Zrythm-like Chord Pad plugin

[peacefromtheruins]

Hello! I am thinking about making a plugin that does something similar to what Zrythm's Chord Pad feature does (see picture).

For those who didn't have a chance to use this feature, a short description follows. There are several pads, each can be configured to represent a chord. Clicking pad produces a corresponding midi signal, which can be caught by an instrument, so that you can play chords just by clicking pads.

Are there any similar projects? Is it super difficult to implement? I have some experience in programming, but I have never used LV2 to make plugins and rarely use C in my work.

Motivation: I like Ardour, it's more stable than Zrythm, but I also find that it lacks some useful stuff for composers (like this chords pad or scale highlighting), so I decided to try adding these features via external plugins.

What do you think?

[Daniele71]

There's Midi Chord from x42, not exactly the same thing but maybe useful as starting point

https://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-midifilter

[tavasti]

Hello! I am thinking about making a plugin that does something similar to what Zrythm's Chord Pad feature does (see picture).

For those who didn't have a chance to use this feature, a short description follows. There are several pads, each can be configured to represent a chord. Clicking pad produces a corresponding midi signal, which can be caught by an instrument, so that you can play chords just by clicking pads.

Are there any similar projects? Is it super difficult to implement? I have some experience in programming, but I have never used LV2 to make plugins and rarely use C in my work.

I have used this windows plugin to implement same thing. Can program any chords and inversions to midi notes
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/midich ... t-piz-here

If you start programming, making clone of InstaChord ( https://www.waproduction.com/plugins/view/instachord-2 ) might be good idea. Or sure, there is some things that are missing in it, so you could do better.

[Impostor]

Tonespace?

[peacefromtheruins]

Thank you all for your answers!

Tonespace looks like exactly what I need! I'll give it a try before moving any farther)
I like midiChords' design, might be worth looking at it too, but it seems like it doesn't have a lot of support nowadays. So, it may be a good idea to copy it and make it LV2 instead of VST. But copying InstaChord may be too ambitious for me, anyway, thanks for the recommendation.

[peacefromtheruins]

UPD: I have tried Tonespace. It seems rather like an advanced version of circle of fifths, good to know, but it's not what I have expected) And, also, it's proprietary (

[tavasti]

I like midiChords' design, might be worth looking at it too, but it seems like it doesn't have a lot of support nowadays.

Something that just works doesn't need much support