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Captain Chords is the first in the series of the new Captain Plugins from Mixed In Key. The Captain Chord plugin allows producers to easily write chord progressions in a DAW. This plugin is a real time saver for producers, as a variety of chord progressions, rhythms and sounds can be quickly created. I was eager to find out if Captain Chords would be able to help me write better chords and gave it a test run in a session to explore this plugin's promising potential.

Overview 

Captain Chords is a VST and Audio Unit plugin that works with all major DAWs. The plugins are currently available for MacOS; a Windows version will be released in the near future. Upon launching the plugin, Captain Chords prompts you to select the key to write in. Once selected, the main panel of the plugin opens and features a large area where chord progressions can be created and customized. The left hand side of the plugin features panels where the key, scale, chord progressions, rhythms, note length and sound presets can be selected. Captain Chords allows users to build chord progressions, and the resulting clip can be dragged into a DAW. It's a simple tool that makes chord progression creation easier, even for those who don't have a vast knowledge of music theory.  

Chords

To create a new progression in Captain Chords, simply select the key of the song and either a major or minor scale. You can create chord progressions on your own by clicking in the main grid area and adding in chords, or selecting one of the many chord progressions available in the chords panel. Simply select the chord progression that sounds good, and build the song from there.

Chords in the main grid can be easily swapped, or selected and modified to an suspended or extended chord. For example, the i chord (A min) can be changed to a iSUS2, iSUS4, i6, i7 or an I chord. This feature makes advanced harmonic variations on chords accessible for novice producers, and simplifies the process of trying out chord variations. Captain Chords uses correct voice leading for chords, and minimizes the leaps in notes between chords. For those who want to go one step further, the plugin allows chords to be inverted, played in different octaves, or for the addition of a 6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 11^th or 13^th to the chord.  

There's multiple tabs inside the plugin that allow for chord creation of the verse, pre-chorus, chorus and drop. I like these sections, as they allow different parts of the song to be written and kept organized.  

Rhythms

Captain Chords offers a wealth of rhythms for chord progressions. Options include playing the chords on the offbeat, on the chord change, on every beat and on every measure. The length of the notes can be changed to add further rhythmic changes. The built-in rhythms are great starting places for writing, especially for those who don't specialize in playing keys. 

Sounds

Captain Chords includes a wide range of presets, from plucks and keys to leads, pads, strings and voice. The sounds are well designed, and there's more than enough presets to get producers inspired to write. For further customization, different types of Reverb and Delay can be added to each sound and there's also a Filter available.  

Clip Jam Mode 

One of my favourite features on Captain Chords is the “Clip Jam” mode, which turns the computer's keyboard into a jam space. This is a cool feature for those who prefer to use their hands to write music, rather than select chord progressions with a mouse. The row A-J on the keyboard plays the triad chords and 'borrowed' chords, 7^th chords, 9^th chords, SUS2 Chords, and SUS4 chords are available to jam with.

Routing

For further flexibility, Captain Chords' MIDI output can be routed to a VST instrument like Nexus, Sylenth, Serum, or Kontakt. The notes themselves will be playing inside Captain Chords, but the sound will be generated from the VST. Captain Chords' output can also be routed into analog gear. Both of these features are amazing, as they allow producers to focus on sound design in their software or hardware instrument of choice while still having the flexibility and ease of use Captain Chords offers. 

Wrap Up 

I was amazed with how easily Captain Chords allowed me to write new chord progressions and the degree of control it gave me over the chords themselves, the progression as a whole, the rhythms and sounds. Its simple enough for producers with no music theory knowledge to write advanced progressions yet intelligent enough for experienced musicians to write elegant progressions. I would recommend Captain Chords to those who want to to simplify the chord creation process and generate new song ideas quickly.   

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Why do we need a plug-in such as Chord Composer? Is there really a lot of demand for a tool that can create chords and chord progressions, when most DAWs include tools that can give an extra boost to your compositional activity? Well, it’s a bit like how we view pad-based MIDI controllers as alternative grid-style keyboards, instead of using a regular piano format.

