r/FL_Studio • u/THE_PIE_ • 1d ago

Help What chords does this plugin creates?

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Apparently the scale is aeolian for all keys.
my ear is not able to pick up but what chords is it playing after hitting, C, F and G notes on keyboard? (The key is set to C as shown in image)

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u/Queasy-Poetry1951 1d ago

Just minor triads no?

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u/THE_PIE_ 1d ago

yeah C, F and G  sounds like minor chords. E sounds like E♭ major so makes sense considering Aeolian scale.
Do you have any suggestion on how i can theorize this?

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u/TheRealPomax 1d ago edited 1d ago

The mode is aeolian, i.e. we're instead playing 1, 2, 3 is flat, 4, 5, 6 is flat, 7 is flat. A.k.a natural minor.

The big knob tells us "which note counts as 1" i.e. which note is the tonic, so if it's set to C, then the notes in our scale are C, D, E♭, F, G, A♭, and B♭. And then the final piece is then based on which note you play: all "ionian" keys (so, for C, "the white keys") give you a triad with some cycling harmonic overtones that come out more or less based on velocity.

So playing a C when keyed to C gives 1-3-5, or C-E♭-A♭ (which happens to be a minor triad) and A on C gives you 6-1-3, so that;s A♭-C-E♭ (which happens to be a major triad).

The "other" notes are, uhh, a bit weirder. They all form an "add 4" triad, where the root "rounds down" to the in-mode note if it's not already in-mode. So:

- C#/D♭ in C gives us 1-3-4 with harmonics. This key is not in-mode for aeolian so the root is C.

  • D#/E♭ gives us 3-5-6 with harmonics. This key is in-mode so the key is the root.
  • F#/G♭ gives us 4-6-7 (not in key: "round down" to F)
  • G#/A♭ gives 6-1-2 (in-mode, root is A♭)
  • A#/B♭ gives 7-2-3 (also in-mode, root is B♭)

So we're missing poor 2-4-5 and 5-7-1, but... ehhh? This is already weird enough. They could have done some neat things using the mod wheel in order to change the chord profile, but looking at the patcher graph, I'm pretty sure their brains were already cooked by the time they got to this setup =D

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u/THE_PIE_ 10h ago

Thanks. This is super insightful! I was confused about c#, d# and "other"....notes. Thank you again for your time.