Harmony & composition · VST3 · AU · Standalone

MODALITHHarmony & Composition

Pick a key and see every chord that belongs to it, coloured by what it does. Build a progression while the next chord lights up, or start from more than 2,000 progressions. Then turn it into a song with chords, bass, melody and arpeggio on your own instruments, and drag it into your DAW.

Windows 10 / 1164-bit · VST3 · Standalone
macOS 11 or newerIntel and Apple Silicon · AU · VST3 · Standalone
Logic Prowith the MODALITH MIDI FX version
Not available as AAX (Pro Tools)

How it works

1.948,00 KčOne-time purchase · no subscription · instant download · included in the All-Access Pass

MODALITH in A minor: the circle of fifths, every chord in the key coloured by its role, the next chord lit by the Guide, the chord on a piano and a song of five sections — Every chord in the key Home, moving away, pulling back: each chord in the colour of what it does.

2,000+progressions to start from, always in your key

21styles, from pop, rock and jazz to gospel, trap and metal

50+scales and modes, from major to the far corners of the world

4lanes per song: chords, bass, melody and arpeggio

21guitar and bass tunings, 4 to 8 strings

How it works

From the first chord to a finished song

Start wherever you are: a riff under your fingers, a recording, a style you love or an empty page.

1Find the keyPick it on the circle of fifths, play a few bars, or load a recording, and MODALITH tells you the key.
2Build the progressionClick chords that fit, follow the Guide, pick one from the Library or generate a new one.
3Arrange the songSections on a timeline, each with its own chords, plays and key, and four lanes on your instruments.
4Drag it into your DAWThe whole song as MIDI with a track for each lane, or one lane at a time.

Tutorial

Every feature in under 8 minutes

A tour of the real plugin, from the first chord to a whole song dragged into your DAW as MIDI.

7:41 · 18 chapters

Chords in the key

Every chord in your key, and what it does

Pick a key on the circle of fifths and its chords line up in a row, each with its Roman numeral and its role: home, moving away or pulling back. Below them sit the colour chords songs use all the time: chords borrowed from the minor or major key, chords that lead into another one, and more. Click a card to hear it, double-click or drag it to add it.

The Guide

The next chord lights up

While you play, the chords that could come next pulse in their own colour right on the palette. The strongest move pulses most and wears a 1, the next two pulse gently, the rest glow softly. Below, Next in shows the same choices for the style you pick, from pop and rock to jazz, gospel or trap, and tells you why when you point at one.

Colours and variations

Sus, add9, 6 and more, one click away

Give the whole palette a colour: sus2, sus4, add9 or 6 on top of triads, sevenths or ninths. Right-click any chord for its variations, such as 7sus4, 6/9, m(add9) or maj7#11, the ones in your key first. Point to hear one, click to add it or to swap the chord you selected. A dashed card tells you the colour steps outside the key.

Progression library

More than 2,000 progressions, always in your key

21 styles and 26 families: jazz turnarounds, blues forms, four-chord pop loops, intros, key changes and many more. Search by name, style or mood, star your favourites, save your own progressions and find more like the one you love. Every card has variants: written out longer, half or double time, another voicing or rhythm. Drag any of them straight into your song.

Generate

A fresh progression in your style

Choose a style, a mood, a length and how rich the chords should be, and press Listen first to hear a new progression without touching yours. Like it? Generate keeps exactly that one. Make it loop back to the start, or end at home. Whatever it writes is your own: it never copies a song.

Instrument views

See it on the instrument you play

Every chord on piano, guitar, bass or strings. Playable guitar and bass shapes with the fingers and the barre, in 21 tunings for 6, 7 and 8 strings and 4, 5 and 6 string bass. Voicings for a string orchestra, a string quartet, a choir or a brass section, every part in its comfortable range and moving smoothly from chord to chord.

The song

Arrange it on a timeline

Intro, verse, chorus, bridge and outro sit on a timeline, each as wide as it plays. Give a section its own key, repeat it or drag it to a new place. Drag a chord's edge to make it longer or shorter and the chords after it move along. Drop chords in from the palette or the Library and see exactly where they land.

Four lanes

Chords, bass, melody and arpeggio on your instruments

Each lane has its own pattern, register and sound: strums, walking bass, arpeggios and a melody sketch to build on. Load your own instrument and effect plugins on every lane, or choose one main Sound that plays everything you try out. A section can play its lanes its own way, and swing and feel make the parts sound played. If a plugin crashes, only its sound goes quiet.

Into your DAW

Play it, loop it, drag it out

Play and stop with the space bar, loop the whole song or only the chords you select, set the tempo, a click and a count-in. In your DAW, MODALITH follows its play, position and tempo. Drag the whole song into your DAW as MIDI with a track for each lane, or one lane at a time; every lane also plays out on its own MIDI channel.

