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Audiomodern Riffer

Introducing Audiomodern Riffer, a smart MIDI sequencer that generates random Riffs for your Sounds, Software & Hardware.

Quick – Fire ideas

You can choose from 50+ scales, pattern complexity, steps, start and end points, set pitch, transpose, motion, measures and many more.

A New Musical Performance Experience

Generate fresh ideas, sequences, melodies, riffs and musical patterns. Turn them into something of your own or let it run endlessly using the infinity mode.

A Swiss Army Knife for MIDI +

You can Export the MIDI Using Drag and Drop, Or when using the app version, you can send MIDI over Wi-Fi, or select CoreMIDI for inter-app communication and to feed any compatible hardware.

Riffer is built both for studio and live performance. Designed to feed anything that accepts MIDI signal.

Intelligent. Reactive. Endlessly Variable and Endlessly Interesting.

Audiomodern Riffer features:

  • Generate Random Riffs
  • Everything is Synced to your Host tempo
  • 53 Scales included from Western to Eastern
  • Choose the number of notes generated in the Sequence
  • Generate pattern Pitch, Duration & Volume per note
  • Tile or Sustain Paused Notes
  • Quick-Export MIDI pattern
  • Quick Transpose whole pattern
  • Choose Quantization settings
  • Suffle & Shift Mode
  • Infinity Mode
  • Sequence Motion Settings
  • Choose Number of Steps
  • Customizable Sequence Range
  • Save & Load your own patterns
  • Send MIDI to any Device, Software & Hardware
  • No Two Patterns will Ever be the Same
  • The only Plugin available of its Kind!

What’s new in version 3.0?

  • Multi-Riff/Polyphonic Mode: 4 totally independent piano rolls. (you can also copy one riff to another with drag-n-drop)
  • Density Mode: splits a note into 2 – 8 hits/parts (same function we have on Playbeat app achieving the ratchet effect)
  • Performance Mode: trigger & transpose the sequence by pressing a key on a midi keyboard , or MIDI input, in real time. (DAW needs to be on ‘Play’ Mode and with MIDI you can control the Playback)
  • Preset sharing: sharing presets between devices (desktop to iOS etc)
  • MIDI Learn and more.
  • Comes in VST & AU Plugin 32 and 64 bit compatible
  • Mac OS X 10.9 or higher. Now compatible with Apple silicon M1 devices
  • Windows 7 or higher
  • 4GB of RAM required
  • Reliable internet connection for download delivery and product activation
  • Allows for activation on three computers per serial code

Riffer now introduces VST3 and AAX support for use with Pro Tools

Price History: Audiomodern Riffer
$49.00
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Fluid Chords

The Ultimate Chord Bending System

Fluid Chords is an intelligent chord bending plugin that allows you to bend from any chord to any chord, so you can create music that’s never been heard before! Create the music of tomorrow, today! Bend from any Chord to any Chord!

Fluid Chords allows you to bend from the simplest triad to the most complex voicings – musically!

Create Unique Pitch FX

Fluid Chords is a sound designer’s playground – You can now create unique pitch FX like chord risers and more. Bend from a Single Note to a Whole Chord. Create harmonies that have never been heard before like bending from a single note to a whole chord.

Pitch Innovations Dares You to Break the Rules

  • Why do the notes in a piano roll have to be so straight?
  • Why are you still using tools that were cutting-edge decades ago?
  • Why can’t you bend fluidly between many chords?
  • Pitch Innovation’s vision always starts with a simple ‘Why?’

Let’s Keep this Brief

  • Everyone has a tonne of plugins & sounds but what you really need is innovative & inspiring ways to use them – and that’s where Fluid Chords comes in!
  • A powerful tool that allows you to create music that’s never been heard before!

Mac

  • macOS 10.12 Sierra and above (Intel / M1 Apple Silicon supported) (64-bit only)
  • Intel, AMD or Apple M1 processor
  • AU, VST3, VST, Standalone App (for MPE supported DAWs only).

Windows

  • Windows 10 and above (64-bit only)
  • Intel or AMD processor
  • VST3, VST, Standalone App (for MPE supported DAWs only)

DAW Compatibility

  • Ableton Live 9 and above – VST3, AU, Standalone App (requires Ableton 11 with MPE compatibility)
  • Bitwig Studio – VST3, Standalone App
  • Logic Pro X – AU, Standalone App
  • Cubase – VST3, Standalone App
  • FL Studio – VST3
  • Studio One – VST3, Standalone App
  • Reaper – VST3
  • MainStage – AU
  • Digital Performer – VST3
  • Tracktion Waveform – VST3

Synth Compatibility (MPE Supported Synths)

  • Xfer Records Serum
  • ROLI Equator2, Strobe2, Cypher2
  • Surge XT
  • Arturia Pigments 2 & above
  • SQ80V
  • UVI Falcon
  • Cherry Audio (Dreamsynth, DCO – 106 etc)
  • Spectrasonics Omnisphere (requires manual setup)
  • Matt Tytel Vital
  • Madrona Aalto
  • Audio Damage Quanta
  • Logic & Ableton Live stock synths (using Standalone app only)
Price History: Fluid Chords
$75.00
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Loop Engine 2

W. A. Production and Liminal Sphere proudly unveils LOOP ENGINE 2, the trailblazing successor in our lineup of multi-voice loop tools, now even more potent with cutting-edge enhancements.

LOOP ENGINE 2 continues the evolution of MIDI generation, building upon the esteemed legacy of the CHORDS plugins while breaking new ground. Discard the constraints of static chord shapes and divisible segments; Loop Engine 2 propels riffs, arps, and melodies into uncharted territories with its advanced tonal and rhythmic capabilities. This plugin goes beyond the norm, enabling you to craft MIDI loops with unprecedented intuitive controls to sculpt the algorithms, ensuring a constant stream of inspiration and innovation for your tracks.

What’s new in Loop Engine 2?

Note Editor: Delve into the realm of complex polyphony. Create elaborate melodies, basslines, arpeggios, and rhythms that extend beyond conventional chord notes. The Note Editor offers seamless note placement, intuitive content transfer, and a scrollable piano roll for ultimate creative control.
Poly (Revised): Craft intricate polyrhythmic patterns with the updated POLY feature, allowing segments to weave together in mesmerizing syncopation, highlighted during playback for an immersive composition experience.
AUX Notes: The innovative ‘AI wizard’ enhances your melodies and harmonies with tasteful passing notes, automatically inserted to enrich chord transitions. This live function adds another layer of sophistication to your music, with more enhancements planned for future updates.
Listener Update: The revamped Listener now provides three modes to manage AUX Notes output, ensuring seamless integration into your tracks.

Core Features Retained from Loop Engine 1.1

Multi-track Manipulation: Loop Engine’s advanced routing and playing options enable the seamless integration of up to 8 different MIDI parts into your DAW, fostering complex multi-track loops with the Loop Engine Listener.
Loop View: Globally adjust chord inversions, lengths, speeds, and keys. Fine-tune your entire riff or dive deeper with granular control over individual chord shapes, inversions, and velocity.
Chord Mode: Manipulate a broad spectrum of playback options for each chord with straightforward controls, transforming chord shapes and inversions for novel sonic textures.
Tensions & Extensions: Select from 21 chord types and apply Type and Tension using transformation buttons, bringing fresh sounds to Loop Engine’s Advanced Mode.
Creation Station: Generate new chords with the “Create” button, leveraging 30 chord types and tensions for organic harmonic progressions.
Simple Segments & Partition Playback: Sketch out ideas with up to 8 chord segments, each with 16 partitions, and experiment with melody and rhythm creation.
Overlap Mode: Unleash self-generating melodies with the POLY button, creating patterns that interact dynamically with changing chord segments.
Export MIDI: Customize your chords and riffs further by dragging and dropping directly into your DAW for editing and integration into your projects.
Powerful Presets: Access a variety of categorized presets for chords, riffs, and arpeggios, providing a starting point for musical exploration.

Enhanced Features for Loop Engine 2

  • Retain all the beloved functionalities of Loop Engine, from multi-track routing to extensive chord selection and creative randomization.
  • Loop Engine Listener plugin continues to facilitate routing voices to multiple tracks, now with improved management options.
  • Enjoy a more streamlined interface with minor adjustments for simplicity and efficiency.
  • Export MIDI functionality has been refined, allowing you to bring the unique patterns you create directly into your DAW with ease.

