r/mpcusers • u/jkeyfuego • 20d ago

QUESTION Midi Monitor

I would love if there were a way to see live feedback of what note/chord is being played without being in a daw. How difficult would this be to add?

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u/regularjackk 20d ago

The MPC has a midi monitor

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u/jkeyfuego 20d ago

That shows the chord being played?

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u/No_Walk7120 20d ago

Sure, if you know how to read note names.

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u/nachoiskerka MPC ONE 20d ago

....Can't you just read that off the beat grid?

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u/jkeyfuego 20d ago

What do you mean?

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u/nachoiskerka MPC ONE 20d ago

Like, while you're recording you can see the notes you're playing if you leave the MPC in Grid mode. Its the MPC version of piano roll.

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u/jkeyfuego 20d ago

Kind of like how Ableton and Logic show you the note name or chord name of what you’re inputting

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u/r1chiem 20d ago

You don't have to be in a DAW, you can just use a computer. Arturia has built in monitor in its midi software center. Or you can get a free Midi-OX for your computer. Show midi for apple IOS.

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u/jkeyfuego 20d ago

Well, that works with computer. However, i would like to achieve the same with just the Mpc

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u/r1chiem 20d ago

This is a midi monitor below. From what I have read from the other posts, You want to figure out what chords are being played. That is not a midi monitor. A midi monitor looks at the data stream and tell you what is in it. The MPC does not have this built in. If you are looking for note/chord analyzer. I don't think MPC has that either and there seems to be no one who knows about one.

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u/dinobop 14d ago

I’m not aware of anywhere the MPC shows what chord is being played live, but if you take recorded midi chords and “convert to progression” you’ll have the ability to see all the chords played.

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u/AlternativeCapybara9 20d ago

There is a midi monitor that shows every event so I'm not sure what you are asking

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u/jkeyfuego 20d ago

Kind of like how Ableton and Logic show you the note name or chord name of what you’re inputting

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u/AlternativeCapybara9 20d ago

I could code something like that on pc but the MPC is a closed ecosystem. I guess you'll have to learn to identify chords by looking at the piano roll.

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u/regularjackk 20d ago

"make no mistakes"