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Chord sequence from chord objects

Hello,

This is, I think, a very basic question, but would someone let me know how to create chord sequences in CHORD-SEQ from CHORD objects please? Is there a way, for example, to take spectra which have been generated via ARITHM-SER and connect them to a CHORD-SEQ box so that these spectra become a chord sequence? Also, is it possible to create a much longer sequence of chords?

I’ve used x-append and have two discrete spectra doing this, but they are arpeggiating, and I’d like them to appear as simultaneous chords.

Sorry for what is probably a very obvious question!

Thanks,

Philip

Here’s another screenshot in case it makes things clearer. x-append is producing a chord sequence, but they’re still arpeggiating as shown.

Hi Philip,

Very simple, instead using x-append, use list.
Another solution:
You can even use them both (either x-append or list) if you connect the chords to their output (first output) and then to the first input of chord-seq. That way if your chord objects have also different values of lvel, lchan, etc, the chord-seq will preserve them .

Best
K

Hi Karim,

Would you point me to those objects please, or perhaps a visual example?

All the best,

Philip

Concerning the difference between x-append and list:

Screenshot_2025-10-02_13-43-30

Now for an example:


And here is the patch:
Patch 2.omp (10.2 KB)

the list unction is to be found in the Functions → Kernel → Lisp menu. (it is one of the most basic lisp function).

BEst
K

That’s perfect, thank you.

In fact I’d forgotten that I could add extra inputs to the list function - so it was even simpler than I’d thought. Sorry for such a basic question!

All the best,

Philip

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