LOOP ENGINE 2, now with a more comprehensive preset manager and automation capabilities for essential controls, remains the ultimate tool for producers seeking innovation and quality. W. A. Production continues to empower creators with intuitive plugins that achieve studio-quality processing effortlessly.

Elevate your production with LOOP ENGINE 2 and let your creativity flow uninhibited.

  • Windows 8 and later (64 bit)
  • macOS 10.13 and later (64 bit)
  • AAX – ProTools 11 or higher

The plugin likely will not work properly on older OS versions. If the demo appears to work on your older system, this does not guarantee that the full version will work properly. If you are unsure whether or not the plugin will work on your system, please email [email protected].

Price History: Loop Engine 2
$109.00
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InstaComposer 2

Introducing Instacomposer 2: The Ultimate MIDI Generation Station

We’ve all experienced those moments when creativity runs dry. Fear not, as the newly updated Instacomposer 2 is your ultimate muse. This is a powerful MIDI generator plugin designed to revolutionize music creation. Whether you’re a professional musician or just starting out, this versatile tool offers endless possibilities for crafting captivating melodies, phrases, riffs, and chord progressions across various genres and styles. With its user-friendly interface and advanced algorithms, Instacomposer 2 lets you focus on getting ideas down fast, without spending hours auditioning parts manually. It’s the only generation station you need…

New to Instacomposer 2

Building on the foundation of the original, Instacomposer 2 sports exciting new features and improvements to enhance your experience. Organize ideas and song parts with 8 new “scenes”, providing a convenient way to store different variations within a single preset. Scale support is upgraded, with 22 additional scales ranging from Spanish, Arabic, Ryukyu and more. Melodies can be generated in different modes and paired with unique chord progressions for each scale. A new virtual keyboard and highlighted chord menus help with scale and chord selection. The update introduces two new generation modes. Drums; effortlessly generating drum lines across various styles and complexities, and Pad 2; creating fuller sounds by combining pad and chord modes. The AI algorithms have been further improved for rhythm, phrase, and melody generation, conjuring more refined results. New parameters like Sustain and Chord Helper provide additional control. The plugin now offers six total tracks, improved performance with reduced CPU usage, and legacy support for loading presets from the previous version.

Artificial Intelligence

Each new starting point for Instacomposer 2 generates a unique result, ensuring that you’ll never run out of fresh ideas and possibilities for your compositions. Unlike random note generation, Instacomposer 2 employs meticulously crafted algorithms and databases to produce musical ideas. By mimicking human creativity, it constructs rhythmic and melodic structures that just sound correct, selecting notes that fit the given scale and context, and creating cohesive phrases that complement underlying chords. Instacomposer 2 understands our brain’s affinity for pattern recognition in music. The AI uses different shapes and formats to build captivating combinations of beats and bars, adding rhythmic and melodic consistency often found in chart-topping music. By using smaller musical chunks that repeat or occur in various forms throughout the melody, Instacomposer 2 builds larger blocks, creating a sense of unity throughout your music. Depending on the selected mode and settings, the plugin harmonizes notes to enrich the sonics, resulting in a more cohesive composition as it aligns melody to chords. With adjustable AI controls and variable chaos parameters, you’re in charge of how Instacomposer 2 develops ideas (and how far it strays from the rules). Fine-tune various components such as chord complexity, note population, beat and bar structuring, pattern generation, harmonization, velocity randomization, and more.

Multi Mode: Instacomposer 2 includes complex algorithms for generating melodies, bass lines, ostinato, rhythmic patterns, pads, chords, drums and more. By exploring the potential of these modes, you can uncover unique and compelling music. With six tracks and eight scenes available, Instacomposer 2 offers flexibility and organization for multiple layers, alternative variations, and different song parts within a single preset.

MIDI Editor: With a user-friendly piano-roll interface at your fingertips, you can effortlessly manoeuvre, duplicate, and remove notes, breathing life into your riffs. The onboard MIDI editor can be used to tweak the output of Instacomposer 2. This means that you can manipulate the music before it leaves the plugin, adding your own creativity and personal style to the AI-generated phrases. Move, copy and delete notes within a familiar piano-roll interface, even changing the velocity.

MIDI Export: Edit and modify MIDI playback directly within the Instacomposer 2 interface. Save your output as a MIDI file or conveniently drag and drop it into your DAW. Each track can also be saved separately, providing ultimate flexibility. Alternatively, set up multi-channel instruments and route the MIDI from Instacomposer into your favourite VSTi’s. In this way you can preview all 6 tracks simultaneously, without ever leaving the plugin environment.

Presets: Instacomposer includes a huge number of factory presets, many more than the original version; useful musical motifs to get you up and running quickly which can eventually become the basis for whole tracks.

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

  • Intelligent MIDI Generation plugin
  • Create Melodies, Phrases, Riffs, Chords & more
  • Infinite ideas at the click of a button
  • Generate 5 tracks simultaneously
  • Multi-track and Multi-channel routing
  • Automatic harmonies and chord progression generation
  • Comprehensive MIDI editing
  • MIDI drag and drop
  • Multiple time signatures
  • Many controls for Probability, Complexity & Variation
  • Factory Presets

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later
  • VST

Mac

  • macOS 10.13 and later
  • VST, AU

The plugin likely will not work properly on older OS versions. If the demo appears to work on your older system, this does not guarantee that the full version will work properly. If you are unsure whether or not the plugin will work on your system, please email [email protected].

Price History: InstaComposer 2
$109.00
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InstaScale

W. A. Production is rolling out another innovative tool to assist you in your song creation adventures.

Play your instruments using the brilliant idea of relative notes, rather than the old static approach. Explore the world of scales and expand your creativity in a way that you never have before.

What is it?

InstaScale is a newly invented, scale oriented instrument with only 16 keys to play with. But wait, is that enough? Turns out it’s more than enough. Unlike the standard keyboard instruments where each key can only play a single note, InstaScale has a set of smart keys, each one capable of playing different notes. The new note will be based on the given scale, last note’s position and the action of the key assigned to it.

InstaScale is available as a MIDI processor plugin that can be used in any DAW that supports VST instrument plugins (with MIDI routing) or AU MIDI effect plugins, given you the freedom to play any instrument you choose without any limitations regarding the sound and hardware.

What can I use it for?

  • Learning. With all the scales included in the plugin and various information displayed on the interface, Instascale can be a valuable source to study and learn different scales and modes very quickly.
  • Ear Training. Get familiar with the scales in different keys and modes without having to know how to play them. Train your ear to recognize intervals and distances quickly. Using the home feature you can stay on a certain note and see what feelings it creates compared to the other notes of that scale.
  • Serious playing. Instascale might seem like a strange and unfamiliar instrument at first but don’t be fooled, like any other instrument with enough practice and dedication you can play a kind of mind blowing music that you could have never done with any other instrument out there.
  • Experimenting and getting inspired. Considering that you can never hit a wrong note with Instascale, just play random keys and get inspired by the unpredictable but musically pleasant results. Happy accidents always happen. You don’t even have to use your MIDI keyboard, you can use your drum pad/kit, map the pads to the correct keys and start playing. You’d be surprised how cool it feels and sounds.
  • Breaking the rules. The foundation of the plugin is based on doing things differently, knowing the rules first and then breaking them. So let it inspire you to go even further and find new ways to create music without limiting your mind to the concept of black and white keys and minor and major scales. The plugin guards the rules but lets you change them, bend them or break them. It lets you change the scale, root and home notes on the fly, do crazy runs, it even allows you to create your own experimental scales.

We are sure you will find Instascale fun to use whether it be as an educational tool to learn scales or expand your current knowledge, as an outlet for creativity, as a quick reference, or to be applied to your live set. Just like the creation of music, the possibilities within Instascale are endless and at your fingertips.

How does it work?

InstaScale works as a VST instrument and AU MIDI effect plugin. It receives midi data from the controller and swaps it with the processed one. In VST mode the output can be routed to any other instrument in the host application using the available routing functions in that host. The AU version works as a midi effect only in hosts like Logic Pro x that supports the type. There are 16 playing keys that will be used to play the target instrument. What these keys do and where they’re placed on the controller can be customized. They can have static offset values like ‘Home’ or a relative ones like ‘+2’ or ‘-3’. Using this offset value and the previous note, the plug-in calculate the actual note the key plays. you can read more about the playing keys in the manual. In addition to playing keys there are some control keys that can be used to change and control some of the parameters of the plugin like scale and octave directly from the MIDI controller.

