Chord apps
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 15 Jan, 2014
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 543 posts since 16 Dec, 2003
Picked up chordpolypad yesterday. The chord library is as deep or maybe even deeper than Suggester. Combining chords across different scales is very easy. The pads are great. Making new chords or editing existing ones is really easy. Big advantages over Suggester IMOBiancaNeve wrote:On ChordPolyPad you can set each pad to play either chords from its library Or you can build your own chords to taste by pressing keys on the piano keyboard.(It will even tell you what they are if it recognises them )
For my workflow, the interface for accessing Suggester's chord library has some advantages over the interface for ChordPolyPad's library. With Suggester, all chords are out in the open and you can visually scan all chords within a scale. I'm a very visual person so this is a huge plus. For me, out of sight, out of mind. Also with the chordpolypad library you access chords by notes within the scale. I like how the chord names are the notes making up the chord. But for me, the extra step of first having to select a note, then navigate the list of chords is a bit slower than with Suggester.
Another added bonus:
cohrdpolypad + steppolyarp = touchpad chthulu
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- KVRian
- 503 posts since 19 Apr, 2009
Carl, is there any chance of including portrait mode?carlhudson83 wrote:So in response to the feedback from all you lovely people here, I've done some tweaks and uploaded them to the iTunes store - so you'll all be able to get your app updated as soon as Apple give it the green light in a couple of days..
I fixed the note playback, so that the previous chord stops playing and overlapping when you tap another one.. Making it more intuitive to tap the chords in different rhythms and combinations, as I demonstrate in this little video -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdqFQVxtwAA
And I've also tweaked the MIDI output so that there's a chord change every bar (the chords are half a bar long, making it easy to drag-select them in Logic) - and the long 2-bar gap between each chord is gone thankfully!
Best wishes,
Carl
I have my iPad in a semi-permanent "live" setup for charts that is fixed in portrait mode...dead annoying to have to dismantle it just to run Genius...
Dennis
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- KVRer
- 5 posts since 15 Jan, 2014
Hmm.. Trouble is, everything would get all squashed up if it was in portrait mode - I'd have to shrink the staves and notes to keep the aspect ratio the same, it might end up being a bit too small to read..
Can you take a snapshot of the score (swipe to the right) and open it in the camera roll? You'd be able to rotate it to portrait that way..
Can you take a snapshot of the score (swipe to the right) and open it in the camera roll? You'd be able to rotate it to portrait that way..
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- KVRer
- 26 posts since 27 Nov, 2012
iReal Pro is worth a mention here. No, it doesn't let you "play" chords real time. But once you type in a chord progression, you get a really nice result with accompanying drums and piano.
Another one.. Garageband. The "smart" keyboard and guitar lets you do play chords, and, of course, record them. A hidden feature is that you can edit the chords to something besides the standard diatonic chords.
Overall, my fav right now is Chordbot.
-- Joe
Another one.. Garageband. The "smart" keyboard and guitar lets you do play chords, and, of course, record them. A hidden feature is that you can edit the chords to something besides the standard diatonic chords.
Overall, my fav right now is Chordbot.
-- Joe
- KVRian
- Topic Starter
- 543 posts since 16 Dec, 2003
List of chord apps listed in this thread have been added to the first post.
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- KVRAF
- 5785 posts since 27 Jul, 2001 from Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
ecamburn; thanks for the thread and for organizing all the Chord apps on the OP. You may want to add enChord http://www.avantgardesound.com/
My Studio: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7760&p=7777146#p7777146
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- KVRian
- 503 posts since 19 Apr, 2009
But this is not an iPad app - it is a PC app....Kalamata Kid wrote:ecamburn; thanks for the thread and for organizing all the Chord apps on the OP. You may want to add enChord http://www.avantgardesound.com/
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- KVRAF
- 5785 posts since 27 Jul, 2001 from Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
I believe enChord is the same as Rechorder a Lemur template.miden wrote:But this is not an iPad app - it is a PC app....Kalamata Kid wrote:ecamburn; thanks for the thread and for organizing all the Chord apps on the OP. You may want to add enChord http://www.avantgardesound.com/
They both work on the iPad
I bought enChord two weeks ago and installed in the PC.
How to get it to also appear in the Ipad is still evading
my tech non-expertise. As soon as I figure it out I will
purchase the reChorder.
If I am wrong I just wasted my time and money.
My Studio: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7760&p=7777146#p7777146
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- KVRist
- 288 posts since 29 May, 2012
EnChord and reChorder are both Lemur templates that require Ad-hoc network connections to work. As such, neither is a "Stand Alone" iPad app. They are quite different in what they do. (I bought both).
Others I bought:
http://www.binitex.com/products/pianocompanion
http://www.hopefullyuseful.com/guitarchordpro.html
http://www.hopefullyuseful.com/simplesongwriter.html
http://www.smartutils.com/ FastChords Composer HD
http://www.sessionbandapp.com/ All of these
Progression by SimonsApps (not listed on his website for some reason)
Pretty much everything with "guitar" and "progression" in an App Search (not for reference)
But, as I mentioned earlier - my favourites are Chordbot and ChordMapMidi
Others I bought:
http://www.binitex.com/products/pianocompanion
http://www.hopefullyuseful.com/guitarchordpro.html
http://www.hopefullyuseful.com/simplesongwriter.html
http://www.smartutils.com/ FastChords Composer HD
http://www.sessionbandapp.com/ All of these
Progression by SimonsApps (not listed on his website for some reason)
Pretty much everything with "guitar" and "progression" in an App Search (not for reference)
But, as I mentioned earlier - my favourites are Chordbot and ChordMapMidi
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- KVRer
- 26 posts since 27 Nov, 2012
Has anyone tried this one... Pro Chords on the iPad?
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pro-cho ... 17698?mt=8
Thx,
- Joe
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pro-cho ... 17698?mt=8
Thx,
- Joe
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- KVRist
- 288 posts since 29 May, 2012
Yes, it's 7th on the list in the first post. I didn't find it useless. It's still on my iPad, unlike many others...joegrant413 wrote:Has anyone tried this one... Pro Chords on the iPad?
Thx,
- Joe