Instachord Review | Plugin Boutique Did It Again? 👀 | Easy Chords & Melodies 

Hi, thank you so much for reviewing the plugin! :)

Great review! I too bought the plugin because of the price and proposed features. I love what it does. I really love the new update, now that takes the cake. Instachord to is just producer's magic. There is no other way to explain it.

Old video, so you prob. know by now, but that Minor Modal Interchange in the list you saw, is a useful trick in chord progressions where, say writing a song in the Key of C, instead of the normal set of chords in the key, you substitute an occasional chord from it's Minor Scale counterpart: C Minor. They call it the parallel minor, because it starts on the same note, C. Or, vice versa, if writing in C Minor, you can sub or add in a chord from C Major. You can also go deeper with this concept by using the Modes (which to think of most simply, are using any given scale, by starting to spell out the scale by starting on a different note of the scale and playing the notes up through the octave of that note. Like playing from D to D in C Major scale; it gives you a unique arrangement of the whole and half steps, and you build chords the same way, by using "play a note, skip a note, play a note, skip a note, play a note" of the new scale we built upon D, again, using the tones of the C Major scale.) So, with this, you can fire up Scaler, get in your songwriting key, say C Major, but while building your progression, decide you want some spice, and switch to the chords of the C Minor scale, and see if you can fit one of them into the progression cleverly... which songwriters have been doing since way before the Beatles and Beach Boys. Here's a good video that shows some great examples. Spending a little time with this concept would make you crazy good at writing awesome progressions, and unique melodies behind them, as he explains how to deal with melodies crossing through these chords. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1dRA28cdt5c.html In fact, the Scaler guys should modify the tool to let you do Modal Interchange, by letting you toggle some button on screen, and then offer up all the chords that he shows at 1:58: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1dRA28cdt5c.html THAT would truly put Scaler into GOD MODE for writing progressions! Which would suggest GOD ASSIST mode, whereby, for any chord you play, it color chords all the other chords by which would be either commonly used, or harmonically tasteful! Been meaning to pass this on the Scaler guys... Anyway, Just a good way to add some spice in a chord progression, and achieve that all important surprise. Ciao!

Man, I checked the official video of this and thought "wtf?!" - found your video and you just made this plug make sense to me. Kudos.

Mannnnnnn I had watched this video like 4 times within the past week. It just registered @ 11:41 I almost missed the boat too and it clicked. I get it. This plug just got even more valuable. I hope others realize what this can do for playing around with those bass notes, can almost cant go wrong!!!! Thanks!!

Thank you! I had this plugin for quite a long time in my plugin folder but didn't really understand its possibilities. Now it's much clearer. :-)

Plugin Boutique needs to pay you for this video. Best tutorial video on Instachord hands down! Nothing even comes close. I used this plugin for about 1 hour a month ago & forgot about it. Now its my main staple thanks to you! Excellent video MG The Future! Keep em coming.

I just rewatched this video after it appeared in the recommendations and InstaChord is even more relevant now given the other lessons learned over the past 12 months! The real blessings are too easy to sleep on! 🙌🏾🤯🔥💯🏆🙏🏾

That's how Plugin Boutique advertises everything on their website. It's so underrated because nothing stands out and we end up sleeping on stuff like this.

Love your vibe and the style of production for this review. And yes, I think we have a game changer here!!

love your calm teaching style, hope you're still active. edit, nope, hope you're okay

Brooooo. This is bananas. And the best part is I saved $2.50 when switching from Godmode 1.0 to 2.0 lol. Got it for the low low. Thanks MG #MGFORPRESIDENT

There is no reason why I should not buy this and once again thank you for always look out. This is definitely going in my beat block folder.

Man MG, I copped this off the break because I didn't have any chord making vst's and I thought the strumming would be cool but after copping it I realized it did everything you could ask for and the interface is not so intimidating after a little play time. I still needed a lil clarity on it and hoped you would do a tutorial but figured after Captain Chords you would pass on it,knew you wouldn't let Me down.lol Thanks MG this is the type of inspiration I needed.

