A MIDI chord instrument for stage and studio.
ChordGrid turns a phone or tablet into a MIDI chord
instrument. It sends note data over USB to hardware synths, samplers and DAWs,
and it has a small synth voice of its own, so it plays through the device with
nothing attached.
What it does
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Two ways to play, one engine
The Grid gives you seven rows, one per scale degree, each filled
with the chord palette for that degree. Flower turns it around: hold a
chord type, tap a root. One key, one set of controls, one sound.
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A fader for inversions
Sweeps the held chord through its voicings, one voice at a time, so
the harmony flows rather than jumps.
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No gap between chords
Land the next chord before you lift the last and it takes over,
holding the notes the two have in common.
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Sound with nothing plugged in
A built-in synth voice, chosen for you when no interface is
connected. Plug one in and the app moves to it unasked.
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Built for stage
Landscape, dark, no pop-ups. The play surface cannot be scrolled by
accident, so a chord never sounds while you reach for one.
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Nothing about you is collected
No account, no analytics, no crash reporting, no tracking, no
advertising. The network is used for one thing: letting Google Play or
the App Store confirm a purchase.
What it costs
The core chords are free and always will be: triads, sixths and sevenths
across thirteen scales, and the everyday chord types in Flower. One payment
unlocks the rest in both instruments, including the chords that leave the key.
Not a subscription.
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