Ableton Live might include MIDI effects such as Note Length and Random, and Logic Pro X has a useful selection of compositional aids including Arpeggiator, Chord Trigger, and Transposer, but sometimes, we could use something that provides more harmonic content – instead of the more electronic-music-oriented MIDI utility/performance functions.

The Chord Composer plug-in installs as an AU, VST, or AAX plug-in, and requires iLok activation; at least we can do that online now without needing a small (and quite easy to lose!) USB dongle. Being a MIDI plug-in, the download is a manageable size (MB), and all support and documentation is handled via the web. On macOS with Ableton Live 10, it appears as a VST in the browser, and drags over into the drop area or an existing MIDI track.

Chord Composer doesn’t behave exactly like a Live MIDI effect device: it must have a track to itself, then whatever instrument you want it to play is loaded into another track. Live’s In/Out View is used to tell the instrument to receive MIDI from the Chord Composer track. I then switch ‘Post FX’ in the lower chooser to ‘Chord Composer’ and I set the instrument track to record or just to monitor incoming MIDI, and all is good. As soon as I start to play a keyboard or a MIDI clip into the Chord Composer track, multi-note magic ensues.

That struck a chord

The Chord Composer interface is mostly occupied with little boxes. This is quite typical for this type of plug-in, it’s a function of the tools involved. There’s a sequencer grid with piano-roll layout at the bottom of the plug-in window, while the upper part of the display shows one of four main workspaces – Chord Generator, Chord Player, Pattern Generator, and Progression Stacker. The plug-in window is scalable up to per cent if necessary, which I find useful when working on a inch laptop.

For a quick fix with Chord Composer, go to that first panel (Chord Generator) and click on the Create Chords button. The sequencer will be populated with a 4-bar chord progression, one chord at the start of each bar. Upon starting the host DAW, the chords play and are nicely sync’d to project tempo. Each of these generated chords can be swapped for another.

It’s a very simple way to get some chords going, even if you don’t understand musical theory. I next turn to the presets, or worksets, as they’re called here. These are accessed from the top right of the plug-in window, and categorised into sections such as Arps, EDM, Emotional, Hip Hop, and Plucks. Loading one of these adds new content into each of the four main tabs, so again, you have something accessible and ready to play.

Let’s look at the software in more detail. The top bar contains simple controls for saving and loading presets, as well as a large display showing the current key. A minimal settings pane contains support links, switches for toggling chord preview and the piano-roll marker, and scaling options. Then, from left to right are the four main workspaces, organised so there’s a logical progression across the plug-in window. You can work either from scratch, or by adapting a preset.

The Chord Generator is the place to define chord characteristics including the key, octave, type of chord, inversions and to add any extra notes if wanted. On the right is a Quick Pattern Generator, where randomly organised chord progressions can be loaded, in association with 20 timing-related presets, indicating exactly when and how often the chords will play: for example, Every Beat, 1/18th Surprise, and Quarter Strum; working with these is both fun and creative, just about the ideal combination.

Let’s play

Next in line is the Chord Player section, more focused on real-time playing (I always get a cheap thrill from one-finger chord playing). Once again, chords can be recorded, configured and fired from here, but I recommend connecting a keyboard or pad controller to make the most of it, as you can make adjustments based on velocity, humanisation (controlled randomisation of velocity) and strumming intensity and direction; great if you’re working on stringed instrument sounds, such as those in Ableton’s Collision Device.

The Chord Player and Chord Generator sections both display a central Chord Matrix, which shows the notes in the chord you’re currently creating. The Pattern Generator is where to work with the timing of chord progressions, defining pattern characteristics with a useful visual block-based interface. Not only can chords be edited and re-organised, you can apply and visualise strums, and increase or decrease the progression length from the default 4 bars.