Hi MG, I got the plugin a few days ago, primarily because of the Strumming function. I too didn't quite get the full picture from reading the reviews on Pluginboutique. Then while playing around and learning, I was like..................okkkkkaaaaayyy, this is some useful stuff.

dudeeeeeeee.... I had tokens this whole time and didn't know... I got this plugin for 52 cents... if it wasn't for this video... wow... I may need to start wire transferring funds because you're the plug foreal

The plugin needs more atriculations. Maybe an arpeggiator that plays as you hold a key, and an arpeggiator that plays as you press the key (note by note). Also a single key midi pass via - you assign a midi note to a key so other vst's can use particular triggers (in this case Strum GS2 articulations, like palm muffle, could be played using instachord).

dude. you just blown my mind! the bass/melody 1-note stuff... killer. Just bought.. too bad you're not getting affiliate cash from this!!! you deserve it

Got this when it came out. Had been waiting to REALLY need Scaler or for it to come down in price. This looked similar so tried on a whim. Missed the boat entirely my first few times using it. Brah! The last minutes of this video have changed my life! :) Glad you delved into this and found the juice I surely missed. Thank you!

I watched this several times (won't disclose the number). I've just now fully understand this.

MG: I bought this plugin a couple of weeks back and you are right it's a monster of a plugin. A great explanation of its capabilities...definitely schooled me on a couple of things I hadn't thought about... Very Cool! Hope you do a more in depth video of a how you are using it; when you get the chance. Stay awesome! :D

Hey Mg... bruh, for lack of a more personal way to do this, I just want to thank you for responding back the times that you have.. you've really helped. Not just my knowledge but also my sanity. Things haven't gone the way I hoped they would but I've invested all I have into my future and my son. He and I are heading back to the states soon. I have all I need musically to make a solid future for him. I appreciate you bruh. Keep up the great deeds. You never know how much your helping someone.. or for that matter, saving them. God bless all ways always Lé

Brah, from about 3:20 on this was one of the BEST, most productive & useful videos I've seen in a while. If ONLY it were still $15. The $49 Scaler 2 deal might nudge this one out (for now). Still like the guitar & piano strumming styles and especially the voices this tools seems to offer. THANK YOU for the excellent overview.

FYI, interchange just means changing between different keys. That kind of preset is nice because most of the *interesting* music I like doesn't stick to just the same old four chords. There are often chords from outside the key, aka "modal interchange".

maaan idk how i'm just finding your channel, wish I had when I started making beats. salute fam!

Great that you recognize how awesome this is. Reminds me of a vst called melodicflow. In this plugin you hold down soms keys with your left hand. With your right hand you play only these notes because they are remapped. I was amazed when I tried that plugin. Now I'm amazed by this one.

Your brain never shuts down bro!! 💯💯💯

I just purchased this and instascale and I think your tutorial is awesome. The use of the single notes wasn't clicking with me.....but now I get it. Thank you!

Watching the way you explain things it s a bless.. I am an experienced producer but we never know it all... thnx for coming in my way and showing me this plug. You did to me what others did to you. peace.

thank you many many thanks indeed, I had this plugin and I was struggling with the dark interface, now I see the light!

Thank you! I needed a little nudge to dig into this plug-in that I've had for so long. Great video, great style. All the best

Broskie I just entered god mode upgrading from sage mode (Cthulhu user) This vst rocks! 9$ rn on PB & it comes with two rnb preset packs. Pure flawless victories in 2019.

This is one of the best explanations of the potential of Instachord. It would be great if you can make another video where you dig a little deeper into this amazing plugin.

Good Video man! I got the plugin tonight, with a bunch of expansions for only $10, through WA Production!!! :-O

I still have to watch the video but i want to say you have the best intro ever

I just discovered this plugin and you are right. It is GOD mode.

at around 10mins I was like OOHHHH OKAY THEN! THIS IS AWESOME! Thanks for the tutorial / review mate!

