ChordPolyPad

MIDI Chords Player

App and AUv3 MIDI effect for iPhone/iPad/Mac

"ChordPolyPad" is a MIDI chords player that lets you create chord sets using a large internal library, any custom combination of notes, or randomly generated chords.

Each preset contains either 8 groups of 16 pads or 2 groups of 64 pads, for a total of 128 pads.

In addition to playing chords, each pad can generate customizable MIDI controls on its horizontal and vertical axes, allowing expressive real-time modulation.

Download ChordPolyPad on the App Store

Download the documentation

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Features

  • Standalone application and AUv3 MIDI effect plug-in

  • 8 groups of 16 pads or 2 groups of 64 pads per preset (128 pads)

  • Assignable MIDI port and MIDI channel for each pad

  • Customizable X/Y controller per pad

  • Per-note velocity control for each chord

  • Strumming configuration per pad

  • Copy and paste for pads and groups

  • Drag and drop chords directly from the library

  • Searching for chords available in a defined scale

  • Chord filtering and quantizing based on the selected scale

  • Predefined scales and possibility to create custom scales

  • Advanced random chord generator with diverse musical moods featuring voice leading and context-aware harmonic progressions for naturally flowing compositions

  • Multitasking support

  • Stop "Audio Background" automatically after inactivity (15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, or never)

  • Internal sound bank

  • Receive MIDI notes and control from external devices

  • Send MIDI to a virtual port usable as MIDI input by other "Core MIDI" compatible apps

  • Preset manager with support for in-app purchase packs

  • "Program Change" support

  • Preset sharing support by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Messages", and other supported services

  • Native iCloud support

  • "iCloud Drive" support in the "Files" app on iOS and "Finder" on macOS

  • Full support for "Windowed Apps" mode on iPad

  • Undo/Redo

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AUv3 MIDI effect plug-in included

Hosts supporting AUv3 MIDI effect on iPhone/iPad

Logic Pro, Cubasis, Beatmaker, AUM, Audiobus, NanoStudio, Auria Pro, apeMatrix

Hosts supporting AUv3 MIDI effect on Mac

Logic Pro 10.7 or later

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Full MIDI connection support

  • Virtual "Core MIDI" connections between applications

  • Any compatible MIDI interface

  • MIDI over Wi-Fi

  • MIDI over Bluetooth

Videos

ChordPolyPad Introduction

A video introduction to ChordPolyPad.

ChordPolyPad Using Random

Creating random chords with ChordPolyPad.

ChordPolyPad Creating Chords

Creating chords with ChordPolyPad.

ChordPolyPad Using Library

Creating chords from ChordPolyPad library.

cloud

Presets can be synced via iCloud and shared across all your devices

I could easily imagine using ChordPolyPad in a live context. With a pad preset ready to recall for each song and that ‘full screen’ pad view option, it would be a very neat tool. However, for me, the app is going to find itself well used alongside my other MIDI performance apps both for iPad-based and desktop-based MIDI recording duties. ChordPolyPad is a brilliant tool with a well thought-out interface and, if your keyboard playing sucks as badly as mine, it comes highly recommended.

Music App Blog

A new reference in this category, the best in this category... As I always say, playing chords on an iPad is not easy, for this reason, we need an App to help us, that is what this App is for, but ChordPolyPad is more than this... A new 'bench mark', a Must Have Killer App!!!

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