How do I spread the notes of a midi piano chord?

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LaunchpadPlayer
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How do I spread the notes of a midi piano chord?

Post by LaunchpadPlayer » Sat Aug 05, 2023 1:22 pm

Piano players often don't hit all notes of a chord at the exact same time, but instead play all three (or four) notes with a very slight delay after each one.

I would like to quantise my MIDI piano recording, but at the same keep (or remake) these slightly delayed/"spread" chords. I could of course alter the beginning of each note with my mouse manually, but in a 5 minute song, that is an incredible amount of work for each chord. Is there a way to do something like this with a MIDI file automatically? Maybe there is a secret option in Ableton Live or there is a VST plugin?

So instead of this: https://ibb.co/9hrGV6t
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The chords should look something like this: https://ibb.co/NSFjdJ7

I would be thankful for any help!

oscarstott
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Re: How do I spread the notes of a midi piano chord?

Post by oscarstott » Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:16 pm

Hello!
https://1drv.ms/i/s!AkKJRrcd0Goyg7J9sAW ... A?e=X75DTm
One way to strum chords is to take an Arpeggiator and set it to 1 repeat.
Then I like to record the MIDI into a new track, increase the note length and add some humanization with a groove set to random.

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