I gave you a standing ovation for every time you said Bruh lol:) 😂😂 We are on the same page definitely! I would not have discovered this plugin without discovering Cableguys after seeing you use HalfTime within multiple videos. A big part of everyone's process is that we believe that we are saving our time by quickly writing something off because it is not being demoed in our DAE or genres of choice and still fail to see the relationships between different tools and resources. As a result, our blind spots multiply and we are still frustrated by not being to create what we believe that we are capable of. Even this plugin has enough jukes to throw anyone off while the pure gold is found when it becomes known that InstaChord is very likely to lead us to creating music within an infinite number of genres which will remove beat block from becoming a possibility and that we have nothing to fear in anything seen or unseen on the horizon. Kudos and you pushed InstaChord beyond its limits when you started creating lead parts:) Thanks W.A. Productions for staying in the game beyond whatever trials and obstacles before this moment! The other plugins are likely to have benefits that we have been looking for as well!

Glad i found your video.. I worked with the plugin for a few hours and missed it to.. Now this makes the plugin worth so much more.. Thanks Again..

Dude, big thanks for posting this. I thought it was just a strumming tool too, but this is pure power.

Your outward enthusiasm not only confirms your inner passion for music, it is a CRYSTAL clear indication of the gratitude for these innovations which enhance the love you have for your purpose. Your thankful joy was repeated EVERY time it dawned on you that you were in possession of this software. Your spirit reminded me of a few important reasons we ALL should do the same., and it did so in a COMPLETELY non-confrontational way, which is the best way to do so AT LEAST 99.999% of the time. LOL 1. Not everything is cool. The stuff that IS cool DESERVES a big reaction. :) 2. Not everyone has this yet. If you do, then CELEBRATE your good fortune! (If it's NOT worth celebrating, it's NOT worth getting it in the FIRST place. If you already have it yet are not celebrating, then give/trade/sell it to someone who WILL be celebrating once they have it!) 3. Once upon a time, NO ONE had this. Every day a piece of technology comes along which removes obstacles and eliminates time-wasting busywork is a GREAT day. Whenever something arrives on the scene which makes things easier, that means ALL THOSE YEARS from the very beginning of HUMANITY ITSELF which we spent doing those things the old harder way are FINALLY over. That ALSO deserves a big reaction. Those who view the vast majority of struggle and sacrifice as magical/romantic are doing so through VERY psychologically distorted lenses. Those who view the vast majority of struggle and sacrifice have NEVER experienced enough of either. Those of us who have stepped in a pile of shit do NOT look back longingly at that "good ol' pile o' shit day". We would have been MUCH happier had we been able to avoid the pile of shit, to have "missed out" on all the "character" we received by soiling our shoes with manure. Sorry, but there is NOTHING magical/romantic about stepping in a pile of shit. Put simply, shit IS shit, while better IS better! Look, I grew up in Yellowstone National Park and Yosemite National Park (my father was an electrician employed by the NPS). I KNOW what the harder way is, and there was NOTHING cool about driving HOURS each week in order to get to my guitar lesson in Bozeman. Skype ALONE would have been killer. Just IMAGINE how much time, $$$, fuel, and physical/mental effort spent traveling through those snow-covered mountains could have been saved. Yes, of COURSE you do the best with what you have at the time. Otherwise, nothing would get done because we'd all just be sitting around waiting for dreamware. However, NO good comes from being afraid to leave the past behind FOREVER. Those who can't embrace the idea that TODAY is the best (followed VERY closely by the future) end up sounding like: 1. The pathetic sad sack on [FaceBook/Quora/your phone] who continues to pine away for his ex-girlfriend who has LONG since moved on. 2. A boring and bitterly complacent Grandpa Simpson crank who goes around annoying everyone with opinions which are as untrue as they are unsolicited: "Back in MY day, we had REAL music/TV/movies/games/blahblahwhatever!" 3. That deluded girl who wears dresses straight out of every movie based on any Jane Austen novel in the vain hope that a time-traveling English aristocrat will whisk her away to an era where her mousiness and lack of personal hygiene won't be barriers to achieving her romance novel cover dreams. As a boy, I WAS eager for things to change, to catch up to what my mind knew was possible but weren't happening yet, but I was ALSO grateful for the minds which had freed me from the existence experienced by earlier generations. Even then I was pretty aware of how truly AWFUL it must have been to make that same trip 100 years earlier on foot or in a horse-drawn wagon instead of stretching out in the back seat of my dad's car singing along to the music of the radio whilst zipping along at 60mph on paved roads. UGH!!! The past is DEAD, and I for one am OVERJOYED to dance on its grave. Long live the future of TODAY! :) Your closing remarks (beginning at 14.59) seem to allude to the principles of connection summarized as the Law of Attraction, a term coined by author Rhonda Byrne in her popular book "The Secret". Are you familiar?

