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What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' #164743 07/04/12 07:23 PM PowerTracks Pro Audio
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 43 R RAMALAM OP Enthusiast
OP RAMALAM Enthusiast R Joined: May 2012 Posts: 43	My F1 Help file for the Chords Window states that this window has an 'Auto Chord Wizard' and a 'Custom Chord Wizard.' I remember these features from PTPA ver 8. Now I have PTPA 2012 and both those buttons are missing. Have these features been relocated or have they been removed entirely? (In my humble opinion, the ACW does a much better job interpreting the chords in a wave file -- once you show it where the bar lines are -- than the main program does interpreting the chords in a MIDI file. Better to convert the MIDI file to wave and let the ACW chew on it.)

Re: What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' RAMALAM #164744 07/05/12 03:32 PM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,671 Mi., USA	Interesting comment. ACW does a fine job, but MIDI should be more accurate in theory. As for the missing features, try right-click method. The word 'button' in the manual is a bit off. Good catch. I know the testers try to find everythng they can.. but missed this. Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome

Re: What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' rharv #164745 07/06/12 10:53 AM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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jford Veteran Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 12,584 Pensacola, Florida	The MIDI chord wizard is going to be based on what it's fed (just like the ACW). Many MIDI files that you download from the internet are not necessarily sequenced to a strict time. So while they sound fine, you will find (for example) that bar 3, beat 1 isn't necessarily located [mathematically] at bar 3, beat 1. It might be at bar 4, beat 3.27. The chord wizard will attempt to identify the chords based on beats and bar bar lines according to the tempo specified (and is limited to four chords per bar), so if the music doesn't actually fall on on those bar lines, your results will be poor. That's not a function of the wizard, but a function of how the MIDI file was originally created. You can also get better results sometimes by excluding some of the MIDI tracks and using mainly the chordal accompaniment tracks (get rid of the melody and/or soloist tracks). John Laptop-HP Omen I7 Win11Pro 32GB 2x2TB, 1x4TB SSD Desktop-ASUS-I7 Win10Pro 32GB 2x1.5TB, 2x2TB, 1x4TB SATA BB2024/UMC404HD/Casios/Cakewalk/Reaper/Studio One/MixBus/Notion/Finale/Dorico/Noteworthy/NI/Halion/IK http://www.sus4chord.com

Re: What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' jford #164746 07/06/12 11:46 AM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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Paj Journeyman P Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 350	I reported this over a year ago. Right-click over the chord display and the dialogs will open for you. http://www.pgmusic.com/forums/showflat.p...amp;Search=true Paj 8^)

Re: What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' Paj #164747 07/06/12 02:47 PM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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rharv Veteran Joined: May 2000 Posts: 21,671 Mi., USA	Yeah, I assumed the MIDI was in sync to something.. MIDI wizard needs the F8 tap function. Make your sound your own! .. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome

Re: What Happened to 'Auto Chord Wizard' and 'Custom Chord Wizard?' rharv #164748 07/06/12 08:56 PM PowerTracks Pro Audio
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OP RAMALAM Enthusiast R Joined: May 2012 Posts: 43	Good gravy! I wouldn't have found these in a million years if you hadn't told me.

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