Chords from audio

Hear a song, get its chords

Load a recording, or let MODALITH listen to a track in your DAW or to your audio input. It finds the key, the tempo and the chords and turns them into a progression you can edit, play and drag out.

Honest about doubts. Chords it is not sure of are marked, with its second choice one click away.
Ready to change. The result is a normal progression: swap a chord, follow the Guide, change the key.
Your demo, your jam. Turn a voice memo or a rehearsal into chords you can build on.

MODALITH reading the key, the tempo and the chords of a recording, with the uncertain chords marked for checking

Music theory, done for you

It knows why a chord works

Not just chord names: MODALITH shows what each chord does in the key, so you learn while you write.

01Names what you playPlay your MIDI keyboard and see the chord, its role in the key and other ways to read the same notes.

02Finds the keyPlay a few bars and it tells you the key, and follows you when the music moves to a new one.

03Chord keysOne key plays one chord: two octaves of your keyboard play the chords of the palette.

04Cadences namedSee where a phrase comes home, pauses or takes a surprising turn.

05Spelled the right wayF# major has an E#, not an F: chords and scales are written as a musician reads them.

06More than 50 scalesThe modes, harmonic and melodic minor, pentatonic, blues, bebop and scales from around the world.

07Any window sizeZoom the window from 75 to 200 %, or drag its corner. It stays sharp at every size.

08Hear chords your wayA click holds a chord, lets it ring until the next one or plays a bar, with a strum if you like.

Delivery and compatibility

In your DAW, or on its own

Windows: Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit · VST3 and standalone app
macOS: macOS 11 or newer, Intel and Apple Silicon · AU, VST3 and standalone app
Logic Pro: Uses the MODALITH MIDI FX version in the MIDI FX slot, included in the download
Not available: as AAX (Pro Tools)
Audio files: WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 and Ogg for chords from audio
MIDI: Drag the whole song (a track per lane) or a single lane, or export a MIDI file
In the download: Windows installer, macOS installer and the User Guide (PDF)
Licence: One-time purchase, no subscription, no activation · included in the All-Access Pass

Built on open music data

Where the progressions come from

MODALITH learned how chords move from openly licensed collections: the McGill Billboard chord annotations (CC0), the Rock Corpus by Trevor de Clercq and David Temperley (CC BY 4.0), the Weimar Jazz Database of the Jazzomat Research Project (ODbL) and our own analysis of public-domain scores from OpenScore Lieder (CC0) and PDMX (CC BY 4.0). No song or artist name is stored in the plugin.

Full credits are in the plugin’s About screen and in the User Guide.

Questions

Frequently asked

Do I need to know music theory to use MODALITH?

No. Click chords that fit, follow the Guide or start from a ready progression without knowing any theory. If you want to learn, MODALITH shows what each chord does in the key, so the theory comes to you while you write.

Which styles and instruments does it cover?

More than 2,000 progressions in 21 styles, from pop, rock, jazz and classical to gospel, film, EDM, trap, lo-fi, K-pop and metal. You see every chord on piano, guitar (6, 7 and 8 strings in 21 tunings), bass or a string section, choir or brass.

Can it find the chords of a song I recorded?

Yes. Load a WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3 or Ogg file, or let MODALITH listen to a track or your audio input. It finds the key, the tempo and the chords as a progression you can edit. Chords it is not sure of are marked, with its second choice one click away.

How do I get the chords and parts into my DAW?

Drag the whole song onto your tracks (one track per lane) or a single lane, or export a MIDI file. In DAWs that route a plugin's MIDI to other tracks, each lane also plays out on its own MIDI channel. With Sync to host on, MODALITH follows your DAW's play, position and tempo.

Does it work in Logic Pro?

Yes. Load MODALITH as an instrument to hear the lanes through the instruments you load inside it, or put MODALITH MIDI FX in a track's MIDI FX slot to drive that track's instrument. To get the parts onto their own tracks, drag them out as MIDI.

Can I use my own instruments?

Yes. Load your own instrument and effect plugins on every lane, and choose one main Sound that plays everything you try out. Each plugin runs on its own: if one crashes, only its sound goes quiet and Restart brings it back.

Are the progressions copied from famous songs?

No. They are learned from openly licensed collections of chord changes and from public-domain music, and no progression repeats five or more chords in a row from any song in those collections. Short loops that everyone uses, like the classic four-chord loop, are common property and stay in.

Is it a subscription? Does it work in Pro Tools?

No subscription: you pay once, with no activation, and MODALITH is included in the All-Access Pass. It is VST3, AU and a standalone app, not AAX, so it does not load in Pro Tools; with Pro Tools, write in the standalone app and bring the song over as a MIDI file.

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From the first chord to a finished song

Every feature in under 8 minutes