AHmusic has started making REAPER tutorials with a focus on useful custom actions and scripts. In his first tutorial he’s showing the great Chords, Scales & Arpeggios actions and menu set by Aeolian1.
Setup Steps:
1. In Reaper’s Options menu, click on “Customize Menus/Toolbars”
2. In the dropdown menu at the top left corner, select “MIDI Piano Roll Context”
3. Click import, then select “chords_scales_arps.ReaperMenu”
4. Close the menu editor.
5. From the Action’s menu, choose “Show Action List”
6. In the dropdown menu at the top right corner choose “MIDI Editor”
7. Click import and choose “chords_scales_arps.ReaperKeyMap”
Comments
13 responses to “Instant Arpeggios & Chords”
Used his script this week for a quick project that needed some organ chords behind my guitars. Awesome tool to quickly build midi. thx.
Doesn’t seem to work in W10. I put the files in the resource folder as stated but no files show up when I go to impport
be careful to import into the correct menu
I am using it in Win 10. As admin said verify the steps carefully. Then right clicking in piano roll should give you the chord menus.
Step 3 failed with the following error msg “ReaperMenu file does not have manu for “MIDI Piano roll toolbar”.
I’ve got the menus appearing, but nothing happens when I try to insert a chord using the right-click menu. I get the menu, but when I try to insert a major chord while aligned with the C2 note for example, nothing gets inserted. Reaper 5.35 on W10. Any ideas?
same thing here
nothing happening too
Hi, when i want to insert/chord/major/maj nothing happened in midi editor, any ideas ?
hi, me too
If you see the option to input the chords but they are not showing up; click Actions, Show action list, then click key map, & import the file.
tried to follow the recommended steps.
when i open the action list i can choose “midi editor” but there is no option button for the import of a file…
in reaper 6 Import function is now in the ‘Keymap’ button