Features
  • Relative Playing. Experience the idea of relative notes and new possibilities to play musical instruments.
  • Scales. A list of commonly known and used scales such as Major, Minor, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Spanish, Arabic, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Blues, In Sen, Hirajoshi and more.
  • User friendly Interface: There are a lot of elements on the interface such as different readouts, virtual keyboards and graphics which help the user have a better experience and get the most out of the plugin.
  • Edit or Add Scales. Users can edit existing scales or add their own scales (Full version only).
  • Home Note. The home note can be changed from the root to any other note on the scale making it possible to play different modes or accompany chord changes.
  • Playing Keys with lots of options. For each of the 16 playing keys, there are two menus. The mapping menu, and the action menu. First one determines where the key is placed  on the controller, and includes a list of MIDI notes. The second menu determines what the key does and includes some static and some relative options like ‘Home’, ‘Repeat’, ‘+1’, etc. You can read more about the playing keys in the manual.
  • Control Keys. There are several control keys that can be set and used to improve live performance. These keys provide an easy access to control and change the scale, octave, root and home parameters using midi notes on the controller.
  • Root -/+, Scale -/+, Home -/+, Octave -/+. When assigned to a midi note, these keys can be used to change the Key(root), Scale, Home Note and Octave by switching up or down the values.
  • Scale, Root, Home, Octave Switch keys. These assign a series of midi notes to be used to switch between specific values just by hitting a single note. For example by setting Root Switch to ‘C2-B2’, C2 on the controller will set the key to C, C# will set the key to C# and so on.
  • Poly: Multiple notes can be played simultaneously. Same notes can be stacked on top of each other to build chords. For example in C major, Home key plus two stacked +2 key will produce C major chord (C+E+G). The order of notes are important. So even if you’re using MIDI editor in your DAW and placing them at the same point in time or even on top of each other, the first note created will be the first one processed and so the second note’s value is based on the first ones.
  • Octave Shifter: Shifts the output octave up and down. Input octave can also be shifted to a more preferable playing position or to match the host’s labels, using ‘C2’ menu.
  • Pass through mode: By changing the mode to pass through, users can bypass the plugin play the target instrument normally.
  • Map Playing and Control Keys: Instascale allows users to change the default settings and map all the keys to desired midi notes. Different keys can have the same offset value making it possible to set interesting playing modes.

InstaScale can be used on any software that supports VST/VST3 plugins with MIDI routing or AU, AAX MIDI effect type. But to make sure it’s compatible with yours please try the Demo Version before you buy (only the C Major scale is available in the Demo Version).

  • Not compatible with Reason DAW

Installation and Setup

The installation instruction will be included in the downloaded package and manual.

Tested OK on:

Windows

  • FL Studio 12
  • Cubase 9.5
  • Studio One 3
  • Ableton Live 9
  • Pro Tools 11+

Mac

  • Cubase 9.5
  • Studio One 3
  • Ableton Live 9
  • Logic Pro X
  • Pro Tools 11+

Incompatible

  • Maschine 2 (Win / Mac) No MIDI routing
  • Reason (Win / Mac) No MIDI routing
System Requirements

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later (64-bit only) (M1 Apple Silicon Supported)
  • VST, VST3, AU and AAX

Important Note for M1 Mac Apple Silicon users: Before purchasing, please review the current compatibility status of this plugin on your system here.

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later (32 / 64-bit)
  • VST, VST3 and AAX
Price History: InstaScale
$69.00
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Nest

A Rule-Based MIDI Sequencer

Nest is a modular system which gravitates around the creation of MIDI. The basic ingredients are: 20 modules inspired by classic integrated circuits and today’s computer features, a clever voice to synth assignment, 12 patch scenes and a quad VST/Synth/MIDI Interface.

Key Features

  • Build your own sequencer!
  • More than 20 different modules
  • Generate 8 MIDI voices and assign to 4 targets
  • Host up to 4 VST2 plug-ins
  • Use internal synths and drums
  • Recall 12 scenes via MIDI
  • Send to 16 MDI channels
  • Plus MIDI CCs and automation
  • Multi audio outs (5 stereo)
  • Flexible scale system

What is Nest

Nest is a modular sequencer. It offers all kinds of modules to generate and process triggers and numbers. You can build highly complex sequencing environments with the aim to produce music with a life of its own.

Nest is equipped with resemblings of classical, transistor based integrated circuits like Shift Registers or Multiplexers, plus programming tools like the if/else and math modules. Also a writable Sequencer and flexible Arpeggiator are onboard, to make life easy when needed.

A clever voice assignment distributes the 8 possible MIDI voices to up to 4 different sound generators like VSTs, internal Synths and Drums or MIDI channels. This can make Nest not only fun when hosting your favorite plugins, you can also use it to drive your hardware park.

A new Sequencer everyday

Hardware is made of interesting components, and tinkering with them is loads of fun, now Nest provides this experience without sourcing parts and magic smoke. It provides access to the main building blocks of modern electronics, and it allows for free patching and experimenting.

You can throw circuits together like Lego bricks, and with that, sheer endless possibilities open up. Create beats from numbers and numbers from beats, distribute patterns across multiple sound sources, build intelligent songmachines.

Nest is a super flexible composition tool, which brings together classical transistor logic with modern computer functions. The wire-patching offers endless possibilities and surprises. With 12 patch scenes and a powerful sound interface, Nest is a little laboratory for complex, intelligent music machines.

The two faces of Nest

We have 2 Pages: Wire and Sound.

On the Wire Page we create the awesome patch and send it to up to 8 voice slots. The range of possibilities is sheer endless. More than 20 modules to combine, some rather for numbers (pitch, velocity, modulation), some for gates (triggers, rhythms). With 12 Scenes, a patch can have many variations and allows for playing with songs structures.

On the Sound Page, we receive these 8 voices and assign them freely to 4 channels. So we could have a huge layered 8 voice chord, or 3 voices could be drums, another 3 would be a chord and the last two might be a bassline and some samples. Each Channel can be an internal Synth, a VST Plugin or MIDI Out. A fine reverb puts your patch into perspective and adds a silver lining to even the most simple sounds. With the multiple audio outs, each sound channel plus the reverb channel can be routed to an individual DAW channel.

macOS

  • Requires macOS 10.12 or higher
  • Audio Unit, VST2, AAX, Standalone

Windows

  • Requires Windows 7 or higher
  • VST2, AAX, Standalone
Price History: Nest
$99.00
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InstaChord

A MIDI Processing Plugin that helps you play chords and chord progressions faster and easier.

The foundation of a great song is based on its harmonic movements and chord changes which often is called chord progression. A change in chord progression can have a drastic effect on the mood or direction of a song. Even those with a background in music theory can experience repetition and stagnation. Using richer chords and new chord progressions can take the song to a new level and make it sound unique and professional.

Whether or not you are an experienced musician or just a beginner, with a vast chord bank and amazing playability, InstaChord has something to offer to you.

  • If you’re a songwriter or a producer It will help you speed up the workflow and song creation process. Find the best progression and use a single midi pattern to play all of them.
  • If you’re a player it allows you to play some of the hardest chords, in any musical key and combination of notes and different voicings, using just a few keys on your controller. Or jam and practice over them without spending much time creating a jam track.
  • If you’re a student or a teacher you can use the plugin to learn and study the chords and use it as a reference and hear them in action.

Find the chords that work well together and build a perfect chord progression for your next song with just a few clicks.

You can transpose all the chords to any other key you want using the ‘transpose’ button. In addition to having access to chords and being able to set a progressions, one of the other great thing about InstaChord is it’s playability.