Almost didn't get this, never knew how cool it was. Thanks for explaining.

Dayum good video...”BRUH” 😂 those parts had me dying.

I been sleep on instachord.. Bought this thing and scaler 2 and captain plug-ins on a whim.. And have only used scaler thus far.. 🤦🏾‍♂️ I'm bout to clown with this bad boy.. Great vid my G🤟🏽

Thx a bunch for this vid. Like you I'd missed the melody functionality in all the other demos. You've made up my mind to buy it. Its £8.95 in the UK on plugin boutique until 1st August. No brainer. Cheers my friend.

purchased it yesterday. LOVE it!!!!

You have stepped up the quality on the vids man. Love the effects on the vocal (keeps my attention better) and the pacing with the cuts is also a welcome improvement. Appreciate the work bruh keep up the vids. also copped the plugin. good look.

love the way you do tutorials. so articulate, warm and welcoming

I dont even have words for how amazing this plugin in is!!!!!

Great Video I just saw these today and was thinking about getting it But didn’t understand till after I seen your video 🙏🏽 Keep up the awesome 👏🏽 work bro, Thank You

Just bought this because of your review. Definitely gonna sub now too. I like your style of reviews.

Brooo this is the best review of the plugin 🔥🎧🔥🎧🔥 and the beat got vibes

Great tutorial. Seriously. You have a gift! Also Great comparisons to other products and good job pointing out the really useful details needed and a corresponding workflow. Thanks.

Thank you, just bought it. I am really struggling with composing chords. Hope this will help me out. Great video explaining everything, really good job! :)

i don't understand, at 6:24 you hit "C" on your keyboard, but it triggered the A key in the vst

Thanks a ton I came back to this video because I thought I downloaded it wrong because the menu was grayed out like you said and I was wrong hahaha I’m re downloading tonight and getting familiar.... again I have to say your like a master vst er you have so many reviews on so many different plugins it’s amazing ..great job and don’t stop what your doing👍💯💯🔥📈📈

Have you used Cthulhu by Xfer yet though? It's got this crazy feature where you can import a midi file and it'll generate chord variations around it, my favorite midi plugin for sure. And it's arp capabilities are second to none.

Can't front. I glanced at the video "before" I bought the plugin......slept. Jumped off the ledge. Watched it again.........set it up in Live.......laughed for five minutes. I can't believe people are sleeping on this.

The bass feature sold me!

Just as a heads up this is on sale again at Plugin Boutique as a bundle with Instascale for £7.99 not sure what that is in $ but I doubt any more than $10

This is wonderful! What you can do with the bass alone is crazy!

just got my hands on this plug in today witch is almost month after U review , thanks to U i did discover god mode :-) :-) :-) :-)

You dope man! because of you I'm going straight to the store ;)

Love your channel man!

Man this baby is a music theorist's dream.

Excellent video overview/review. Thank you!

Wow! How sweet is this? Thanks for making time to show how it works.

Awesome ... just bought. Thanks for this, and love your style in these videos.

