With shades of Korg Volcas and Behringer Minisynths Roland's AIRA Compact series introduces the T-8 Beat Machine, J-6 Chord Synthesizer and E-4 Voice Tweaker.
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Ever wondered what key a song is in? Antares Auto-Key Mobile is a free app that finds the root and scale of any track in seconds.
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Each can of SingleCut Beersmiths Notes IPA teaches you a guitar chord, with diagrams and interactive Snapchat filter, and comes with a free plectrum!
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How many? An 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer featuring 56 oscillators, chord memory, detuning, filter and reverb in a single compact 12HP module.
Audiomodern Chordjam is a new plug-in that automatically generates chords, progressions and sequences for your tracks. Let Chordjam break your writer's block!
For a limited time, you can download the Fender Tune smartphone app and get the Player Pack upgrade for free. Don't miss out on this great offer!
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Over 100 chords at your fingertips with the buttonised Chordmonger MIDI Chord Controller complete with arpeggiator and chord sequencer.
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The TheoryBoard returns in a slightly different form called Thy333 and hits Kickstarter as a colourful MIDI controller, composition tool, chord generator and music instrument.
Scaler 2 updates a capable harmony and chord generator/helper utility, adding song analysis with chord recognition. One to check out for songwriters looking for inspiration.
Better, more precision and a more "human" feel: With automatic chord recognition, note dynamics and sibilance editing, Melodyne 5 looks like an especially worthwhile upgrade.
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A new version of the Captain Plugins brings more Captain Chord Progressions, Captain Beat beat-making, Captain Melody tune generation, Captain Deep basslines and Captain Play keyboard integration.
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Audiare has released Zenith, a very flexible MIDI plug-in. Zenith serves up sequences, arpeggios and chords and comes with presets for your favourite hardware and software synths.
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The OPFXS Dig Deep is an octave pedal which can seemingly deal with just about any signal you can throw at it, and still produce clear bass notes to thicken your sound.
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Steinberg has updated its Dorico notation software. The new Dorico 3 and Dorico Elements 3 come with many new features designed for more streamlined composition, arranging, and notation workflows.Â
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Klang lets you dial in 4-voice chords with the 4 encoders surrounding that gorgeous screen and save them as progressions to pump throughout your Eurorack via individual voice outputs.
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Looking suspiciously like the original Komplete Kontrol keyboards the new A-Series controllers aim to bring NKS instrument mapping to a keener budget.
