Chord Sequencer & using "alt" chord types?

[audiovapor]

Hi, I am using the Chord Sequencer and it's working well. The only thing I can't figure out is how to use the alt1 and alt2 chord type within a chord sequence. The options to choose them do not seem to be available. How can I use the alt1 and alt2 chord types within a chord sequence?

[Jesse Johannesen]

If I understand things correctly the Alt 1 and Alt2 settings don't describe a chord shape but rather assign different chord shapes to specific degrees that play nicely together in most situations as a sort of "easy mode". If there isn't a Chord Sequencer option for those, then that sort of makes sense since they are different chord shapes depending on the degree.

From the manual pg. 14 :
alt1 & alt2 have fixed Chord Types as follows:
alt1: I=triad, II=7th, III=triad, IV=triad, V=7th, VI=7th, and VII=6th
alt1: I=7th, II=7th, III=triad, IV=7th, V=7th, VI=6th, and VII=7th

I hope that makes sense. If you wanted to, you could just use those chord types for those degrees and it will do the same thing in effect.

Jesse

[audiovapor]

That makes sense, I didn't think of it as an "easy" mode. However it seems like "alt" chord shapes offer notes that that the "regular" chord shapes do not.

For example, I have set up a song in B Min Pent, using the default NDLR settings (no modulation, etc.). I play a regular, default III D Triad. Sounds good. Then using the shift button I switch over to "alt1" and I play a III D alt1 triad. It should be the same, correct? But it's not. The alt1 version is playing slightly different notes, maybe an inverted scale or something? This is the chord I want to use in a sequence but I'm not sure how to obtain it within the chord sequencer.