InstaChord 2 Upgrade from InstaChord 1: MIDI Chord and Pattern Processor

The Pattern Editor is the main addition. You draw and drag notes in a window that works much like your DAW's piano roll, and you can set time signature, play mode and velocity. Strum programming is handled with its own editing controls.

The chord keys can hold up to 24 chords and switch between them, and the action keys transpose chords by octave or semitone during playback. Individual notes of a chord can also be played separately, which allows manual arpeggios or strums.

The generate button, adapted from the developer's InstaComposer plugin, produces new riffs from the current scale. These can be edited like your own patterns.

Users can edit existing chord shapes or build their own by choosing intervals between notes. Playing notes on a MIDI keyboard can also teach the plugin new chord shapes.

The plugin includes more than 60 chord shapes with multiple voicings. Five playback modes control how notes are held and how chords toggle, which the developer says suits different instruments.

MIDI can be dragged from the Pattern Editor directly into your DAW, and the interface can be resized.