Real-time MIDI processing
Chord Chameleon responds to
the way you strike, roll,
and hold notes.
Struck together
Strike a chord to reshape it.
Strike three or more chord notes together and Chord Chameleon applies your selected inversion and voicing.
Chord processed
Grace notes
Held notes
Hold a chord, and follow-up notes stay with it.
Once a chord is detected, nearby follow-up notes use its current inversion and voicing while at least one note from the original chord remains held.
Different from a rolled chord: a rolled chord is built one note at a time before any chord is detected, so it stays as played.
Chord Sync · Bass Sync
Transform chords and bass as you play.
Combine chord inversions and voicings with independent chord and bass sequencing. Use separate octave controls, patterns, and loop lengths with live playing or existing MIDI clips.
Chord Sync
Feature 1
Chords follow the Chord Grid.
Bass Sync
Feature 2
Bass notes follow the Bass Grid.
Illustration
Sync both parts, or sync the bass while playing chords freely.
Illustration of the two grids at Rates of 1/4 and 1/8. Not a working plug-in, and no audio.
Four voicing presets
Voicings rearrange the spacing and order of notes within a chord. Spread is a separate control.
Drop 2
Lowers the 2nd highest chord note by one octave.
Drop 3
Lowers the 3rd highest chord note by one octave.
Drop 2-4
Lowers the 2nd and 4th highest notes by one octave.
Open
Lowers the highest and 4th highest notes by one octave.
Independent Chord and Bass Sequencing.
01
Chord Sync only
All played notes follow the Chord Grid.
02
Chord + Bass Sync
Chords follow the Chord Grid. Bass notes follow the Bass Grid.
03
Bass Sync only
Bass follows the Bass Grid. Higher notes and chords play freely, with inversions and voicings.
Play chords over a synced bassline
Illustrations of the three modes, not a working plug‑in. In the plug‑in, click or drag grid squares to choose which steps play.
Different loop lengths. Shared tempo.
Create cross-rhythms with different loop lengths for chords and bass. Each rate remembers its own pattern and loop range.
Illustration: a 3‑step chord loop against a 4‑step bass loop at the same rate. Note length is a separate control from loop range.
From the plug‑in: a separate loop range on each grid.
Presets
Presets for chords and bass together
Start with a preset built around the interaction between chord and bass patterns. Then adjust the grids, rates, loops, and swing.
Auto Bass Octave
Octave movement for the synced bass
Add repeating octave movement to synced bass notes. The main Bass Octave control still sets the bass register separately.
Setup, controls, and examples
MIDI Mappable Chord Inversions
See the sequencing modes, performance examples, and setup instructions in the manual.
Processed chord
Chord notes
inverted and opened
Bass note
preserved
Melody note
preserved
Independent chord and bass sequencing
Chord Sync · Bass Sync
Separate patterns for chords and bass.
Give chords and bass separate patterns, rates, note lengths, and loop ranges.
Sync both parts, or sync the bass while playing chords freely.
Chord Grid
orange, top row
Bass Grid
teal, bottom row
01
Chord Sync only
All played notes follow the Chord Grid.
02
Chord + Bass Sync
Chords follow the Chord Grid. Bass notes follow the Bass Grid.
03
Bass Sync only
Bass follows the Bass Grid. Higher notes and chords play freely, with inversions and voicings.
Play chords over a synced bassline
Illustrations of the three modes, not a working plug‑in. In the plug‑in, click or drag grid squares to choose which steps play.
Different loop lengths. Shared tempo.
Create cross-rhythms with different loop lengths for chords and bass. Each rate remembers its own pattern and loop range.
Illustration: a 3‑step chord loop against a 4‑step bass loop at the same rate. Note length is a separate control from loop range.
From the plug‑in: a separate loop range on each grid.
Presets
Presets for chords and bass together
Start with a preset built around the interaction between chord and bass patterns. Then adjust the grids, rates, loops, and swing.
Auto Bass Octave
Octave movement for the synced bass
Add repeating octave movement to synced bass notes. The main Bass Octave control still sets the bass register separately.
Play chords over a synced bassline.
Turn on Bass Sync and leave Chord Sync off. The bass follows its pattern while higher notes and chords play freely, with inversions and voicings.
01
Turn Bass Sync on
02
Leave Chord Sync off
03
Hold a bass note and play chords above it
Illustration, not a working plug‑in. Bass Octave and Auto Bass Octave can shape the synced bass further.
Your playing
Play live, or use existing MIDI from the track.
MIDI in
Notes arrive as MIDI, from the keyboard or a clip.
Chord Chameleon
Processes chords and bass notes independently, in real time.
Your instrument
Plays the transformed notes. Chord Chameleon has no built-in sounds.
Explore Chord Chameleon.
Find setup instructions, control descriptions, and performance examples in the manual.
Before you start
Practical questions
Setup steps, control descriptions, and performance examples are in the manual.
No. Chord Chameleon processes incoming chords rather than generating them from single-note triggers. The notes can come from your playing or an existing MIDI clip.
Setup, controls, and examples
Explore the chord and bass controls.
See the sequencing modes, performance examples, and setup instructions in the manual.
Chord Octave · Bass Octave
From the plug-in
Chord Octave
Shifts the current chord by octave.
Bass Octave
Adjusts bass notes by octave.
Chord Octave
Knob with − and + buttons.
Bass Octave
Buttons −2, −1 and 0.
Auto Bass Octave
Repeating octave movement for synced bass notes, set from the Octave menu in Bass Sync.
Chord inversions
Hold a chord
The notes you are holding stay exactly as they are.
Select an inversion
Turn the Invert dial. Nothing you are holding moves.
Play the next chord
The new chord arrives with the selected inversion and voicing.
From the manual: the same chord after each inversion setting, with the shifted notes colour-coded.
The bass part
Bass Octave, Bass Sync and the Auto Bass Octave patterns are separate bass controls.
Bass Sync
Illustration
Bass Sync ON
follows the new note
Time
Both bass notes held
The Bass Sync row on the plug-in.
Chord Chameleon transforms the chords you play without replacing the act of playing them. Apply inversions and voicings, with independent octave controls and tempo‑synced patterns for chords and bass.
Play live or process existing MIDI clips.
Inversions
Voicings and Spread
Chord and bass octaves
Chord Sync and Bass Sync