In the Progression Stacker, it’s possible to chain together a series of progressions, and dynamically switch between them. Any time there’s any content visible in the sequencer, a small overview is visible at the lower right. You can simply click on this to drag the current chords into a MIDI track in your DAW, where they’ll appear as a new MIDI clip. This works fine in Ableton Live 10 and there’s no need for any clunky export, conversion, or re-importing.

It proved easy to get going with Chord Composer at a basic level (it helped that during the review period, Intuitive Audio reinstated the PDF manual included with the software download, which was welcome, although still a bit light). If you already know your way around chords, musical theory and progressions, I’d recommend that you jump straight in and use Chord Composer as a library-building resource for your next project, in which you can store your favourite progressions.

For anybody who’s not already musically literate, there could be some confusion about exactly what’s happening with the progressions and choice of chords, so there’ll be more of a useful learning curve. In the meantime, there’s always the randomisation options – use them to open those doors you might never dream of opening otherwise.

Do I really need this?

Chord Composer is versatile – being a plug-in, it’s not tied to any particular platform, and for very little coin it will add new realms to your MIDI performances and compositions. If you’re a fan of MIDI effect plug-ins like the ones in Logic Pro X and Ableton Live, you can think of this as a more sophisticated take on one of those. Maybe you’re new to composition and arrangement, and in need of a quick leg-up, so you can learn as you create? Or maybe you’re an experienced musician or composer, looking for habit-busting ways to come up with different parts? Either way, Chord Composer is massively useful, and well worth the time it’ll take to download the demo and check it out.

Key Features

• Minimum system: Windows 10, MacOS X
• Plug-in formats: AAX, VST, AU
• Create and store custom chords and progressions as recallable presets
• Drag-and-drop MIDI file export within the host DAW
• Real-time playing and recording of chords
• Customisable velocity and strumming for human feel

Alternatives

MIXED IN KEY
Captain Chords
$79

Included with the Captain Plugins bundle, Captain Chords allows you to create chords and chord progressions with a library of rhythms. Check out the Space Knob, which is a note length control that includes eight different presets; and Captain Play, an enhanced way of using the computer keyboard to play chords.

AUDIOMODERN
Random Chords Generator PRO
€39

This is a Max For Live plug-in that’s a bit different from Chord Composer or Captain Chords, because it’s entirely about randomisation – hence the cool dice graphic on the plug-in. Results can be fully randomised, or parameters edited to tweak the results. 52 chord types are available.

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From the conclusion, it is recommended for the following people.

It's similar to Scaler 2, but if you specify a key or scale, it will display the chords that can be used with that key or scale, and you can make a chord progression just by intuitively selecting it.

You can also select a note and generate a chord from it, so you can create a chord according to the note used in the melody.

Forager overview

Forager provides a fresh and exciting way to create unique chord progressions that inspire great melodies, basslines and drum rudrakshcreations.com provides the following features:

Forager itself makes no sound.

If you want to make sound, you need to route MIDI out to another source.

Most DAWs are officially explained about how to route, and some are explained with videos.

What you can do with Forager

I will focus on the points.

You can assemble the code intuitively without any knowledge of the code.

As a feature of Forager, a list of chords that can be used for notes specified on the scale or keyboard is displayed in the "Cord List" on the right. (Red frame on the right side of the figure below)

Then click the random button and it will be randomly assigned to 16 pads (Chord Grid) from the "Chord List".

Each time you press the random button, the code will change.

As a convenient feature, you can lock the code you don't want to replace by right-clicking.

In addition, each grid can be replaced by dragging and dropping.

You can place your favorite code on 16Pad

If you have a Native Instruments Maschine series or a MIDI controller with a pad, you can intuitively create chord rhythms.

With Maschine, if you use the Controller Editor template "FXPANSION GURU", the pad's Midi notes and Forager's MIDI notes will match.

Since it can be arranged freely, you can also use it such as playing chords from Maschine in Live.