Sir I don't know how I found your channel but you've earned a new sub .

thanks man, this plugin is a BEAST!!! provide us more and they didn't see the whole picture, you will....subscribed and i'm waiting for your next vids shawdy.....

Now that's one dope review, MG!

Thats why i go back to your old vids l I forgot

Great video , super explanation .. thanks a lot MG

You are appreciated MG from the gems to the knowledge and wisdom. The energy and personality you share it all blessings brother and peace continually...Facts

I'm hitting keys on my keyboard and its not igniting any sound and i have instachord routed properly to serum, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

I'm copping this Thursday. This plugin is going to become very good friends indeed with my Arturia 'Wurli' plugin :)

This is an incredible review. I picked this up because of your pointers here. Any chance you'd take this further and do another one regarding this? Or do you have like a mini course on it? By the way, it's easier to purchase this directly from W. A. Production.

Just got it. A God Mode 2 video would be lit! Thanks MG!

You sold me MG! More tutorials on this would be uber cool man

Man this plug-in right here, it's the reason I'll be able to finish this for real type beat I've been working on for like a week but I just could never get the guitars right

daaaamn thats crazy ... your ready to win a war , with scaler , instachord and interactive co5th. THX again!!!

Very enlightening! Thanks a lot man :)

out fucking standing great presentation with humor too!

Thank You for the preview !!

MG if this company isn't kicking you back some $$$ for this review you're a good dude because I'm back watching this video for the 2nd time now that I downloaded the trial version of the plugin and about to buy it because of how you broke it down. I'm laughing watching you trip as you built that melody. It's crazy for the beat community to have something like this.

This is the missing link! Great tutorial. Getting back on this right now! Cheers man, top work :)

Appreciate delivering us the knowledge about this plugin. Would love to hear more.

MG the future. Are you going to do a video on Sundog someday? I have scaler, Instachord, and sundog. I really don't use sundog but it will be nice to do a video for those who own it.. Thanks. You've really helped me..

My jaw dropped at 12:10

My first look: Bought it yesterday cause it was so cheap, but i was pretty bummed at how it works. It occupies 4 octaves (2 chord, 1 strums, 1 single notes) and i only have a 2 octave keyboard (25) which i usually get by with. So not only i have to program every chord by selecting from a massive dropdown window (without auditioning) - i also have to program the actions and/or rearrange them so i can use them simultanously on a smaller keyboard. - Every time. Just had one session with it, and i might come up with a preset for half of that "setup", but it ain't as direct as Scalar where you just drop it in and fool around.

I was J-U-S-T about to put you on to this today! LOL!

I definitely thought that it was a guitar tool at first glance. but this ish rite here..... man oh man this a good look bro. nice catch💡🐺 Respect Da Process #keepbangin

Great Guy, great review! Keep up the awesome work! Greetings from Germany.

GOD mode. Please continue MG. Salute 💪🏾

Hey MG, diggin your music theory plugin reviews. I'm looking to combine the chord detection and selection ease of use found in Scaler with the playability of Instachords. I've been using a tool I made called AllChords for chord selection on the Push with Kameleono - a vst which allows you to sequence your chords using a midi clip - your route in the chord and sequence the notes in your midi clip. So its great for sequencing your chord picking but not as good for pickings chords as you play them. Wondering if you have found an option that combines both.

I don't comment on all the vids I watch, but there is no way I wasn't gonna say something on this one This plugin actually is like a shortcut to learning theory And if you have even just a basic knowledge of theory this plugin will expand it quickly. BTW I thought about it the other day and came to the conclusion that you're the next Pensado (well the first MG) but I mean that place you go to make sure your game is on point and stays on point. Nice share

Great review, REALLY well done, shows the real value of this plug!

That melody at 13:06 had me grinning, that's awesome.

Thanks bro hey do a video on Everything you have in that god mode folder what it does and why you like it and its cost please

Anyone viewing this, insta series on plugin boutique (which includes insta chord) is now selling it for 7.99gbp! Support emailed me back to say this. I just got mine