also I think 7 could be B Dim, just saying. I am not impressed at all with the loops, all the rock ones I have checked out are all 120bpm and in C major, can we not easily change the Key and Tempo like in garageband.

Those 7 chords are representing the C major scale, where the the 7. chord should

actually be B dim. But anyway diminished chords are hardly used in pop music. So

they replaced B dim with B flat major. B flat major is the subtonic of  C. The subtonic

is used very often in pop music. So I´d rather call the 7.chord B flat  instead of 

A sharp.

If you "compose" your songs within C major / A minor you might not have to

pitch shift any chord.

Excellent video. Clear instructions. Thanks a lot

How were you able to figure out what pitch each number is?

Using MM19 here, there's no way to edit an object from the soundloop... no menu, no button, only properties...?

Also, the Pitches button with down arrow at the top right on the arranger screen is always greyed out... So does this mean you're stuck with whatever key the soundloop was recorded in, and cant change it?

Also, some of the loops are longer, some are shorter. If the longer ones dont follow your chord arrangement, is there a way to cut them so that it still sounds good? Shortening the loop and pasting another one in different key usually ends up being a mess. Otherwise, you end up with, say, two short loops in C and A, followed by a longer loop all in C, so when it gets to the A section, the longer loop in C sounds out of tune (naturally). Haven't figured this out yet.

Thanks!!

Using MM19 here, there's no way to edit an object from the soundloop... no menu, no button, only properties...?

Also, the Pitches button with down arrow at the top right on the arranger screen is always greyed out... So does this mean you're stuck with whatever key the soundloop was recorded in, and cant change it?

Also, some of the loops are longer, some are shorter. If the longer ones dont follow your chord arrangement, is there a way to cut them so that it still sounds good? Shortening the loop and pasting another one in different key usually ends up being a mess. Otherwise, you end up with, say, two short loops in C and A, followed by a longer loop all in C, so when it gets to the A section, the longer loop in C sounds out of tune (naturally). Haven't figured this out yet.

 

Thanks!!

You should be able to click the zoom to loop button or something like that. I can't really remember what it's called right now yeah, but if you quit at button you will Zoom way in to the in entire Loop and be able to edit it.

I also noticed then the pitches drop down menu is grayed out for me as well. However, I believe that the menu is just a few different presets that can be used across the entire song. You are still able to change each section manually.

Speaking of manually, let's say you have a section in the key of C and then have it change over to A minor. If you were to layer another sound pool down in the key of C that happens to go over this section of C and A minor, you can select the longer C Loop, put the play cursor in between the C and A minor section, press letter T on the keyboard to cut the longer C Loop, then you can change the pitch of the second section to A minor.