Polychord virtual MIDI – future of iOS based music, or…?
The upcoming MIDI update to polychord lets you do some exciting and powerful new tricks with your iPad. Now you’ll be able to have your music apps talk to each other, while they run in the background, and use polychord to control them.
In this video we show how polychord can control another app (MoDrum) running in the background — all through virtual MIDI, all without any cables. Polychord sends MIDI clock signals out, keeping everything in sync.
Chords made easy
Polychord gives you instant access to a lot chords. By wrapping the different types of chords around each circle, we were able to fit a lot into a small space, while keeping them big enough to press easily. This gives you easy access to over 60 chords at any time!
Auto Accompany
Turn on Auto Accompany, press any chord, and the drums and bass will play along in tune –there’s also an arpeggiator which dynamically plays the notes of the selected chord. Switch to a different chord and they’ll follow you. Beginners can button-mash their way to a song, while more seasoned song-writing pros will find that polychord is a great way to break out of a rut.
Picking & Strumming
This is what truly sets polychord apart. Have you tried to play a piano keyboard on a small touchscreen? It’s not ideal. Polychord’s strum keys change automatically with the chords, so it doesn’t have to make room for keys you don’t need. They’re incredibly fast and responsive, so you can slide up and down the keys with many fingers at one time.
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