MIDI: "Conform To Musical Scale" Feature Within Pro Tools?

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MIDI: "Conform To Musical Scale" Feature Within Pro Tools?

Post by RonnieSpectrum »

I have a question about MIDI manipulation in Pro Tools. There is a feature in Ableton that allows you to conform MIDI notes to specific musical scales. This is such a powerful feature! I'm working on a project where this tool is essential. All other aspects of the project are do-able in Pro Tools, yet I am looking for this similar "conform to scale" MIDI feature in Pro Tools, so that I don't have to switch between the two DAWs constantly.

So, here's my question: is there a 'conform to scale' feature in Pro Tools similar to what is availalbe in Ableton? To be clear, I am not looking for the keyboard shortcut feature that allows you to stack chord tones with MIDI in Pro Tools. Instead, I am looking for a conform feature that will instantly shift all MIDI data on the piano roll to the closest note within a specified musical scale, or just discard any note in the piano roll that is not part of a specified music scale.

Any help would be EXTREMELY appreciated. The solution could be somewhere within the Pro Tools DAW, or as an alternative, if anybody knows of a Pro Tools compatible plugin that would assist in getting the job done, I would be inifinitely appreciative. Thanks in advance and happy music making!
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Re: MIDI: "Conform To Musical Scale" Feature Within Pro Tools?

Post by N i g e l »

Im not a protools user but I find half the battle with feature searching is getting the jargon.

In Cakewalk I use:
Transpose using diatonic maths - will conform to a scale, whereas..
transpose without diatonic maths just shifts everything by the same number of semi tones.
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Re: MIDI: "Conform To Musical Scale" Feature Within Pro Tools?

Post by BJG145 »

...not a Pro Tools user, but maybe the "constrain to key" feature apparently introduced in 7.3 will do what you want...?

https://youtu.be/lSVnre7fXHk
https://duc.avid.com/showthread.php?t=329897
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