For other MIDI devices, it's OK if you can hit C1 to D # 2 from the pad.

What you can't do with Forager

Cannot export as MIDI file from Forager

It is not possible to export MIDI as a MIDI file from Forager or output MIDI to other sound sources by dragging and dropping.

This area may be a little annoying.

FL Studio users have a "Burn to midi" feature, so I don't think it's a problem.

After making a chord progression to some extent, output it with "Burn to midi"PhraseboxI think it is also good to edit further using.

No function such as arpeggiator

Forager is code-specific and does not have any features like an arpeggiator.

If you want such a function, export MIDI from Forager with "Burn to midi" rudrakshcreations.comu,PhraseboxI think that the pattern is the best.

The first 8 bars are Forager only, and the second 16 bars are the chord progressions of the first rudrakshcreations.comboxI put it in and edited it. (Delay on it)

Summary of a brief review of the Harvest Plugins code generation plugin Forager

Forager is perfect for people who want to listen to sounds and create chord progressions intuitively.
(I think it's good for people who are looking for originality)

As a personal impression, I feel that it is suitable for techno and ambient.

If you want to make trendy songs or catchy songs, you don't need to buy them.
(If it's fashionableCthulhuI think it's better to buy a code pack)

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From the conclusion, it is recommended for the following people.

It's similar to Scaler 2, but if you specify a key or scale, it will display the chords that can be used with that key or scale, and you can make a chord progression just by intuitively selecting it.

You can also select a note and generate a chord from it, captain chords review Free Activators, so you can create a chord according to the note used in the melody.

Forager overview

Forager provides a fresh and exciting way to create unique chord progressions that inspire great melodies, basslines and drum rudrakshcreations.com provides the following features:

Forager itself makes no sound.

If you Format Factory 4.3.0.0 Crack + Serial Key Download Full to make sound, you need to route MIDI out to another source.

Most DAWs are officially explained about how to route, and some are explained with videos.

What you can do with Forager

I will focus on the points.

You can assemble the code intuitively without any knowledge of the code.

As a feature of Forager, a list captain chords review Free Activators chords that can be used for notes specified on the scale or keyboard is displayed in the "Cord List" on the right. (Red frame on the right side of the figure below)

Then click the random button and it will be randomly assigned to 16 pads (Chord Grid) from the "Chord List".

Each time you press the random button, the code will change.

As a convenient feature, you can lock the code you don't want to replace by right-clicking.

In addition, each grid can be replaced by dragging and dropping.

You can place your favorite code on 16Pad

If you have a Native Instruments Maschine series or a MIDI controller with a pad, you can intuitively create chord rhythms.

With Maschine, if you use the Controller Editor template "FXPANSION GURU", the pad's Midi notes and Forager's MIDI notes will match.

Since it can be arranged freely, you can also use it such as playing chords from Maschine in Live.

For other MIDI devices, it's OK if you can hit C1 to D # 2 from the pad.

What you can't do with Forager

Cannot export as MIDI file from Forager

It is not possible to export MIDI as a MIDI file from Forager or output MIDI to other sound sources by dragging and dropping.

This area may be a little annoying.

FL Studio users have a "Burn to midi" feature, so I don't think it's a problem.

After making a chord progression to some extent, output it with "Burn to midi"PhraseboxI think it is also good to edit further using.

No function such as arpeggiator

Forager is code-specific and does not have any features like an arpeggiator.

If you want such a function, export MIDI from Forager with "Burn to midi" rudrakshcreations.comu,PhraseboxI think that the pattern is the best.

The first 8 bars are Forager only, captain chords review Free Activators, and the second 16 bars are the chord progressions of the first rudrakshcreations.comboxI put it in and edited it. (Delay on it)

Summary of a brief review of the Harvest Plugins code generation plugin Forager

Forager is perfect for people who want to listen to sounds and create chord progressions intuitively.
(I think it's good for people who are looking for originality)

As a personal impression, I feel that it iMyFone AnyRecover 5.1.0.11 Crack License key Free suitable for techno and ambient.

