← MIDI & Instruments
Mission 62 · World 7
MIDI Effects Tour
Arpeggiator, Chord, Scale, Random, Note Echo.
Before the note reaches the synth, you can transform it completely.
+60 XP🏅 MIDI Shaper
// WHAT IT DOES
MIDI effects transform notes before they reach the instrument. Arpeggiator takes held chords and plays them as sequences. Scale locks every note to a musical key — no wrong notes. Chord adds extra notes above or below what you play. Random generates notes you'd never choose yourself. Note Echo creates MIDI delays — repeated note triggers after the original. They're all non-destructive and can be combined in any order.
Think of it like → MIDI effects are like autocorrect for music — they intercept what you play and improve or transform it before the synth ever hears it.
▸ WHY YOU CARE
- • Scale is the fastest way to play 'in key' without knowing music theory — every pad of Push, every key on the keyboard becomes musical.
- • Arpeggiator turns held chords into sequences without programming a single note.
- • Random + Chord creates generative melodic content that sounds intentional but is algorithmically produced.
// 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.
▸ LISTEN FOR
- • How Chord adds notes above vs below your played note — the interval character changes the entire harmonic feel
- • The rhythmic difference between audio delay and MIDI Note Echo on the same instrument
▸ COMMON MISTAKES
- ✗ Expecting MIDI effects to work on audio tracks — they only process MIDI note data
- ✗ Putting MIDI effects after the instrument — the signal is audio at that point, not MIDI
// QUIZ (QUICK)
Question 1 / 30 correct
Arpeggiator sits…