Easy Chord
Chord explorer
Easy Chord mode turns a root and nearby modifiers into musical chord colors. Switch to Normal mode when you want every note available.
A performance instrument for iPhone, iPad & Mac
Play chords with the game controller you already own
Use the expressive analog controls on modern video game controllers to drive virtual and hardware synthesizers.
Chordcade on an M3 iPad with a PlayStation DualSense controller
See it in action
Map complex chords to the dual sticks of any Xbox, PlayStation, or Switch controller.
Watch a five-minute tour of Chordcade playing its built-in synth and driving other virtual synths over MIDI.
Built for the way you play
Your game controller is the instrument.
Chords, voicings, strums, and expression map to the sticks, triggers, and buttons of the gamepad you already own. No pad controller or MIDI keyboard to buy. Just pick it up and play.
Chord wheels
Analog control
Two wheels, up to eight chords each. Every direction on each analog stick triggers its own chord, while the other buttons control voicing and sustain.
Scenes
Make it yours
Save scenes with your voicing, strum, routing, octave, pitch-bend, and chord-wheel settings—then return to a performance setup in one step.
Strum & arp
Give chords a pulse
Roll notes in with a strum-style note delay, or hand them to the arpeggiator with its own rate and direction. Tap in a tempo from 40 to 240 BPM and let the pattern follow.
Expression
Play between the notes
Bend pitch, ride the mod wheel, shift octaves, and choose standard or toggled sustain. Swap voicings on the fly so the same progression can sit tight or open wide.
Controller-native
Every button has a job
Sticks steer the chord wheels, triggers handle pitch bend and strum timing, the D-pad moves octaves and patches, and face buttons pick voicings and sustain.
Connect your rig
Your thumbs control your whole setup.
Start with the built-in synth and its instrument patches, then send Chordcade’s virtual MIDI source to the synths in your music software. Mostly, it’s just fun, and a game-like way to play virtual instruments on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac.
Game controller and touch input
Built-in synth with instrument patches
Virtual MIDI out to your music software
Plays well with your synth apps
Drive the synths already on your iPad.
Chordcade’s MIDI out reaches other music apps, so your controller can play the instruments you already love. Here it’s driving Synth One J6 by AudioKit Pro side by side in Split View, with Chordcade picking the chords and Synth One J6 making the sound.
Get Chordcade
Pick up a controller. Start playing.
Chordcade is available for iPhone and iPad, with a Mac version on the way. Pair a controller and have your first progression playing in minutes.