If you want to make trendy songs or catchy songs, you don't need to buy them.
(If it's fashionableCthulhuI think it's better to buy a code pack)

Chillout with Beats

Captain Chords is the first in the series of the new Captain Plugins from Mixed In Key. The Captain Chord plugin allows producers to easily write chord progressions in a DAW. This plugin is a real time saver for producers, as a variety of captain chords review Free Activators progressions, rhythms and sounds can be quickly created. I was eager to find out if Captain Chords would be able to help me write better chords and gave captain chords review Free Activators a test run in a session to explore this plugin's promising potential.

Overview 

Captain Chords is a VST and Audio Unit plugin that works with all major DAWs. The plugins are currently available for MacOS; a Windows version will be released in the near future. Upon launching the plugin, Captain Chords prompts you to select the key to write in. Once selected, the main panel of the plugin opens and features a large area where chord progressions can be created and customized. The left hand side of the plugin features panels where the key, scale, chord progressions, rhythms, note length and sound presets can be selected. Captain Chords allows users to build chord progressions, and the resulting clip can be dragged into a DAW. It's a simple tool that makes chord progression creation easier, even for those who don't have a vast knowledge of music theory.  

Chords

To create a new progression in Captain Chords, simply select the key of the song and either a major or minor scale, captain chords review Free Activators. You can create chord progressions on your own by clicking in the main grid area and adding in chords, or selecting one of the many chord progressions available in the chords panel. Simply select the chord progression that sounds good, and build the song from there.

Chords in the main grid can be easily swapped, captain chords review Free Activators, or selected and modified to an suspended or extended chord. For example, the i chord (A min) can be changed to a iSUS2, iSUS4, i6, i7 or an I chord. This feature makes advanced harmonic variations on chords accessible for novice producers, and simplifies the process of trying out chord variations. Captain Chords uses correct voice leading for chords, and minimizes the leaps in notes between chords. For those who want to go one step further, the plugin allows chords to be inverted, played in different octaves, or for the addition of a 6^th, 7^th, 9^th, 11^th or 13^th to the chord.  

There's multiple tabs inside the plugin that allow for chord captain chords review Free Activators of the verse, pre-chorus, chorus and drop. I like these sections, captain chords review Free Activators, as they allow different parts of the song to be written and kept organized.  

Rhythms

Captain Chords offers a wealth of rhythms for chord progressions. Options include playing the chords on the offbeat, on the chord change, on every beat and on every measure. The length of the notes can be changed to add further rhythmic changes. The built-in rhythms are great starting places for writing, especially for those who don't specialize in playing keys. 

Sounds

Captain Chords includes a wide range of presets, from plucks and keys to leads, pads, strings and voice. The sounds are well designed, and there's more than enough presets to get producers inspired to write. For further customization, different types of Reverb and Delay can be added to each sound and there's also a Filter available.  

Clip Jam Mode 

One of my favourite features on Captain Chords is the “Clip Jam” mode, which turns the computer's keyboard into a jam space. This is a cool feature for those who prefer to use their hands to write music, rather than select chord progressions with a mouse. The row A-J on the keyboard plays the triad chords and 'borrowed' chords, 7^th chords, 9^th chords, SUS2 Chords, and SUS4 chords are available to jam with.

Routing

For further flexibility, Captain Chords' MIDI output can be routed to a VST instrument like Nexus, captain chords review Free Activators, Sylenth, Serum, or Kontakt. The notes themselves will be playing inside Captain Chords, but the sound will be generated from the VST. Captain Chords' output can also be routed into analog gear. Both of these features are amazing, as they allow producers to focus on sound design in their software or hardware instrument of choice while still having the flexibility and ease of use Captain Chords offers. 

