F4
E4
D#4
D4
C#4
C4
B3
A#3
A3
Click cells to draw notes. Press Play to hear them.
▸ HOW IT WORKS
MIDI in → MIDI FX (transform notes) → Instrument → Audio out.
▸ Signal flow — watch the dot
▸ SIGNAL FLOW
Glowing dot = your signal travelling through Live.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • Chord device adds the intervals you set, no fewer, no more.
▸ WALKTHROUGH (3 steps)
- 1. DO: Drop Chord on a MIDI track. Set +4 and +7 semitones.▸ LISTEN: Single note plays as a triad.
- 2. DO: Add Arpeggiator → Style Up, Rate 1/16.▸ LISTEN: Triad arpeggiates at 1/16 notes.
- 3. DO: Add Scale → C Minor.▸ LISTEN: Wrong notes snap into key.
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Putting MIDI FX after the instrument — they do nothing.
- ✗ Forgetting Scale device snaps EVERY note, including ones you wanted out of key.
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Force notes into a scale with…