Features:

  • Chords with different voicing: We have Included almost all the common chords (maj, min, sus2, 6th, 7th, etc) in 5 different voicing (basic, 1st and 2nd inversions, guitar and wide). Each voicing mode has a unique sound due to the order of notes and might be a better choice to fit with the other chords in the song.
  • Playing chords:There are a lot of ways that you can play the chords. You can Hit or strum the chords with different combination of notes, speeds and directions. For example a key can be assigned to strum top 3 notes of the chord and another one to hit 2 middle notes. You can also play individual notes of the chord separately. So it’s possible to arpeggiate the chords or strum them manually as well.
  • Hold mode: This feature allows the fretting hand (chord changer keys) to control the sustain. So as long as the chord key is held down any note you play will ring out, just like a guitar or using a sustain pedal.
  • Chord Keys: Set up to 24 different chords and switch between them using the chord keys.
  • Action Keys: Set your own functions for the 24 action keys provided and tell them what you want them to do. Play a full strum, hit first two notes, transpose, etc.
  • Transpose: Transpose the current chords to any other key you want with just a few click. This is also useful when playing live when the key of the song changes.
  • Flexibility: Endless possibility of customization for any kind of applications. InstaChord is highly customizable and users can change things to match their needs. Set your own favorite action key setup out of vast number of action options and lock it so it won’t change when loading a new preset. The position of the chord and action keys on your controller, each in two separate octaves can be moved up or down placed in a more comfortable position.
  • Factory Preset 40 carefully designed presets included with the plugin. These presets with professional chord progressions might come in handy starting you’re new song. InstaChord is easy to install and use and has a user-friendly interface. But we wanted to make sure you get the most out of the plugin so we have made several tutorials that cover installing the plugin and setting it up on different operations systems and DAWs.
  • DAW Compatibility: InstaChord can be used on any software that supports VST/VST3 plug-ins with MIDI routing or AU/AAX MIDI effect type. But to make sure it’s compatible with yours, please try out the Demo Version before you buy (only major chords are allowed in the trial version).

  • Not compatible with Reason DAW

Internet connection required to activate

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later (64-bit only) (M1 Apple Silicon Supported)
  • VST, VST3, AU and AAX

Important Notes: There may be some issues with InstaChord on M1 Macs which W.A. Production are working on. For M1 Mac users, please use the Trial Version first.

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later (32 / 64-bit)
  • VST, VST3 and AAX
Price History: InstaChord
$69.00
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AudioCipher V3

Tired of staring at your DAW and waiting for inspiration to strike?

With AudioCipher, you type in a word or phrase to transform it into music instantly. Break through creative blocks by generating melodies and chord progressions in your key signature of choice.

Choose from a variety of scales, chords and rhythms. Discover new musical ideas and surprise yourself with patterns that you might not usually come up with.

Every word you enter has a precise, encoded musical signature with AudioCipher. This means that the core sequence of notes will always be the same for your phrase, as long as you choose the same scale. In this way, the MIDI is not completely random. But you never know what you’re going to get until you try a new word. It’s a roll of the dice!

Leverage the “randomize rhythm” and “random chord” options to audition unlimited variations using your word or phrase. Try generating a melody and a chord progression with the same phrase to see how they sound together. Edit your MIDI output in the piano roll to fine tune and sculpt the concept.

Join thousands of music producers using AudioCipher to transform the way they approach creating music in their DAW. Visit the AudioCipher blog for ongoing tips about how to use the app.

“AudioCipher has changed the way I think about making music. Instead of spending hours trying to come up with a chord progression or melody, I can just type in words and come up with something quickly.” – Cir Crawford, Music Producer

Feature List

  • Melody and Chord Generator
  • 9 Scales (Major / Minor / Chromatic / Harmonic Minor / 5 additional diatonic modes)
  • 6 Chord Types (Add2, Add4, Triad, Add6, Seventh, Ninth)
  • Chord randomization (Shuffle through chord types at random)
  • Rhythm Controls (Whole, Half, Quarter, Eigth, Sixteenth, and all triplet subdivisions in between)
  • Rhythm randomization (Apply a random duration to each note or chord in your MIDI output)
  • Playback controls (Standalone app only)
  • Drag MIDI to DAW or computer folder

Your AudioCipher V3 download will include:

  • Standalone MIDI app for Mac and Windows
  • VST3 for MacOS and Windows
  • AU component for Logic Pro X (MacOS)
  • Getting Started Guide.
  • Bonus Sample Pack for encoded melody examples

PC

  • Windows 10 required
  • 64-Bit application

MAC:

  • MacOS 10.15 or later required
  • 2 GB RAM (4+ GB recommended)

Mobile and tablet devices not currently supported.

Reason 11 does not support VST3 files or drag to midi functionality.

Not compatible with Bitwig

Visit AudioCipher FAQ page for instructions on installation and best practices

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InstaChord 2

Humanized Chords

We believe that creative expression should be simple, intuitive, and inspiring. When you’re making music, you need the right chords to set the tone and Instachord 2 delivers exactly what you called for… and fast!

We were so blown away with the reception to the original Instachord that we couldn’t resist developing that concept into a fully-fledged chord creator and mini-sequencer. Simple enough to be used by anyone, but with the power to make professional music, this dynamic MIDI processing plugin is the chord creation and sequencer tool that will take your music to the next level.

Whether you’re a songwriter or producer, this ideas engine will help you speed up your workflow and creation process. Find the best progression and apply a single pattern to play all of them. Easily master some of the hardest chords, in any musical key and combination of notes and different voicings. Use this plugin to generate chord shapes, learn tricky harmonics and share your creations.

NEW Pattern Editor

After releasing Instachord, an oft-requested update was to gain more control over strums and chord playback. We took that note and ran with it, creating a brand new interface window, the Pattern Editor. Here you’ll create your own patterns and sequences, dragging notes around in the same way as your DAW. Produce soaring synth arpeggios, pounding piano chords, or delicate guitar riffs. You get full management over time signature, play mode, and velocity with creative editing controls for strum programming.

NEW AI Generation

Adapted from our popular Instacomposer plugin, this generative button will take the existing scale and spawn brand-new riffs based on complex algorithms and a touch of randomization. Always musical and inspirational, these new ideas can be tweaked in the same way as your own patterns so that they fit perfectly into your song.

NEW Hold Modes

Compared to the original Instachord, this new version has many more playback options for fretting and picking notes. 5 in total, covering different behavior for holding notes and toggling chords. Whatever the instrument you’re playing, there will be an authentic playback mode to suit.

NEW Custom Chords

Edit existing chords or create your own by selecting intervals between notes to make custom chords. Alternatively, play in notes with your MIDI keyboard to help Instachord 2 learn your favorite chord shapes.

NEW MIDI Drag & Drop

Thanks to the latest update, you can now also drag and drop MIDI from the pattern editor right to your DAW.

So Many Chords

With over 60 chord shapes to choose from, you can explore inversions, voicings, augmentations, and extensions like never before, making your music sound more interesting and compelling. Choose your own chords from the extensive selection, or hit the Generator button to ask Instachord 2 for fascinating inspiration. Set up to 24 different chords and switch between them using the chord keys. Transpose the current chords to any other key you desire with a couple of clicks.

Playing chords & Picks

There are ways to play chords and picks than ever before, now all fully customizable in the Pattern Editor. For example, a key can be assigned to strum the top 3 notes of the chord and another to play a riff on the other 3 notes. You can also play individual notes of the chord separately. So it’s possible to manually arpeggiate or strum chords.

Action Stations

Newly integrated into the main playback keys, action keys can be set to transpose by octave or semitone, providing an easy way to move chords away whilst playing live.

Flexibility

Instachord 2 is highly customizable and users can change many aspects to match their needs. Select your own UI size, type of playback, key configuration, and position. You can even lock the Chord and Action keys so that they don’t change whilst you experiment with more presets and settings.

Factory Presets

Although Instachord 2 allows to program chords and riffs with simplicity, it’s even easier to use the preset system to take care of things. You’ll never be stuck for ideas with loads of carefully designed presets for both chord sequences and patterns. Suitable for keys, guitars, synths, and many other types of instruments, these presets make ideal jumping-off points for your next song.

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

  • Inspiring Chord, Strum & Pattern MIDI Processor
  • Connects to any sequencer
  • NEW Advanced pattern editor
  • NEW AI chord sequence & pattern generation
  • NEW Playback modes
  • NEW Edit & create custom chords
  • NEW MIDI Drag & Drop feature
  • 60+ Chord shapes & multiple voicings
  • Resizable interface
  • Factory presets
  • PDF Manual & Tutorial video
  • Important: All InstaChord 1 Presets ARE compatible with InstaChord 2
  • Not compatible with Reason DAW

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later (32/64 bit)
  • VST

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later
  • VST, AU

The plugin likely will not work properly on older OS versions. If the demo appears to work on your older system, this does not guarantee that the full version will work properly. If you are unsure whether or not the plugin will work on your system, please email [email protected].

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SeqCollection2

This is a multi-mode sequencer plugin.

There are 6 sequencer modes available. (Acid, Dark, M5816, Step16, Hexa, Euclid), as well as 4 modulation signal generators and 8 macro controls available for parameter modulation.

Main Features:

  • 6 sequencer engines
  • 4 modulation signal generators and 8 macro controls
  • Drag & drop modulation assignment
  • Midi effect rack with 9 midi effects
  • Midi recorder
  • Sequencer pattern snapshots
  • Resizable interface
  • Midi Learn

You can also insert midi effects after the sequencer engine output.

