Harmonizer Plugin

Explore non functional constant structure harmony one note at a time

Description

A midi plugin that harmonizes incoming melody notes by cycling through every inversion of a user provided chord.
Check it out if you're looking to explore some more modern sounding harmony for your beats, reharmonizations, or practice inspiration!

Example:

• Chordtones: 1, 2, M3, P5, M7 (Major9 chord)
• Note to harmonize: C
  
  
• Possible output results:
  • D,E,G,B,C (CMajor9)
  • D,F,A,Bb,C (BbMajor9)
  • Eb,G,Ab,Bb,C (AbMajor9)
  • E,F,G,A,C (FMajor9)
  • Db,Eb,F,Ab,C (DbMajor9)

To Install:

• Go to the releases section on the right and download the .vst3 file for your operating system/archetecture from the latest release
• Copy the .vst3 file into your VST3 folder

To Use the Plugin:

This is a midi plugin and requires a DAW with midi routing capabilities. The plugin is loaded onto a midi track whose output is routed into a seperate midi track with your software instrument of choice.

Ableton:

Create two new tracks and arm them

• Track One - Plugin
  • Load the plugin onto this track
• Track Two - Software Instrument
  • Load your MIDI instrument plugin onto this track
  • Set the input as track one

Reaper:

Create two new tracks

• Track One - Plugin
  • Load the plugin onto this track
  • Set the input to be from your midi keyboard
    
• Track Two - Software Instrument
  • Load your MIDI instrument plugin onto this track
  • Set the input as NONE
  • Under routing options, create a new recieve from track one

See the screenshots/demos folder for examples

To Develop/Build From Source:

• Install the JUCE library, C++ development tools, and this repository
• Open the HarmonizerPlugin.jucer file in Projucer (part of the JUCE install)
• Use Projucer to export the project into your IDE of choice
• Build the VST3 solution and copy the resulting HarmonizerPlugin.vst3 file from your chosen output directory to your VST3 folder

To Run Unit Tests:

• Ensure you have the JUCE library and C++ development tools installed
• Open UnitTesting/UnitTesting.jucer in Projucer (you will need to build a seperate Console App to run the tests)
• Use Projucer to export the UnitTesting project into your IDE of choice
• Add any new tests you'd like to run to Main.cpp
• Build the Console App solution to run the tests

Feel free to reach out to ryanwilliammichaud@gmail.com with any additional questions or to report a bug