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New Hardware from Tame Impala's hardware company: Orchid, for generating chords

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  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    I kinda hope Behringer clones the Orchid… I can see it now, Behringer Dandelion 🤣

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    Shucks, if there was only a way to define the Launchkey pads as fixed chord intervals that way you hold the pad to change chord type then change the root note with the keyboard!

  • tyslothrop1tyslothrop1

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    Shucks, if there was only a way to define the Launchkey pads as fixed chord intervals that way you hold the pad to change chord type then change the root note with the keyboard!

    The launchkey pads can send chromatic midi notes, right? I could set this up for you, if you tell me which notes to map:

    https://patchstorage.com/real-fake-flowers/

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike
    edited June 2025

    @tyslothrop1 said:

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    Shucks, if there was only a way to define the Launchkey pads as fixed chord intervals that way you hold the pad to change chord type then change the root note with the keyboard!

    The launchkey pads can send chromatic midi notes, right? I could set this up for you, if you tell me which notes to map:

    https://patchstorage.com/real-fake-flowers/

    Oh man!
    If the pads can send chord intervals then…
    Let’s see: dim, m, M, sus, 6, m7, M7, 9?

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike
    edited June 2025

    The interesting thing that Orchid does is that the chord pads do not trigger notes, just chord shapes, so when you play a key that triggers the chord. This seems like a feature any controller with pads could do, but it seems like only Orchid folks have implemented this. Most keyboards can do fixed chords, so you can trigger chords, chromatically with one finger, but not change the chord type along the way. I notice a lot message boards, there are people who think Scaler or other keyboards do what Orchid does, but they don’t… yet

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    I literally messaged Kevin Parker about Orchid because it sold out in like 30 seconds and immediately scalpers were selling them on EBay for $1500! 🙏

  • tyslothrop1tyslothrop1

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    The interesting thing that Orchid does is that the chord pads do not trigger notes, just chord shapes, so when you play a key that triggers the chord. This seems like a feature any controller with pads could do, but it seems like only Orchid folks have implemented this. Most keyboards can do fixed chords, so you can trigger chords, chromatically with one finger, but not change the chord type along the way. I notice a lot message boards, there are people who think Scaler or other keyboards do what Orchid does, but they don’t… yet

    My patch does it the other way around, picking the root doesn't trigger anything, hitting one of the triads or extensions does. If it were just the triads, I know, how I could switch that behaviour around, but with the extensions... No idea.

    An advantage is, you can add an extension to a chord, that's already playing.

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    If the pads can send chord intervals then…
    Let’s see: dim, m, M, sus, 6, m7, M7, 9?

    All those are already in the patch, my question was, which notes the launchkey 's pads send out, so I know, what to map the triads and extensions to. On what channel would be interesting, too.

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    @tyslothrop1 said:

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    The interesting thing that Orchid does is that the chord pads do not trigger notes, just chord shapes, so when you play a key that triggers the chord. This seems like a feature any controller with pads could do, but it seems like only Orchid folks have implemented this. Most keyboards can do fixed chords, so you can trigger chords, chromatically with one finger, but not change the chord type along the way. I notice a lot message boards, there are people who think Scaler or other keyboards do what Orchid does, but they don’t… yet

    My patch does it the other way around, picking the root doesn't trigger anything, hitting one of the triads or extensions does. If it were just the triads, I know, how I could switch that behaviour around, but with the extensions... No idea.

    An advantage is, you can add an extension to a chord, that's already playing.

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    If the pads can send chord intervals then…
    Let’s see: dim, m, M, sus, 6, m7, M7, 9?

    All those are already in the patch, my question was, which notes the launchkey 's pads send out, so I know, what to map the triads and extensions to. On what channel would be interesting, too.

    Oh, perhaps high notes like c6 to b6

  • tyslothrop1tyslothrop1

    @Stuntman_mike said:

    @tyslothrop1 said:

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    The interesting thing that Orchid does is that the chord pads do not trigger notes, just chord shapes, so when you play a key that triggers the chord. This seems like a feature any controller with pads could do, but it seems like only Orchid folks have implemented this. Most keyboards can do fixed chords, so you can trigger chords, chromatically with one finger, but not change the chord type along the way. I notice a lot message boards, there are people who think Scaler or other keyboards do what Orchid does, but they don’t… yet

    My patch does it the other way around, picking the root doesn't trigger anything, hitting one of the triads or extensions does. If it were just the triads, I know, how I could switch that behaviour around, but with the extensions... No idea.

    An advantage is, you can add an extension to a chord, that's already playing.

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    If the pads can send chord intervals then…
    Let’s see: dim, m, M, sus, 6, m7, M7, 9?

    All those are already in the patch, my question was, which notes the launchkey 's pads send out, so I know, what to map the triads and extensions to. On what channel would be interesting, too.

    Oh, perhaps high notes like c6 to b6

    I don't think you got my question right.

    The Dramborack right now takes in c1 to b1 to pick the root and c2 to B2 to trigger triads and extensions.

    If the pads on your launchkey send out midi notes, c2 to B2 could be remapped to the notes those pads send, to have a similar layout as orchid.

  • Stuntman_mikeStuntman_mike

    @tyslothrop1 said:

    @Stuntman_mike said:

    @tyslothrop1 said:

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    The interesting thing that Orchid does is that the chord pads do not trigger notes, just chord shapes, so when you play a key that triggers the chord. This seems like a feature any controller with pads could do, but it seems like only Orchid folks have implemented this. Most keyboards can do fixed chords, so you can trigger chords, chromatically with one finger, but not change the chord type along the way. I notice a lot message boards, there are people who think Scaler or other keyboards do what Orchid does, but they don’t… yet

    My patch does it the other way around, picking the root doesn't trigger anything, hitting one of the triads or extensions does. If it were just the triads, I know, how I could switch that behaviour around, but with the extensions... No idea.

    An advantage is, you can add an extension to a chord, that's already playing.

    @Stuntman_mike said:
    If the pads can send chord intervals then…
    Let’s see: dim, m, M, sus, 6, m7, M7, 9?

    All those are already in the patch, my question was, which notes the launchkey 's pads send out, so I know, what to map the triads and extensions to. On what channel would be interesting, too.

    Oh, perhaps high notes like c6 to b6

    I don't think you got my question right.

    The Dramborack right now takes in c1 to b1 to pick the root and c2 to B2 to trigger triads and extensions.

    If the pads on your launchkey send out midi notes, c2 to B2 could be remapped to the notes those pads send, to have a similar layout as orchid.

    Ahhh, okay, I’m sorry for the confusion
    I’m like an advanced novice 😂
    That mapping makes sense!

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