There are 9 midi effects available.

  • Octave
  • Transpose
  • Scale
  • Harmonizer
  • Velocity
  • Note Chance
  • Note Echo
  • Midi Ctrl
  • Midi CC

Finally you export the results as a midi file using the midi recorder.

Compatible with:

  • Win : Windows7 or higher
  • Mac: macOS 10.12 or higher 

Format:

  • VST2 and AUv3, 32/64 bit for Windows and Mac
  • NOT COMPATIBLE WITH REASON
Price History: SeqCollection2
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HY-SEQ32

HY-SEQ32 is a Midi Sequencer

FEATURING:

  • Pitch Sequencer
  • Param Sequencer
  • CC Sequencer
  • CC Rack
  • Modulation FX
    • LFO
    • Sample & Hold unit
    • Probability Based LFO

Pitch SEQ

This is a 32 step sequencer for generating Midi note messages. You can use up to 4 Pitch SEQ units at the same time.

Each unit can run independently, so it is possible to set run speed, directions, step size and etc, individually.

You can make 8 parameter setting snapshots. Featuring a randomize function!

Param SEQ

This is a sequencer for controlling Pitch SEQ parameters. You can assign different target parameter per step

CC SEQ

This is a sequencer for generating Midi control change messages.

CC Rack

This is a unit which contains 8 CC knobs. Each knob can control individual CC target.

OCT/TP SEQ

This sequencer controls the master octave/transpose values

MODULATION

Each SEQ/Rack unit has 8 exclusive modulation units.

Each modulation unit contains 3 types of modulation signal generator(LFO, Sample&Hold and Probability LFO). You can use one of these types at the same time per a modulatio

More Effects:

  • Swing
  • Octave/Tranpose
  • SEQ ReStart/ReSync
  • Chord FX
  • Scale FX
  • MIDI Recorder
  • Snapshot Chainer

CHORD FX

The chord effect is a Midi effect that converting incoming note into a chord.

FORMAT REQUIREMENTS

  • VST2, VST3 and AUv3 for Windows, macOS and Linux
  • AUv3 is only for Logic user
  • Mac version is 64bit only

OS REQUIREMENTS

  • Win : Windows7 or higher
  • Mac : OSX 10.9 or higher
Price History: HY-SEQ32
$50.00
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Chords Pro

Pro-grade chord progressions for instant inspiration

After the release of the original “Chords” we started to get lots of emails asking for an even more expansive set of features. Always keen to listen to feedback, we took the most wanted requests, threw in a few ideas of our own, and CHORDS PRO was born.

With almost double the number of chord types, A/B comparison modes and intelligent randomisation, CHORDS PRO develops concepts from the original plugin. For a fresh hit of motivation and creativity, this plugin should be your new go-to for designing your own chord progressions.

Originally designed for EDM productions, but useful for a variety of genres, this upgraded workstation will conjure chords of all shapes and sizes with ease – in just a couple of clicks. Try out new ideas within the intuitive interface or click “create” to have CHORDS PRO come up with unique concepts, from suggesting single 4-note chords to producing entire 8-chord riffs.

Place this MIDI effect ahead of any MIDI-triggered audio generating plugin and hit play in your DAW. The innovate software will generate looped options for up to 8 chords with full control over chord shape, inversions, velocity and more. Then just drag the MIDI straight from the plugin to your project, letting your creativity flow freely, guided by the suggestions from CHORDS PRO.

New to CHORDS PRO

With such a great reception to the original, we’ve injected CHORDS PRO with many new features: Use the A/B comparison toggle to lock-in a favourite sequence, whilst experimenting on another version of it. Hit the “create” button to intelligently randomise one or more chords in a sequence, based on the starting chords of your riff. The original plugin has only 18 chord types, but CHORDS PRO contains 30. Under the hood, the programming has been refreshed to take account of these new chord shapes, so that progressions sound musical and natural. This also applies to the refreshed and expanded selection of factory presets.

Global or Granular

Use the global controls to adjust inversions, length, speed and root key of the entire playback, making on-the-fly adjustments to your entire riff a simple process. To get into the detail, click a segment for more granular control over chord shapes (including major / minor variations), individual inversions and velocity.

Simple Segments

With up to 8 segments, each containing a different chord type, you can choose to trigger between one and four notes per chord. The playback of these segments syncs to the host BPM of your DAW, always remaining locked in time. You can add and subtract segments with ease and change a range of parameters, independently for each segment.

Essential Parameters

Each segment can be programmed with inversions from -6 to +6, transforming chord shapes and placing the root note inside of the chord itself. Experiment by pushing the lowest notes up an octave, or highest notes down an octave, turning your chords inside out.

Just The Tonic

With your chords loaded and a segment chosen, use the expanding range of chord shapes in the centre of the interface to choose between 30 different chord types: Tonic, Subdominant or Dominant. From simple triads, right through to more complex shapes, let CHORDS PRO find the right notes for any related chord. Fancy a Cmadd9 or a Am7b5? Just let this plugin find the correct notes and work out the difficult stuff for you.

Export MIDI

To get the chord progressions into your own projects, simply drag and drop from the plugin to your DAW. Then you can edit to your heart’s content, chopping up the MIDI, transposing and twisting the CHORDS PRO suggestions to suit your own style of music.

Powerful Presets

CHORDS PRO includes a huge number of factory preset progressions, refreshed and expanded from the original. These are all labelled in detail and are useful musical motifs to get you up and running quickly, which can eventually become the basis for whole tracks.

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

  • Professional Chord-creating MIDI effect
  • NEW: Intelligent randomisation
  • NEW: A/B Toggle with copy & paste
  • NEW: 30 Chord types
  • NEW: Updated & expanded factory presets
  • Connects to any sequencer
  • Global and per-segment control
  • Intelligent harmonic progressions
  • Preview mode for in-plugin playback
  • Export MIDI
  • Resizable interface
  • PDF Manual & Tutorial video
  • Windows 8 and later (64 bit)
  • macOS 10.15 and later (64 bit)
  • AAX – ProTools 11 or higher

The plugin likely will not work properly on older OS versions. If the demo appears to work on your older system, this does not guarantee that the full version will work properly. If you are unsure whether or not the plugin will work on your system, please email [email protected].

  • Not compatible with Reason DAW
Price History: Chords Pro
$59.90
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Cthulhu

The Chord and Arp Monster VST MIDI-FX Plug-In Harmonic Inspiration, Made Easy.

CHORDS MODULE

One Note Becomes Many. Cthulhu is firstly a chord memorizer and player, allowing you to experiment with creating and reworking chord progressions with single-note presses.

Included are over 150 factory chord presets allowing for a near-unlimited amount of possible musical-sounding chord progressions.

Import MIDI or ‘record’ chords straight in, Cthulhu is able to analyze the chords you play and allow for various sorting options (Circle of 5ths, Chromatic, low note, etc) allowing for easy access over your chords!

ARP MODULE

Transform your chords in new ways. The other half of Cthulhu is a unique pattern-based arpeggiator, allowing incoming notes or chords to be manipulated in various rhythmic ways.

The 8 tabs of the step-sequencer allow you to completely reshape the incoming MIDI notes, even a single note fed into the arp can become a unique and rhythmic riff!

Even if you have other arpeggio software plug-ins, Cthulhu’s arp is unique and powerful with advanced features such as chord-arpeggio mode, ties, duration / velocity sequencing, intelligent transpose, harmony, and more!

Every tab of the sequencer can operate on its own length, allowing for evolving polymetric arpeggios.

From simple to complex, from chaotic to creating precise arpeggio – you imagine in your head!

Minimum System Requirements: Windows 7 SP1 OS X 10.6 or greater

  • VST, AudioUnit, or AAX compatible host.
  • AAX requires PT 10.3.5 or later – RTAS not supported via third party wrapper.

Reason 9.5 is not supported (they do not support MIDI out).

Logic Users: It is recommended to be using Logic X and the MIDI FX version of Cthulhu (installs automatically).

Price History: Cthulhu
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Insta Series

Inspire, compose, and create in an instant with the InstaSeries Bundle.

You could spend thousands on college courses and countless hours on YouTube tutorials learning music theory just so you can try to remember every possible scale and chord progression. Almost impossible! Imagine all that knowledge being available to you in an instant. Designed for those who know, those who are learning, and those who are stuck asking the age-old question, “What comes next?” — we offer you, The InstaSeries Bundle.

