This request was inspired by +++ a related wishlist request +++ submitted by Ovation99.

This is a request for Band-in-a-Box to have an additional way to input chords. Not only would the feature allow midi chord input in real time but the feature could recognize the one, two and three finger chord entry method used by keyboard manufacturers.

There are two issues that PG Music would have to overcome; MIDI does not transmit chord data and different keyboard manufacturers use different fingering methods to implement simple chord entry.

I believe the "recognize MIDI chord data input" should be a feature that can be turned on and off as desired by the program user. Perhaps when the MIDI record button is selected there can be a pop-up box with a checkbox that will "enable MIDI chord entry". Then there could be a second box that states "notes below note value "X" will be recorded as a MIDI chord" with "X" a fill-in-the-blank note value.

One way to overcome the chord recognition issue would be for BiaB to monitor MIDI data input relative to tempo so that multiple note data received within "X" time would be recognized as a chord entry.

MIDI preferences could have a new area for the user to define what keyboard manufacturer chord fingering method to use when one, two or three fingers are depressed. Since there are so many keyboard manufacturers, perhaps the better thing to offer would be user defined one finger chord, two finger chord and three finger chords. For example, one note chord equals a major chord on a white key or minor chord on a black key.

Last edited by Jim Fogle; 10/07/17 08:24 AM. Reason: Clarification
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