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Chordion : Musical Instrument & MIDI Controller

4.56 • 50 Ratings

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*** App Store Editor's Choice in 23 countries! *** Chordion is a fun new way to make music on the iPad. Choose chords with one hand and play melodies with the other - never hit a wrong note! Chordion is great for performing, writing songs, jamming, or having sing-alongs with friends. *** App Store Best of 2013 "Innovative Music Apps" in China, Japan, and South Korea *** Chordion makes it easy to play common chord changes in any key. In "auto" mode, Chordion's keyboard follows the chords you play, letting you strum up and down or effortlessly pluck out melodies. The built-in drum machine & arpeggiator help you keep the beat. More experienced users will love the wide range of customization options - from the layout of chords to synthesis parameters to exotic scales. Chordion's built-in synthesis engine is highly tweekable and easy to use - create echoing lead lines, shimmery chimes, and dreamy drones. Chordion also supports MIDI, allowing you to control other instruments using Chordion's unique interface. We appreciate your support! Follow us on Twitter @OlympiaNoiseCo Like us on Facebook : facebook.com/OlympiaNoiseCo Visit our YouTube Channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/OlympiaNoiseCo
What’s New
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon. • Fixes a bug that caused a popping sound for some users.
Version 1.51
Version History

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Ratings and Reviews

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4.56
out of 5
50 Ratings
  • ehood97, 12.02.2021
    please come back
    This app is wonderful, but it definitely needs some bug fixes. It’d be perfect otherwise. Some more drum types would be nice too.
  • junkdrop, 14.12.2020
    Crashes in iOS 14.x
    Great app while it was working in iOS13.x, but not working for me on two devices running iOS14.x.
  • dileepd11, 07.10.2020
    Not iOS 14 compatible.
    App crashing on iOS 14 on launch. Please fix.
  • ryantereu, 05.09.2020
    No MIDI for drums or arp
    It’s a lovely, smooth interface, but there’s no way to sync its clock with anything else. The arp and drum machine are internal only. This is a bizarre decision that really hampers the app from becoming much more useful. So disappointing. Show more
  • Eve Severe, 14.04.2020
    Still amazing
    I still love this app even though it has been out for a long time. It is one that I still find myself opening up and using after all these years. Perfect for nice ambient jams and deeper than you might think it is... Show more
  • Matreve, 21.12.2019
    Very nice but could be perfect.
    As expected based on my use of this developer’s flagship app “Patterning 2”, the app is incredibly well thought out. It is super user friendly, logical, has excellent user interface, nice graphics, simple yet powerful functionality. However, few things are making it just a tiny bit short of being perfect: ***Poor drum sound selection and on top of it very limited control of each drum instrument’s sound. ***No MIDI out for the drum machine. The user manual incorrectly states “The drum machine and arpeggiator are also disabled in MIDI mode” implying that the drum machine does send MIDI notes but it’s not the case and, unlike arpeggiator, its audio is not disabled. Of course, the drum machine in the Chordion is rather basic, especially compared to something as complex as Patterning 2, but it would be fantastic if it could have its own MIDI out. The limited sound drums of the Chordion would no longer be an issue. It would be an awesome feature if the drum sequence made in Chordion could be sent to Patterning as some kind of set for further modification. Yes, it’s not that much work to do it manually anyway considering that the sequencer has just 16 steps and 6 tracks but still it would be great. ***Only 16 steps for drum sequencer. I really don’t want the app to get any heavier and over complicated - as it is now it is great for students and people experimenting, learning about harmony, chords progression and scales, but doubling the steps count in the sequencer would allow more interesting rhythms. ***Can’t save user chords as a layout to be used in “generate layout”. You can of course save the entire state of the Chordion but being able to save / load just the chords layout as a user preset would be very useful because then it could be transposed into other keys as a whole (like in case of factory layouts). ***On that last note, a simple global transposition slider would simplify many things ***The BMP stated in the sequencer is double of what is typically stated in sequencers when in 16 steps mode (including Patterning 2) so the highest equivalent tempo is only 150. ***I wish pressing the keys on the keyboard meant for programming the scales (the horizontally displayed keyboard) was playing the given notes. Much easier to program the scales this way! Show more
  • Davek9561, 21.11.2019
    Super fun controller
    This does a lot of what I wish the Q-Chord would do, I just wish the slider ran the long side of the screen, and had 3 octaves more range. Fun with organ and synth controls. Show more
  • pabaker85, 19.11.2019
    Awesome
    Greatly exceeded my expectations! So much vibe and character.
  • myst515, 05.05.2018
    My fave since day one ??
    I’ve had this app since release and at first I just played around with it, but when I started to really experiment with my other music apps, I was totally amazed by how it would play my music apps versus me playing it directly. Another cool thing is that I can play Chordion through my DAW (Reason) and it sounds great! The Midi setup is rather simple on Mac. I do agree with one review to have notes on the keys would be cool, otherwise I love this app and it’s not never leaving my device. Show more

Information

  • Category
  • Age Rating
    4+
  • Price
    2.99 USD
  • Size
    19.42 MB
  • Provider
    Olympia Noise Co.
Languages
English, France, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
Copyright
© 2004-2024 Olympia Noise Co.. All rights reserved.