With all these chord generator plugins and riff sequencers; sure I can route the midi from that tool to an instrument channel that sounds the notes but how can I record that midi to that second channel? I just get a blank note strip. Sure some of these tools generate midi files or allow for drag to ...

Jerking around with these airy chords for a year and finally "played them in" with a 25 mini-key midi lap-toy. You see...if I am sitting around on the couch with the TV on and not at some mixing desk it doesn't seem like work.
https://youtu.be/XZExHXgJju4

....after cheating with ugly and frustrating DAWS for a while...
https://youtu.be/mLlCWcKEWlU