A genuinely playable instrument
Chord select, strum input, a built-in audition synth, progression tracking, and resolution hints — fully offline, no DAW required.
Coming soon · standalone macOS app
ChordsLifter
A chord instrument for the way you actually write.
Latch a chord, strum its notes in sequence, and let a rule-based harmony engine suggest where to go next. An Omnichord-inspired performance instrument that turns your QWERTY keyboard into a chord machine — MIDI out to any DAW.
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- Standalone macOS app
- MIDI out via IAC Driver — works with any DAW
- Chord select + strum + progression tracker
The idea
Play chords like an Omnichord. Write like it's second nature.
Three rows of your keyboard select a chord by root and quality. The number row strums its notes — showing both the interval and the actual note name, doubling as ear training while you play.
- Chromatic chord grid — Major, Minor, 7th rows
- Live progression tracker with famous-progression matching
- Rule-based resolution suggestions, fully explainable
Built in stages, shipped when it's playable.
ChordsLifter starts as a focused, self-contained instrument. Everything else builds on top of it.
Rhythm & groove layer
Genre-tagged drum patterns play under your progression, hand-written and free of licensing risk.
Companion plugin
An optional AU/VST3 plugin for Logic-session awareness — tempo/key sync, per-project recall, and direct MIDI export.
How it works
Six pieces. One playable instrument.
Every part of ChordsLifter is built around keeping you playing — not clicking through menus.
Chord Select
Three keyboard rows map to Major, Minor, and 7th chords across every root note — chromatic, not diatonic-locked.
Strum Input
The number row strums the latched chord's notes, fixed or sequential, with velocity taken from your typing dynamics.
Progression Tracker
Every chord you latch logs into a rolling history strip, so you can see the shape of what you just played.
Resolution Suggestions
A rule-based harmony engine highlights the strongest next move — fully explainable, never a black box.
Famous Progressions
A bundled, offline library matches what you're playing against well-known progressions as you go.
Output
A built-in audition synth for instant sound, plus MIDI out through macOS's IAC Driver — any DAW sees it as a keyboard.
Coming soon