years ago, i remember downloading a plugin that allowed you to set up a series of chords in your daw, and then this plugin would read those chords and allow you to play any white keys on your keyboard and they would sound good with the chords.

did i just dream this up, or does anyone else recall what the name of this software is/was?

 

scaler?

 

cthulhu von xfer

 

C major scale

 

music theory

 

sorry, I know what you mean, FL Studio has a feature like that, also some midi keyboards and a bunch of plugins.

Scaler is on the trend now

 

Some chord midi fx plugins you may have tried:

Pitch Innovations fluid chords
Mario Nieto Chord Generator
Audiomodern Chordjam
Xfer Cthulhu
Scaler lock scale
Trackbout Ripchord
Toontrack EzKeys2 scale lock

 

Scales and Chords maybe? It’s an included midi effect in Reason and is available as a midi effect from the rack plugin for other plugin hosts

 

midiChords ~12 years oldest
RipChord ~ 5 years old
Chordz - 2020
Chordjam - 2023
Chord Prism - 2022

These are all i have still installed on my plugin list.

 

A well-played wrong note won‘t hurt anyway.

 

Agree, It's proven million times...
just one example:
The Beatles Can't Buy Me Love
https://musescore.com/official_scores/scores/6952057

See the bar #7: above the staff chord C7, while in the staff you see Eь (last note)...
hey, but this is wrong! There should be E, or the chord should be Cm7 according to the music theory...
but nobody cares, because it sounds great!

 

Last edited: Apr 2, 2025

Harmony Improvisator VSTi [2009]

 

thank you all. i'll try a bunch of these. you've all been very helpful.