Weird MIDI scaler idea

jomtones's icon

I wonder if anyone has come across something like this - I want to find / make a scaler that will play a new note from the selected scale wherever I play.

Ok to contrast - If you select say a C Minor Pentatonic in the Ableton scaler, it will play the same note on quite a few keys - e.g. C, C# and D will probably all play C.

What I want is a scaler that basically ignores the keyboard and plays you a new note every time, crushing the scales down, e.g. for a C minor pentatonic:

C plays C
C# - D#
D - F
D# - G
E - A#
F - C

and so forth. Does this already exist? If not can anyone suggest how to make it? Thanks!

Luke Hall's icon
Max Patch
Copy patch and select New From Clipboard in Max.

Try using modulo and divide to split the notes up and then use a list of note values for your scale, here's a little example which should make sense to you:

jomtones's icon

Hey thanks for that mate, will check it out!