We’ve combined our most powerful resources InstaComposer, InstaScale, and InstaChord, into one fantastic package. Now, you can access the missing link in that perfect scale or brilliant chord progression — or let InstaComposer’s AI generate melodies and progressions for you with ease.

Explore your innermost creativity and rekindle your inspiration with endless combinations and possibilities. All three plugins are user-friendly, clearly labeled, and easy to navigate. And, since they are lightweight, they won’t devour your CPU.

As a professional with time restrictions and deadlines, who has time to sit and play the guessing game or look up the 4th degree of an A major? Or what the 3rd chord in C major is? Get the perfect scale, the perfect chord, and cohesive melodies in an instant with InstaSeries.

With this bundle, you can take advantage of drastic savings over purchasing them individually. Get in on this incredible deal and feed the need to create — brought to you by the sound design masterminds at W. A. Production.

InstaComposer

Sometimes inspiration comes at you thick and fast… but sometimes not. Instacomposer is your saviour when creativity runs dry, or when you just need your talent topped up. This MIDI generation plugin can conjure melody, rhythm, bass, pads and chords at the click of a button – all using artificial intelligence to create genuinely useful and musical riffs. This is the next step in automatic composition, using a complex algorithm to determine notes, harmonies and chords based on your personal preferences. With this much composing power at your fingertips, you’ll never be stuck in a musical rut again.

Features

  • Intelligent MIDI Generation plugin
  • Create Melodies, Phrases, Riffs, Chords & more
  • Infinite ideas at the click of a button
  • Generate 5 tracks simultaneously
  • Multi-track and Multi-channel routing
  • Automatic harmonies and chord progression generation
  • Comprehensive MIDI editing
  • MIDI drag and drop
  • Multiple time signatures
  • Many controls for Probability, Complexity & Variation
  • Factory Presets
  • Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video

InstaChord

A MIDI Processing Plugin that helps you play chords and chord progressions faster and easier.

The foundation of a great song is based on its harmonic movements and chord changes which often is called chord progression. A change in chord progression can have a drastic effect on the mood or direction of a song. Even those with a background in music theory can experience repetition and stagnation. Using richer chords and new chord progressions can take the song to a new level and make it sound unique and professional.

Whether or not you are an experienced musician or just a beginner, with a vast chord bank and amazing playability, Instachord has something to offer to you.

  • If you’re a songwriter or a producer It will help you speed up the workflow and song creation process. Find the best progression and use a single midi pattern to play all of them.
  • If you’re a player it allows you to play some of the hardest chords, in any musical key and combination of notes and different voicings, using just a few keys on your controller. Or jam and practice over them without spending much time creating a jam track.
  • If you’re a student or a teacher you can use the plugin to learn and study the chords and use it as a reference and hear them in action.

InstaScale

What is it?

Instascale is a newly invented, scale oriented instrument with only 16 keys to play with. But wait, is that enough? Turns out it’s more than enough. Unlike the standard keyboard instruments where each key can only play a single note, Instascale has a set of smart keys, each one capable of playing different notes. The new note will be based on the given scale, last note’s position and the action of the key assigned to it.

Instascale is available as a MIDI processor plugin that can be used in any DAW that supports VST instrument plugins (with MIDI routing) or AU MIDI effect plugins, given you the freedom to play any instrument you choose without any limitations regarding the sound and hardware.

What can I use it for?

  • Learning. With all the scales included in the plugin and various information displayed on the interface, Instascale can be a valuable source to study and learn different scales and modes very quickly.
  • Ear Training. Get familiar with the scales in different keys and modes without having to know how to play them. Train your ear to recognize intervals and distances quickly. Using the home feature you can stay on a certain note and see what feelings it creates compared to the other notes of that scale.
  • Serious playing. Instascale might seem like a strange and unfamiliar instrument at first but don’t be fooled, like any other instrument with enough practice and dedication you can play a kind of mind blowing music that you could have never done with any other instrument out there.
  • Experimenting and getting inspired. Considering that you can never hit a wrong note with Instascale, just play random keys and get inspired by the unpredictable but musically pleasant results. Happy accidents always happen. You don’t even have to use your MIDI keyboard, you can use your drum pad/kit, map the pads to the correct keys and start playing. You’d be surprised how cool it feels and sounds.
  • Breaking the rules. The foundation of the plugin is based on doing things differently, knowing the rules first and then breaking them. So let it inspire you to go even further and find new ways to create music without limiting your mind to the concept of black and white keys and minor and major scales. The plugin guards the rules but lets you change them, bend them or break them. It lets you change the scale, root and home notes on the fly, do crazy runs, it even allows you to create your own experimental scales.
  • Not compatible with Reason DAW

InstaComposer

Internet Connection Required for ONLINE Authorization

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later VST

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later VST, AU

InstaComposer can be used on any software that supports VST or AAX plug-ins with MIDI routing or AU MIDI effect type.

Tested OK on:

Windows

  • FL Studio 12 (and newer)
  • Cubase 10 (and newer)
  • Studio One 5 (and newer)
  • Ableton Live 9 (and newer) (Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing)
  • Pro Tools 11 (and newer)

Mac

  • FL Studio 12 (and newer)
  • Cubase 10 (and newer)
  • Studio One 5 (and newer)
  • Ableton Live 9 (and newer) (Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing)
  • Logic Pro X (and newer)
  • Pro Tools 11 (and newer)

Global

  • NI Maschine – Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing
  • Mixcraft – Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing

Incompatibility Issues:

  • Maschine 2
  • Reason

InstaChord

Internet connection required to activate

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later (64-bit only) (M1 Apple Silicon Supported)
  • VST, VST3, AU and AAX

Important Notes: There may be some issues with InstaChord on M1 Macs which W.A. Production are working on. For M1 Mac users, please use the Trial Version first.

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later (32 / 64-bit)
  • VST, VST3 and AAX

InstaScale

InstaScale can be used on any software that supports VST/VST3 plugins with MIDI routing or AU, AAX MIDI effect type. But to make sure it’s compatible with yours please try the Demo Version before you buy (only the C Major scale is available in the Demo Version).

Installation and Setup

The installation instruction will be included in the downloaded package and manual.

Tested OK on:

Windows

  • FL Studio 12
  • Cubase 9.5
  • Studio One 3
  • Ableton Live 9
  • Pro Tools 11+

Mac

  • Cubase 9.5
  • Studio One 3
  • Ableton Live 9
  • Logic Pro X
  • Pro Tools 11+

Incompatible

  • Maschine 2 (Win / Mac) No MIDI routing
  • Reason (Win / Mac) No MIDI routing
System Requirements

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later (64-bit only) (M1 Apple Silicon Supported)
  • VST, VST3, AU and AAX

Important Note for M1 Mac Apple Silicon users: Before purchasing, please review the current compatibility status of this plugin on your system here.

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later (32 / 64-bit)
  • VST, VST3 and AAX
Price History: Insta Series
$238.00
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Crafters Bundle

Blue Cat’s Crafters Pack is the ultimate audio toolkit to design your own custom toolbox.

Write your own effects or virtual instruments with Blue Cat’s Plug’n Script, create custom MIDI controllers with Blue Cat’s Remote Control, and connect everything together with Blue Cat’s PatchWork, as a plug-in or standalone application.

With Blue Cat’s MB-7 Mixer, create your own multiband processors by applying plug-ins of your choice (including your own!) to distinct frequency bands.

The “Multi” analysis plug-ins series are also included, to help you during the creation process: analyze and match existing gear, or check how your processing chains are impacting the signal.

If you really care about having tools that adapt to your own workflow, or if you are a programmer and want to speed up your development process, check it out: Blue Cat’s Crafters Pack will unleash your creativity!

Bundled Products Include:

  • FreqAnalyst Multi
  • MB-7 Mixer
  • Oscilloscope Multi
  • Patchwork
  • Plug’n Script
  • Remote Control
  • StereoScope Multi
Windows
  • An SSE2-enabled processor (Pentium 4 or newer).
  • Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8 or 10.
  • Any DirectX / VST / RTAS / AAX compatible host software (32 or 64 bit).
Mac OS X
  • An Intel processor.
  • Mac OS Sierra (10.12), Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11), Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10), Mavericks (10.9), Mountain Lion (10.8), Lion (10.7) , Snow Leopard (10.6), or Leopard (10.5).
  • Any VST / Audio Unit (32/64-bit) / RTAS / AAX compatible application.
Price History: Crafters Bundle
$399.00
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InstaComposer

New Generation Composition Tool

Sometimes inspiration comes at you thick and fast… but sometimes not. Instacomposer is your savior when creativity runs dry, or when you just need your talent topped up. This MIDI generation plugin can conjure melody, rhythm, bass, pads and chords at the click of a button – all using artificial intelligence to create genuinely useful and musical riffs.

