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Cthulhu Like App for iOS?
Anyone know if there’s a Cthulhu like app in iOS?
Cthulhu has 2 functions. A chord generator and an arp. I’m only interested in finding an app that works in a similar way to Cthulhu’s chord generator.
I’ve bought so many iOS chord apps (ChordPolyPad, Suggester, SP Pro, Chordian, Polychord and ChordPadX). They’ve come close but never quite matched its greatness. Chordpolypad comes the closest but I’m not finding it particularly intuitive.
Chord gen demo starts at 1:50
For me, the thing that makes Cthulhu stand out from the pack is it’s simplicity, variety and wealth of inspiring chords and editing possibilities.
https://xferrecords.com/products/cthulhu
I’ve got my eye on Chordflow, ChordBud, Chordy 2, Tonality, Quantichord, Navichord but I’m a little gun shy based on past purchases.
@wim
I could be wrong but I think your Mozaic script comes close.
https://patchstorage.com/the-chordulator/
Comments
StepPolyArp is worth a look.
Thanks but isn’t it just an arp?
At the moment, writing a Streambyter/MidiFire/Mozaic script would be the only option, and certainly not a bad one because once you've got the logic, you're free to expand the library of chords with whatever you like.
Oh, wait, thinking about it, Lemur could be an even better alternative - if I'm not mistaken, a genius coder could do something very Cthulhu-alike in Lemur.
Or you, if you take the time to learn.
ChordMonkey in Lemur/iOS:
Chordroy demo:
Both receive MIDI notes and send chords that can be routed to any iOS CoreMidi app or MIDI interface.
In theory, this is excellent advice.
In practice, I’m way too lazy and impatient.
Chordmonkey and chordroy look promising. Thanks @rs2000
What about Scalebud? Good for finding chords but not sequencing. Need Atom for that.
Kirnu cream is one that often seems to be compared to Cthulhu
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/cream-mobile/id890886111
Have a look at Thesys and Kirnu Cream, not quite the same but both are very powerful and have some of this chord sequencing functionality.
I guess you meant to say ChordPolyPad from the same developer...
And you're right!
2 x 64 freely assignable chord pads per preset and each pad can be triggered by MIDI notes including velocity.
No, I meant exactly what I said
But I had missed that you want a certain kind of chord generator, and StepPolyArp does have some scale/chord functions built in but possibly in a different way to what you’re after.
StepPolyArp Unit by Laurent Colson https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/steppolyarp-unit/id1361313588
Many Thanks Everyone!
Only in a very limited sense. The part where he chooses a scale then plays single notes that generate chords from those notes.