chords as midi files

[ZombyWoof]

I'll do it for 80 cents a chord (plus a 10 cent zipping surcharge).

[Beregond]

If you really insist on having something else create your chords for you, you can use 'All That Chords!' It has a huge collection of chords and variants--and the ability to export the chords it displays to MIDI. Just google the name and you'll find lots of places to download it.

[jeskolajeskola]

If you have Ableton - the chord and scale tools will do exactly what your after...

[abletonian]

@beregond: im tryin this out.
@jeskola²: great concept!"

[DarkStar]

I saw these while wandering about, would they help?

http://www.prosonic-studios.com/Midi-Pr ... Index.aspx

[wakax]

+1 for "All That Chords!"

[Turontooter]

A 2004 issue of Computer Music Magazine had a collection of the basic chords (Majors, Minors, Diminished, 7ths, etc.) in MIDI format in the CD that accompanied the mag.

You might want to ask for a back issue.

[Sascha Franck]

How about learning just a bit of theory for a start? When combining chords, to get anything meaningful out of them, that would surely help, too.
And after studying some basic things you should be able to create all the chords you ever need. Takes a week or so.

[bobsled]

I'm all for the whole "learning" thing, I'm also painfully aware that for some of us it takes longer than a week or so.

And I know the thread author said no chordspace playa, but the darn thing is just so useful with a sequencer. Just one more of its many uses in addition to it being a wonderful learning aide. Used this way before the seq comp (in eXT) one can create custom chord files quit easily, as well as control velocity, duration, etc., etc.

Chordspace Free did this, too, IIRC.

[funkychickendance]

i think this may be the market for the Cognitone Harmony Navigator. Thousands of chords available and try out the progresssions and maybe even some decent voice leading and output into midi files.

my experience for years was for years I couldn't figure out why some song's chord progressions fell right into place and others could never sound like the song. it's all about finding the proper inversions so the voice leading tracks/supports the melody line. I still have my problems with this, but I have a better sense of what's going on now. This isn't likely to happen working with just a set of 'standard' chords forms (well maybe some very simple folk)

You're right: this is very cool software for those who have 'simple' progressions down, but wonder how the hell to vary them, how to come up with neat bridges, turnarounds, how to turn them into Latin sounds, etc. I've used it a few times to figure out ways of bridging gaps in my imagination...

ChordSpace and ChordPlaya are pretty useful for other purposes, esp. if you do jazz, or end up in some godawful key you're not comfortable with...

/fnx

[funkychickendance]

I saw these while wandering about, would they help?

http://www.prosonic-studios.com/Midi-Pr ... Index.aspx

A very neat idea. A lot would depend on how well organized the indexing is, but that seems like a helluva grab-bag of interesting material...vast, too

/fnx

[Stargard]

Ableton has a scale plug AFAIR. you should use it. you won't need a billion chords, just the major ones (pun intended).

[alex zonder]

Why do people always forget about this wonderful internet page? :

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/

It lets you select, preview/hear all chords and scales, and save them as MIDI files - for free!

And you might wanna check Tonespace.... for free as well

http://www.mucoder.net/tonespace/

[chardin]

Tonespace looks very interesting. Thank you alex zonder for the link.

[funkychickendance]

Tonespace looks very interesting. Thank you alex zonder for the link.

Echo of thank you.

I've been messing with Tonespace for the past couple of hours. Very impressive, even if I'm not sure I'm getting the whole picture of what it can do.

And you can't fault the price.

I think this could turn out to be a pretty damn useful little tool, with a bit of concentration.

/fnx