This is the next step in automatic composition, using a complex algorithm to determine notes, harmonies and chords based on your personal preferences. With this much composing power at your fingertips, you’ll never be stuck in a musical rut again.

Artificial Intelligence

The backbone of Instacomposer is a behind-the-scenes decision-making matrix that creates notes based on both mathematics and musical knowledge. Plus, the artificial intelligence factors in a whole host of parameters that you can set in the bottom panel, from repetition probability to the complexity of chord shapes. Harmonic variations, strumming techniques and note density are just some of the myriad of options that can be adjusted, feeding the algorithm your own personal set of preferences. 

Total Flexibility

Instacomposer is as unique as you are, taking into account your chosen scale, time signature and riff length. Choose to create new sequences for one, some or all of the 5 tracks, and in any combination of melody, rhythm, bass, pad and chord. 

MIDI Editor

The onboard MIDI editor can be used to tweak the output of Instacomposer within the interface itself. This means that you can manipulate the music before it leaves the plugin, adding your own creativity and personal style on top of what the plugin has offered you. Move, copy and delete notes within a familiar piano-roll interface, even changing the velocity. 

MIDI Export

Drag the MIDI tracks straight out of Instacomposer and into your DAW for ultimate ease of use. Alternatively, set up multi-channel instruments and route the MIDI from Instacomposer into your favourite VSTi’s. In this way, you can preview all 5 tracks simultaneously, without ever leaving the Instacomposer environment. 

Presets

Instacomposer includes a huge number of factory presets; useful musical motifs to get you up and running quickly which can eventually become the basis for whole tracks. 

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

MAIN FEATURES

  • Intelligent MIDI Generation plugin 
  • Create Melodies, Phrases, Riffs, Chords & more
  • Infinite ideas at the click of a button
  • Generate 5 tracks simultaneously
  • Multi-track and Multi-channel routing
  • Automatic harmonies and chord progression generation
  • Comprehensive MIDI editing
  • MIDI drag and drop
  • Multiple time signatures
  • Many controls for Probability, Complexity & Variation
  • Factory Presets
  • Full PDF Manual & Tutorial video
  • Not compatible with Reason DAW

Internet Connection Required for ONLINE Authorization

Windows

  • Windows 8 and later VST

Mac

  • macOS 10.15 and later VST, AU

InstaComposer can be used on any software that supports VST or AAX plug-ins with MIDI routing or AU MIDI effect type.

Tested OK on:

Windows

  • FL Studio 12 (and newer)
  • Cubase 10 (and newer)
  • Studio One 5 (and newer)
  • Ableton Live 9 (and newer) (Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing)
  • Pro Tools 11 (and newer)

Mac

  • FL Studio 12 (and newer)
  • Cubase 10 (and newer)
  • Studio One 5 (and newer)
  • Ableton Live 9 (and newer) (Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing)
  • Logic Pro X (and newer)
  • Pro Tools 11 (and newer)

Global

  • NI Maschine – Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing
  • Mixcraft – Blue Cat’s Patchwork plugin needed for multi-channel MIDI routing

Incompatibility Issues:

  • Maschine 2
  • Reason
Price History: InstaComposer
$99.00
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Fluid Pitch

The Creative Pitchbending Plugin.

Fluid pitch is an innovative next-generation Pitch bend system, which is not only free of existing constraints but a Revolutionary Leap Forward in Music expressions for all Musicians using any standard MIDI keyboard.

Fluid pitch introduces World’s First Scale-Locked-Pitch-Bend System powered by MIDI to MPE upscale engine. Now musicians no longer have to think about which scale or where they are using the pitch bend wheel, Fluid pitch always takes you to the right note!

Play any style of music with unparalleled ease and boost your confidence on stage, without the need to buy any new keyboard or going through a new learning curve.

Now Experience Fluid pitch bending, Polyphonic pitch bending, Access Mpe synths, Micro tune individual notes, and open new dimensions in creativity.

Scale Locked Pitch Bend System (SLPB)

Fluid pitch Introduces world’s first scale locked pitch bend system which can lock your keyboard’s pitch bend to any scale you want, giving you access to fluid pitch bending.

Realtime access to different pitch bend ranges

You can choose any range for your pitch bend wheel and change it in real time while performing.

MPE Upscale Technology

Upgrade your standard MIDI keyboard into an MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) device and access MPE Synths without MPE hardware.

Polyphonic Pitch Bending

Introduce chord bending into your music powered by MPE Upscale Technology.

Microtuning

With Fluid Pitch, you can now tune any note in the scale up to 100 cents up or down giving you access to a whole new world of microtonal scales, melodies and harmonies. Access a new world of micro tuned scales in Indian ragas and Middle Eastern maqam’s.

Mac

  • OS X 10.9 and above (64-bit only) (M1 Apple Silicon supported with Logic Pro version 10.6.2)
  • AU, VST, VST3, Standalone APP.

PC

  • Windows 10 (Windows 7 might run but not officially supported) (64-bit only)
  • VST, VST3, Standalone APP.

DAW Compatibility:

  • Cubase – VST3, VST, Standalone APP
  • FL Studio – VST
  • Studio One – VST, Standalone APP
  • Ableton Live – VST (Monophonic mode , Polyphonic mode using standalone app only)
  • Logic Pro X – AU (Mac only),
  • Reaper – VST
  • MainStage – AU (Mac only)
  • Bitwig Studio – VST, Standalone APP
  • Gig Performer – VST, VST3
  • Reason – Using Blue Cat’s PatchWork
  • Maschine – Using Blue Cat’s PatchWork
  • Digital Performer – Using Blue Cat’s PatchWork
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CHORDS

Inspirational Chord Progressions to Kickstart Your Music

When you first sit down at a blank project sometimes you need a fresh hit of motivation and creativity. That’s why CHORDS is here for you. Originally designed for EDM productions, but useful for a variety of genres, this clever workstation will conjure chords of all shapes and sizes with just a couple of clicks. Try out new ideas for your tracks within the intuitive interface and let this plugin take the strain, from suggesting single 4-note chords to producing entire 8-chord riffs.

CHORDS must be assigned to a MIDI track or instrument track on your DAW via MIDI In. For the required routing setup, follow instructions in the manual of your DAW. The innovative software will generate looped options for up to 8 chords with full control over chord shape, inversions, velocity and more. Then just drag the MIDI straight from the plugin to your project, letting your creativity flow freely, guided by the suggestions from CHORDS.

Global or Granular

Use the global controls to adjust inversions, length, speed and root key of the entire playback, making on-the-fly adjustments to your entire riff a simple process. To get into the detail, click a segment for more granular control over chord shapes (including major/minor variations), individual inversions and velocity. 

Simple Segments

With up to 8 segments, each containing a different chord type, you can choose to trigger between one and four notes per chord. The playback of these segments syncs to the host BPM of your DAW, always remaining locked in time. You can add and subtract segments with ease and change a range of parameters, independently for each segment. 

Essential Parameters 

Each segment can be programmed with inversions from -6 to +6, transforming chord shapes and placing the root note inside of the chord itself. Experiment by pushing the lowest notes up an octave, or highest notes down an octave, turning your chords inside out.

Just The Tonic

With your chords loaded and a segment chosen, use the 18 buttons in the centre of the interface to choose Tonic, Subdominant or Dominant chord shapes. From simple triads, right through to more complex shapes, let CHORDS find the right notes for any related chord. Fancy a G7sus4 or a Bm7b5? Just let this plugin find the correct notes and work out the difficult stuff for you.

Export MIDI

To get the chord progressions into your own projects, simply drag and drop from the plugin to your DAW. Then you can edit to your heart’s content, chopping up the MIDI, transposing and twisting the CHORDS suggestions to suit your own style of music.

Powerful Presets

CHORDS includes a huge number of factory preset progressions, all labelled in detail. These are useful musical motifs to get you up and running quickly which can eventually become the basis for whole tracks. 

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

  • Chord-creating MIDI effect
  • Connects to any sequencer
  • Global and per-segment control
  • Intelligent harmonic progressions
  • Preview mode for in-plugin playback
  • Export MIDI
  • Factory presets
  • Resizable interface
  • PDF Manual & Tutorial video
  • Windows 8 and later (64-bit only)
  • macOS 10.15 and later (64-bit only)

Please Note: AAX Format requires Pro Tools 11 or higher.