Wrap Up 

I was amazed with how easily Captain Chords allowed me to write new chord progressions and the degree of control it gave me over the chords themselves, the progression as a whole, the rhythms and sounds. Its simple enough for producers with no music theory knowledge to write advanced progressions yet intelligent enough for experienced musicians to write elegant progressions. I would recommend Captain Chords to those who want to to simplify the chord captain chords review Free Activators process and generate new song ideas quickly.   

Learn more about MIDI and composition today - check out the pro video courses in the rudrakshcreations.com Academy. rudrakshcreations.com?nleloc=new-releases

Sara Simms captivates the world as an innovative musician, DJ, turntablist and electronic music producer. She's a multi-instrumentalist who's known for her love of music technology. Sara makes her mark in the music community by crafting diverse sets with styles ranging from pulsating techno to house. She balances technical skills wi Read More

Price £40
ContactIntuitive Audio

Why do we need a plug-in such as Chord Composer? Is there really a lot of demand for a tool that can create chords and chord progressions, when most DAWs include tools that can give an extra boost to your compositional activity? Well, it’s a bit like how we view pad-based MIDI controllers as captain chords review Free Activators grid-style keyboards, instead of using a regular piano format.

Ableton Live might include MIDI effects such daemon tools with crack Note Length and Random, and Logic Pro X has a useful selection of compositional aids including Arpeggiator, Chord Trigger, captain chords review Free Activators, and Transposer, but sometimes, we could use something that provides more harmonic content – instead of the more electronic-music-oriented MIDI utility/performance functions.

The Chord Composer plug-in installs as captain chords review Free Activators AU, VST, captain chords review Free Activators, or AAX plug-in, and requires iLok activation; at least we can do that online now without needing a small (and quite easy to lose!) USB dongle. Being a MIDI plug-in, the download is a manageable size (MB), and all support and documentation is handled via the web. On macOS with Ableton Live 10, it appears as a VST in the DriverMax 10.1 License Key Crack Key For U, and drags over into the drop area or an existing MIDI track.

Chord Composer doesn’t behave exactly like a Live MIDI effect device: it must have a track to itself, then whatever instrument you want it to play is loaded into another track. Live’s In/Out View is used to tell the instrument imyfone fixppo 7.9.1 serial Free Activators receive MIDI from the Chord Composer track. I then switch ‘Post FX’ in the lower chooser to ‘Chord Composer’ and I set the instrument track to record or just to monitor incoming MIDI, and all is good. As soon as I start to play a keyboard or a MIDI clip into the Chord Composer track, multi-note magic ensues.

That struck a chord

The Chord Composer interface is mostly occupied with little boxes. This is quite typical for this type of plug-in, it’s a function of the tools involved. There’s a sequencer grid with piano-roll layout at the bottom of the plug-in window, while the upper part of the display shows one of four main workspaces – Chord Generator, Chord Player, Pattern Generator, and Progression Stacker. The plug-in window is scalable up to per cent if necessary, which I find useful when working on a inch laptop.

For a quick fix with Chord Composer, go to that first panel (Chord Generator) and click on the Create Chords button. The sequencer will be populated with a 4-bar chord progression, one chord at the start of each bar. Upon starting the host DAW, the chords play and are nicely sync’d to project tempo. Each of these generated chords can be swapped for another.

It’s a very simple way to get some chords going, even if you don’t kmplayer crack kmplayer 2019 Crack Key For U musical theory. I next turn to the presets, or worksets, as they’re called here. These are accessed from the top right of the plug-in window, and categorised into sections such as Arps, EDM, Emotional, Hip Hop, and Plucks. Loading one of these adds new content into each of the four main tabs, so again, you have something accessible and ready to play.

Let’s look at the software in more detail. The top bar contains simple controls for saving and loading presets, as well as a large display showing the current key. A minimal settings pane contains support links, switches for toggling chord preview and the piano-roll marker, and scaling options. Then, from left to right are the four main workspaces, organised so there’s a logical progression across the plug-in window. You can work either from scratch, or by adapting a preset.

