Is there a plugin that tells you what chord you are playing?

[thrusk]

Realise this is an old thread - maybe this'll help someone else.

This:
http://thepiz.org/plugins/?p=midiChordAnalyzer

Original thread from another forum:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=358001

[MOSQUITOMAN]

Quite often when making music I play notes together randomly till I hear something I like. Problem is I often don't know what the actual chord is that I'm playing as I am stupid. Is there a plugin that can tell you this?

Hi

This is what you want
http://www.thepiz.org/plugins/?p=midiChordAnalyzer

[The Northern Contingent]

Thanks for the reply! I've actually found one that does this and much more - Cthulhu from Cfer Records. Appreciate the help though!

[ryan6767]

http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... y-analyzer

[pottering]

http://www.maxforlive.com/library/devic ... y-analyzer

Thanks, quite interesting. Nice that the dev mentions the source for the algorithms.

Another nice one:
http://fabriziopoce.com/HarmoTools.html

[jlgrimes]

hey there..just a suggestion....you should try and get a book on music theory. it will be a lot more helpful in the long run than an app or plug in that just tells you what chords you are playing.
it will help you gain understanding as to why a certain chord has certain notes in it..etc. etc. and once you gain even a little bit of music theory knowledge, it will open your songwriting up.

Yes - you're right of course. Any you might recommend? Particularly with an electronic music slant?

Pop Piano Book is an oldie but goodie.

It kind of requires knowing how to read but you can buy midi/audio files for reference as well.