Midi input as chord conductor

[Darryl]

If I understand the manual correctly, the NDLR uses a sort of "modified" note input scheme, where the MAJ (white) notes of a C scale play the chord degrees (of any Root/scale set up in the NDLR), and black notes trigger chord qualities.  This is cool, but the non-standard nature of it prevents me from integrating the NDLR into my setup in the same way as all the rest of my gear.

This is  called NDLR Cntl on System menu 1 which is an alternative to using MIDI CC messages for selecting chords and chord type. It is meant to be used as a remote control for NDLR Chord buttons. So no, this isn't what you are looking for.

The NDLR looking for the correct "root" pitches on the incoming midi side based on a chosen scale would in fact be a more traditional behavior as well - so I'd think in many case it would allow it to "play well with others" a lot more easily.

So, do I understand the current implementation in the NDLR and the limitation therein, or can I already do what I want?  If not, as a feature request, even just having you guys include the programming in a new firmware for the ability for the NDLR to recognize either only the input notes of C MAJ (as now) AND C min as an option would be a huge help!!! This could be for just a single octave pf incoming input notes (you could move the optional chord qualities selection triggers to a second octave above that). And if you wanted to take it a step further, recognizing all the modes but still based on a root of C would be absolutely killer!!! 

Another feature is called KB Trans, also on System menu 1. The incoming MIDI notes on this channel will be transposed from the key of ‘C Maj’ (white keys – C to B) to the current key and mode. The transposed notes are passed through to MIDI out to be played on your synth module. See the manual section "MIDI Note & Message Thru Port Mapping".
Its probably not exactly what you were looking for, but you can approximate your request by assigning MIDI controller buttons to send CCs to change key and mode while using the KB Trans feature. 

Now, regarding the feature request, we have had this request (or similar) from other keyboard players. We are discussing how we could potentially accommodate this request.