The Chord Generator is the place to define chord characteristics including the key, octave, type of chord, KMSAuto Net Activator and to add any extra notes if wanted. On the right is a Quick Pattern Generator, captain chords review Free Activators, where randomly organised chord progressions can be loaded, in association with 20 timing-related presets, captain chords review Free Activators exactly when and how often the chords will play: for example, Every Beat, 1/18th Surprise, and Quarter Strum; working with these is both fun and creative, just about the ideal combination.

Let’s play

Next in line is the Chord Player section, more focused on real-time playing (I always get a cheap thrill from one-finger chord playing). Once again, chords can be recorded, configured and fired from here, but I recommend connecting a keyboard or pad controller to make the captain chords review Free Activators of it, as you can make adjustments based on velocity, humanisation (controlled randomisation of velocity) and strumming intensity and direction; great if you’re working on stringed instrument sounds, such as those in Ableton’s Collision Device.

The Chord Player and Chord Generator captain chords review Free Activators both display a central Chord Matrix, captain chords review Free Activators, which shows the notes in the chord you’re currently creating. The Pattern Generator is where to work with the timing of chord progressions, defining pattern characteristics with a useful visual block-based interface. Not only can chords be edited and re-organised, you can apply and visualise strums, and increase or decrease the progression length from the default 4 bars.

In the Progression Stacker, it’s possible to chain together a series of progressions, and dynamically switch between them. Any time there’s any content visible in the sequencer, a small overview is visible at the lower right. You can simply click on this to drag the current chords into a MIDI track in your DAW, where they’ll appear as a new MIDI clip. This works fine in Ableton Live 10 and there’s no need for any clunky export, conversion, or re-importing.

It proved easy to get going with Chord Composer at a basic level (it helped that during the review period, Intuitive Audio reinstated the PDF manual included with the software download, which was welcome, although still a bit light). If you already know your way around chords, musical theory and progressions, I’d recommend that you jump straight in and use Chord Composer as a library-building resource for your next project, captain chords review Free Activators, in which you can store your favourite progressions.

For anybody who’s not already musically literate, there could be some confusion about exactly what’s happening with the progressions and choice of chords, captain chords review Free Activators, so there’ll be more of a useful learning curve. In the meantime, there’s always the randomisation options – use them to open those doors you might never dream of opening otherwise.

Do I really need this?

Chord Composer is versatile – being a plug-in, it’s not tied to any particular platform, captain chords review Free Activators, and for very little coin it will add new realms to your MIDI performances and compositions. If you’re a fan of MIDI effect plug-ins like the ones in Logic Pro X and Ableton Live, you can think of this as a more sophisticated take on one of those. Maybe you’re new to composition and arrangement, and in need of a quick leg-up, so you can learn as you create? Or maybe you’re an experienced musician or composer, looking for habit-busting ways to come up with different parts? Either way, Chord Composer is massively useful, and well worth the time it’ll take to download the demo and check it out.

Key Features

• Minimum system: Windows 10, MacOS X
• Plug-in formats: AAX, VST, AU
• Create and store custom chords and progressions as recallable presets
• Drag-and-drop MIDI file export within the host DAW
• Real-time playing and recording of chords
• Customisable velocity and strumming for human feel

Alternatives

MIXED IN KEY
Captain Chords
$79

Included with the Captain Plugins bundle, Captain Chords allows you to create chords and chord progressions with a library of rhythms. Check out the Space Knob, which is a note length control that includes eight different presets; and Captain Play, an enhanced way of using the computer keyboard to play chords.

AUDIOMODERN
Random Chords Generator PRO
€39

This is a Max For Live plug-in that’s a bit different from Chord Composer or Captain Chords, because it’s entirely about randomisation – hence the cool dice graphic on the plug-in. Results can be fully randomised, or parameters edited to tweak the results. 52 chord types are available.

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