{"id":3262,"date":"2025-08-13T09:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/?post_type=article&p=3262"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T04:18:52","slug":"6-real-time-mode","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/article\/6-real-time-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"6. Real-Time Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real-Time Mode<\/strong> lets you bend between chords as you play them in real time on your MIDI keyboard.<\/p>\n

Instead of triggering chords from fixed slots, you simply play each chord manually\u2014and FluidChords2 takes care of bending smoothly from one to the next.<\/p>\n

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How Real-Time Mode Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25cf You begin by playing a Home Chord on your keyboard.
\n\u25cf While holding that chord (either using a sustain pedal or a timed hold), you play the Target Chord.
\n\u25cf FluidChords2 automatically bends from the Home Chord to the Target Chord, using the Auto Bend settings you’ve defined (glide time, bend curve, and pitch bend range).
\n\u25cf Once the bend completes, the Target Chord becomes the new Home Chord.
\n\u25cf This cycle continues as you keep playing new chords\u2014each one bending from the last.<\/p>\n

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Steps to Use Real-Time Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Switch to Real-Time Mode using the Mode Selector.
\n2. Play your first chord on your MIDI keyboard\u2014this becomes the Home Chord.
\n3. Hold the chord using either:
\n\u25cb Your sustain pedal, or
\n\u25cb The built-in Hold Time feature (more below).
\n4. While the first chord is being held, play your next chord\u2014FluidChords2 will smoothly bend to the new chord.
\n5. The new chord becomes the next home chord, and the process repeats.<\/p>\n

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Sustain Modes<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can choose how the Home Chord is held before transitioning to the next one:<\/p>\n

1. Pedal Mode (Sustain Pedal):<\/strong>
\n\u25cf Use your MIDI keyboard\u2019s sustain pedal to hold the Home Chord.
\n\u25cf As long as the pedal is pressed, the chord will be sustained.
\n\u25cf Release the pedal to stop holding the chord.<\/p>\n

Pedal Polarity Setting:<\/strong>
\n\u25cf Depending on your pedal type, you may need to set the polarity to either + or \u2212 (positive or negative).
\n\u25cf This ensures your pedal behaves correctly (pressed = on, released = off).<\/p>\n

2. Time Mode (Hold Time):<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25cf Instead of a pedal, you can enable Hold Time Mode.
\n\u25cf In this mode, each chord you play will be held automatically for a set number of beats.
\n\u25cf The timing is synced to your DAW\u2019s tempo, and you can set hold values like 2 beats, 4 beats, 8 beats, etc.
\n\u25cf This is useful if you don\u2019t have a pedal or want hands-free control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Real-Time Mode lets you bend between chords as you play them in real time on your MIDI keyboard. Instead of triggering chords from fixed slots, you simply play each chord manually\u2014and FluidChords2 takes care of bending smoothly from one to the next. How Real-Time Mode Works \u25cf You begin by playing a Home Chord on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","article-category":[250],"article-tag":[235,232,231,234,233,230],"class_list":["post-3262","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","article-category-fluid-chords-2","article-tag-how-real-time-mode-works","article-tag-pedal-mode","article-tag-pedal-polarity-setting","article-tag-steps-to-use-real-time-mode","article-tag-sustain-modes","article-tag-time-mode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3262"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3263,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3262\/revisions\/3263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-category?post=3262"},{"taxonomy":"article-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitchinnovations.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article-tag?post=3262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}