Important Note for M1 Mac Apple Silicon users: Before purchasing, please review the current compatibility status of this plugin on your system here.

  • Not compatible with Reason DAW
Price History: CHORDS
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Harmony Bloom

Harmony Bloom is an innovative MIDI generator that merges polyrhythmic patterns with visually engaging interfaces.

Designed for both Windows and MacOS, it supports VST3, AU formats and Standalone. This versatile tool enhances musical creativity by allowing MIDI data transmission to any compatible device. It features an array of controls, including a main panel with extensive functionalities like preset selection, rhythm and scale adjustment, and visual sequencing.

The software also boasts MIDI Learn capabilities for intricate control mapping, an advanced preset management system with search and sorting options, and the ability to save and share presets externally. Harmony Bloom transforms musical experiences with its blend of technical prowess and immersive visuals, offering a unique platform for musical exploration and innovation.

Key Features:

  • Circle Central: Elevating Creativity with Seamless Note Patterns
  • Seamless MIDI Control: Activate, Deactivate, and Transpose with Ease
  • Diverse Sound Palette: 57 Expertly Curated Note Collections
  • Unleash Creativity: Global and Individual Random Buttons for EndlessPossibilities
  • Musical Diversity: Craft Simple to Complex Patterns with 2 to 82 Notes
  • Total Rhythmic Control: From Quantized Precision to Freeform Flexibility
  • Probability-Driven Patterns: Dynamic Creation with Certainty and Surprise
  • Perfect Sync: Integrate Flawlessly with Your DAW’s BPM
  • Expressive Dynamics: Control Velocity for Lifelike Sound Playback
  • Interactive Sequencer: 8 Points for Tactical Note Activation
  • Custom Timing Control: Accelerate or Decelerate Notes for Dynamic Composition
  • Harmonic Alignment: 57 Scales and Modes for Consistent Musicality
  • MIDI CC Flexibility: Parameter Control at Your Fingertips
  • Shareable Presets: Save and Exchange Creativity Effortlessly
  • Universal Compatibility: Works with Major DAWs and Formats
  • Streamlined MIDI Export: Effortless Integration into Your Music Production Workflow
  • Trigger Bars can be mapped to be sent through different independent MIDI channels. Additionally, it is possible to select the octave for each trigger bar independently.
  • Customize the interface as you like, control the colors of the elements, the spirals, or the background.

For MacOS:

  • Version 10.13 or higher.
  • Intel Core i5 processor / Native Apple Silicon support.
  • 4GB of RAM.

For Windows:

  • Windows 10 or higher.
  • Intel Core i5 processor.
  • 4GB of RAM.

An initial internet connection is required for license activation.

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Loop Engine

W. A. Production presents LOOP ENGINE, the next generation of cutting-edge multi-voice loop tools.

This revolutionary plugin unlocks a new standard for MIDI generation by drawing on the legacy of CHORDS plugins and pushing the boundaries even further. Say goodbye to the limitations of static chord shapes and divisible segments as Loop Engine takes riffs, arps and melodies to the next level with its dynamic tonal capabilities.

This plugin allows you to generate MIDI loops outside the norm, with intuitive controls to shape the algorithms. Always inspiring and innovative, this powerful tool is designed to set your tracks alight and help kickstart the ideas behind new musical creations.

Originally designed for EDM productions, but totally effective in all sorts of other genres, this loop workstation will manufacture note progressions with flair and ease, based on chord shapes and rules. Try out new ideas within the intuitive circular interface or click “create” to instruct the plugin to produce imaginative ideas.

We’ve stacked the feature set of Loop Engine with new concepts to create a whole new way of working that massively expands the scope of what MIDI generation can be. Routing options for multi-track playback mean that integrating this plugin into a DAW project is easier than ever. Use your favourite virtual synths and instruments with Loop Engine seeding up to 8 different MIDI parts, sending them to an accompanying secondary plugin; Loop Engine Listener. Using these two tools, you can design complex multi-track loops that span multiple tracks of your DAW… or simply use the presets as a jumping-off point for some legendary loops.

Multi-track Manipulation: Although it looks similar, Loop Engine is far more fully-featured than any previous CHORDS plugins. It offers advanced multi-track routing and playing and a wealth of new functions; piano roll view, additional chords, voicing rules, chord range, the ability to add tension notes and choose open, mixed, or close chord positions.

Loop Engine Listener: Routing MIDI out of the primary plugin and into additional tracks is the special sauce behind Loop Engine. This is achieved with an additional secondary plugin; Loop Engine Listener. Loop Engine outputs up to 8 independent MIDI voices that you can route to Loop Engine Listener, loaded onto instrument tracks in your DAW. Choose which voices supply which tracks, and easily swap them with just a couple of clicks.

Loop View: Global controls can be adjusted in Loop View, tweaking chord inversions, length, speed and root major/minor and key of the entire playback. Make on-the-fly adjustments to your entire riff incredibly easily. To get into the detail, click a chord segment for more granular control over chord shapes, individual inversions and velocity.

Chord Mode: A broad range of playback options for each chord can be manipulated using straightforward controls. Program each chord segment with inversions ranging from -4 to +4. Transform the chord shapes with the Range parameter, spacing out the notes more widely. Push the lowest notes up an octave or the highest notes down an octave to turn your chords inside out.

Tensions & Extensions: With your chords loaded and a segment chosen, use the range of chord shapes in the centre of the interface to choose between 21 chord types: Tonic, Subdominant or Dominant, from simple triads to more advanced chord shapes. Apply chord Type and Tension with 9 transformation buttons, new to Loop Engine’s Advanced Mode.

Creation Station: Click “Create” to randomly generate one or more chords, on which the note and loop playback is based. Loop Engine offers 30 diverse chord types and tensions to produce harmonic progressions for natural sequences.

Simple Segments: Create up to 8 chord segments, each with up to 8 partitions. Trigger between one and four notes per chord and choose how to play them. Playback is locked to the BPM of your DAW, and you can add/subtract segments and modify parameters individually.

Partition Playback: Split chords into partitions, drawing in the playback of the 4 chord notes to create melodies, arpeggios, shorter chords and loops. With options for Copy / Paste and Repeat, it’s easy to sketch out loop ideas for just one chord and then apply that playback to the others, experimenting as you go. Don’t forget the voicing options, which can send up to 8 loops to 8 different DAW tracks.

Overlap Mode: The POLY button creates patterns that loop indefinitely. These patterns can be longer or shorter than chord segments and loop iterations and will create intertwining arps that reach beyond the normal chord structures. Whenever a portion of a poly pattern enters a new chord segment, the notes of that section will adapt to the new harmonic environment. Go wild and create self-generating melodies with poly mode, multiple voices and all their recombinations.

Export MIDI: To customise your chords and riffs even further, drag and drop chords and arps from the plugin directly into your DAW. Making your original chords ripe for MIDI editing, transposing, and tweaking to fit the sound of your music.

Powerful Presets: Loop Engine offers many categorised presets for chord progressions. In addition, sequence presets for chords, riffs and arpeggios. These presets make it easy to source musical motifs that can evolve into full tracks.

W. A. Production are real-life producers making creative plugins to help you achieve studio quality processing quickly and easily. Enjoy!

Features

  • Multi-track Chord & Arp MIDI effect
  • Connects to any DAW
  • Route up to 8 voices from a single Loop Engine
  • Loop Engine Listener plugin for routing voices to multiple tracks
  • Extensive chord selection with additional options for types and tensions
  • Closed, open, and mixed chord positions for optimal voice leading
  • Creative randomization
  • Intelligent harmonic progressions
  • Copy & paste
  • Global and per-segment controls
  • Note partition controls
  • Editor for polyrhythmic arpeggios and note lines
  • Keyboard displaying chord and melody notes
  • Export MIDI
  • Factory presets for chords & sequences
  • Resizable interface

Mac:

  • macOS 10.13 and later (64 bit)

Win:

  • Windows 8 and later (64 bit)
  • AAX – ProTools 11 or higher

Incompatible:

  • Maschine 2 (Win / Mac) – No MIDI routing
  • Reason (Win / Mac) – No MIDI routing

*Note: The plugin likely will not work properly on older OS versions. If you are unsure whether or not the plugin will work on your system, please email [email protected].

Price History: Loop Engine
$99.00