I was really hoping to see your signal flow, because I'm experimenting right now with several different apps to try to find the one I want to use. For MIDI input i've got an onyx producer 2-2, does this app detect midi in and outs for devices like that, or just USB?
Hello @Curtis Merrill. You should be able to use your Onyx Producer 2-2 for the MIDI or you could just go directly from your keyboard into your computer via USB (assuming your keyboard has a USB out which carries MIDI). The ChordieApp can detect MIDI no matter where it's coming in from (but you do have to select it of course in the preferences of the App). So, to answer your question, yes the ChordiApp program should have no problem recognizing MIDI coming in from your Onyx. Keep in mind, that this app is Mac only. Best of luck!
@starduststereo8705 Great question. I don't know of something equivalent to the iPad. I think that GarageBand does in fact display the chord name and the keyboard (but not the staff). You would think that something out there does exist for the iPad by now but I didn't do the research. If you find something, please come back here and let us know about it if you can! You could potentially reach out to the author of the ChordiApp software and ask them as well - I'm sure they get this request all the time.
Hello @EtherealRis In short, I believe the answer is YES! Thanks for your question. If you want to capture the visual display of notes via the chords from ChordieApp somehow, the assumption is that you would need screen capture software like SnagIt, Screenflow, Camtasia, Quicktime, or many others that do this. GarageBand doesn't record anything "visually", so that would only capture the audio. However, I think what you are really asking is whether the ChordiApp works simultaneously while recording audio into GarageBand. The answer is YES! The ChordiApp activates independently of any other program. It's "always listening" in the background for incoming MIDI regardless of what you might be doing with GarageBand or Logic (or any other MIDI program) at the time. Think of it as an independent "MIDI Monitor" gauge that will run alongside anything else you have going, and it won't get in the way of anything you do to record MIDI or audio. I do this all the time when making my videos. (I use "Screenflow" to capture the screen, audio, and video for my videos by the way).
@EtherealRis Fantastic! Best of luck with your recordings, and if you do decide to pick up ChordiApp and haven't already purchased it, please use my affiliate link in the description - you won't pay any additional.
@TuxedoMaskMusic I learn something new every day! I like how they let people compose their own music for the game. Seems like it uses General MIDI and it's interesting how the music is written as a text file.
@erik9817 Eric, this is an excellent question. Unfortunately after exploring the settings in the program, there appears to be no way to tune the strings other than the traditional tuning. There is no option for a capo either. There is an experimental feature that allows you to adjust the string and frett count, but that feature seems unrelated to tuning. Hope this info helps!
@6ev Yes! And worth every penny if you are a teacher or doing videos where you need to demonstrate real-time keyboard action/chords with or without the staff... 😄🎹
@pianopoly6219 You should be able to use any DAW (free or paid) to make the piano sounds, and then the Chordie App should be able to read the MIDI coming from the keyboard on its way to the DAW. There are many to choose from, and a simple search should bring up something. Be sure to add your OS in the search so you can find one for your computer, of course. Not all DAWs work cross-platform.
when I run a VST to give sound to my midi keyboard it does not display anything on the ChordieApp and when I use the chordie app there is no sound. How did you solve this issue?
Thanks for your comment @Jmonk Reltub. The creator of this program is a good guy and works really hard so it's nice to endorse those hard-working entrepreneurs out there with things like this. Cheers! 👍🏻
@@loslobos9461 Unfortunately, the application doesn't work on a mobile tablet like an iPad, but if you have a tablet running the full Windows OS, then it should work. 👍🏻
Sorry, no Linux version. 😢 Funny you mention this, I was just playing with Linux for the first time yesterday (Ubuntu 20.04) and VirtualBox on Windows (I'm doing a project for work). Interesting OS - great for server-side stuff especially...
