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1. Chord Chart view – provides for chord assigning.
   <Enter>, <double-click> – calls for hierarchical chord menu.
   <plus>/<minus> – changes melodic position (inversion) of the chord.
   <P>/<O> – auditions current/previous chord.
   <up>, <down>, <left>, <right>, <Ctrl> plus <left>, <Ctrl> plus <right>, <Tab>, <Shift> plus <Tab> – navigation in Chart.
   <right click> – calls a context menu (song length, insert/delete measures, parts, time signatures, automatic chord inversion assigning, measure division, measures per staff setting).
   <Delete> – chord deletion/insertion of NC (No Chord symbol, any Stroke seeing the symbol doesn't make any sound).
   <A>, <B>, ... <G> +<Shift> – fast chord entering.
   Drag & drop chords to and from Chart.

2. Virtual keyboard displays current chord in Chord Chart view, lets you change any chord note or create a new chord (making it a user type chord with underlined name).
   <click> – enters/deletes notes (not more than 6 notes in a chord).
   <right-click> – assigns root note for the chord.
   ‘<’,’>’ buttons – selects virtual keyboard range (middle C is marked with big black point in the down left corner of the key).

	deletes chord/inserts NC symbol into the current beat.
	auditions current chord.
	turns on/off MIDI chord entering.

3. Piano Roll of the track, to which the Rhythm’n’Chords plug-in is assigned, is used for creation/editing Strokes, their length, velocity. The Strokes are presented as MIDI events (pitch 1-22), the Stroke types are named in the left part of Piano Roll (Stroke Map). Pressing Stroke names, assigning note with draw tool, dragging it with Scrub tool causes the program to audition the Strokes.

4. Parameters Pane – displays parameter presets and main performance control parameters (upper-lower voices balance, sounding voice polyphony, chord arpeggio time, mute chord sound length). Hold the mouse at the parameter to call additional info (tool tip and status bar text). Preset names in gray indicate that current parameter values are different from those in preset.

See also:

Main Parameters Window

5. LED's indicate/perform main Stroke types (green – Normal strum, red – Muted strum, green 2 – Top voices strum, blue – Slow strum, yellow indicators – virtual strings). Click in left side of LED – down Stroke, click in right side – up Stroke, click in upper part – strong Stroke, click in down part – weak Stroke; gray LED's display chord voices sounding.

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6. Rhythm Library – contains prerecorded rhythm patterns. You can easily select patterns, see pattern content in the Rhythm view field, drag it to the Rhythm track.

See also:

Creating Rhythm track

7. Chord bank – shows all chords, used in a Song/User Chord bank.
   <click>, <P> – chord auditioning.
   <right-click> – call contextual menu (sorting, save, load).
   Drag & drop chords from/to Chord bank.

8. Pattern bank – allows you to select and group your patterns into your own custom sets (banks) and use them independently of the Rhythm Library.
   <click> – activates Pattern Bank.
   <double-click> – open pattern Properties Window
   < right-click > – call contextual menu.
   Drag & drop patterns from/to Pattern bank.
   Combo box for bank selection.

9. Toolbar.

	enharmonic change of a current chord name.
	protects Chord Chart from editing.
	show/hide chord's melodic position on the staff.
	turn on/off chord auditioning while chart editing. <Shift> +<click> for options.
	show/hide virtual keyboard.
	show/hide Chord bank.
	show/hide Pattern bank.
	show/hide Rhythm Track
	switching between instant (real time) and buffered (using MIDI buffer) mode. Instant button for switching between instant (real time) and buffered (using MIDI buffer adjustable in Cakewalk Global options) playback and reaction of the plug-in to the adjustments. Note: We don't recommend to set Instant position (pressed button) while using software synthesizer as an output. On the other hand Instant position is preferred while simultaneously using plug-in's Rhythm Track and Cakewalk MIDI track for playing rhythm patterns ("Plug-in + track" rhythm source)

10. Menu bar – import/export of Chord Chart, standard editing commands, help.

Main Parameters Window



Parameters Pane for basic controls

Presets - save and recall user presets for all parameters

Performance controls – (see also Controlling the performance ).

LED's - indicate/perform main Stroke types (green – Normal strum, red – Muted strum, green 2 –Top voices strum, blue – Slow strum, yellow indicators – virtual strings).

Click in left side of LED plays down stroke, click in right side – upstroke, click in upper part – strong stroke, click in down part – weak stroke; gray LED's display chord voices sounding.

Rhythm Library



Rhythm Library contains prerecorded rhythm patterns. You can easily select patterns, see pattern content in the Rhythm view field, and drag it to the Rhythm track.

See also:

Rhythm Library window

Arpeggiation Window



This parameters group lets you adjust arpeggio time for various Stroke types (see also Arpeggiation).

Velocity Window



This parameters group lets you adjust output and input velocity values for various Stroke types (see also Velocity).

Voice Control Window



Strum types/Voices – sets number of sounding voices for various Stroke types (see also Number of voices ).

Auto strumming – settings for automatic sustain of certain chord voices to simulate guitar strumming (see also Auto strumming ).

Corrections – settings for automatic control of Bass notes functions and articulation in Stroke rhythm pattern (see also Corrections ).

Chord construction – settings for automatic chord construction (see also Program Chords construction settings ).

Chart Settings Window



Chart preset – save and recall user presets (global):

Chord audition – settings for auditioning chords in Chord Chart (see also Auditioning chords in Chord Chart ).

Chords to MIDI conversion – settings for exporting chords to Cakewalk track (see also Exporting chords from Chord Chart to a Cakewalk track)

Push chord change – settings for enforcing chord changes prior to the beat (see also Push chord change)

Output – set output channel and port. If grayed uses Cakewalk track settings.

Keyboard Window



Settings for using the external MIDI keyboard (see also Keyboard zones).

Manual Play Window



Left hand - settings for Left Hand zone (see also Chord source).

Right hand – settings for Right hand zone (see also Manual Playing. Rhythm only).

Keyboard Shortcuts

F1

Help

Chord Chart view

Chord entering
Arrow keys	navigation in Chord Chart by beats/staffs
Shift+Arrow keys	navigation in Chord Chart (change song position)
Page Up/Down	scrolling Chord Chart vertically
Enter	open Chord menu/assign the selected chord to the Chart
Arrow keys in Chord menu	navigation in the opened Chord menu/sub-menu
<+>/<-> keys (num pad)	change melodic position (inversion) of the selected chord
Ctrl+<+>/<-> keys (num pad)	transpose chord up/down by semitone
Fast chord entering
A, B, C... G	select chord Root note (Shift+A/B/C..G - sharp or flat)
m	minor,
7	dominant 7,
b	minor7b5,
s	sustained
a	augmented
d	diminished
Fast Bass note entering
\	open Bass note menu
Up/Down arrow keys	select Bass note
Enter	assign selected Bass note to the chord (/bass in the name)
Chord auditioning/navigating
P	audition current chord
O	audition previous chord and current chord on key release
Ctrl+Left/Right arrow keys	audition next/previous chord
Tab or Shift+Tab	audition next/previous chord
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	audition individual chord voices
Home	go to the first chord
End	go to the last chord
Chords-Patterns Editing
Delete	delete current chord-pattern/insert NC symbol (No Chord)
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Z	Undo (multiple)
Ctrl+Y	Redo (multiple)
Ctrl+A	select all
<Mouse>
Click on chord symbol	select/audition chord
Click on pattern	select pattern
Ctrl/Shift+click	chords/patterns multiple selection
Click on staff	set song position (synchro with sequencer)
Drag & Drop	move chords/patterns
Drag pattern by right edge	lengthen/shorten pattern (copy in cycles)
Ctrl+drag pattern by right edge	lengthen/shorten pattern without snap
Ctrl+drag & drop	copy chords/patterns
Right click	call for context menu
Double click on staff	open Chord menu
Double click on Rhythm track	open Pattern Properties view

 

Rhythm Library page

Tab	focus between Styles tree view and Patterns list combo boxes
Enter	open/close focused Styles tree view/Patterns list combo box
Arrow keys	navigation in Styles tree view/Patterns list
<Mouse>
Click on combo box	open Styles tree view/Patterns list; select Style/Pattern
Double click on Style/Pattern	close Styles tree view/Patterns list combo box
Drag & Drop	copy pattern from Rhythm view to Rhythm track
Click on Rhythm track	activate Rhythm track/deactivate pattern in Rhythm view
Click on Rhythm view	activate pattern in Rhythm view/deactivate Rhythm track

 

Parameter control pages

Tab	focus between parameter sliders and boxes
Up/Down, <+>/<-> (num pad), arrow keys	change parameter value
Page Up/Page Down	change parameter value by tens

 

Virtual keyboard

Click on key	enter/delete notes in the current chord
Right click on key	assign Root note for the chord
Shift+right click on key	assign Bass note for the chord

 

Chord/Pattern Banks

Up/Down arrow keys	navigation in chord/pattern list
Delete	Delete
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+V	Paste
<Mouse>
Click on chord name	audition chord/activate Chord bank/deactivate Chord Chart
Click on pattern name	select pattern/activate Pattern bank/deactivate Rhythm track
Ctrl/Shift+click	patterns multiple selection
Double click on pattern name	open Pattern Properties view
Drag & Drop	copy chord/pattern to/from Chord Chart
Right click	call for the context menu

 

Through Keyboard Shortcuts

Cakewalk/Sonar
Spacebar	Start/Stop
W	Rewind
/	Solo track
Ctrl+1/2/3	Tempo Ratio 1/2/3
Cubase
Enter	Start
Spacebar/0 (num pad)	Stop/Rewind
S	Solo track






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