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Introduction to Chordwalk

ChordWalk, based on US Patent 10614786 (April 7, 2020) and improvement application PTIE20220000000449, is a versatile software for Windows, Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It simplifies music composition and performance, catering to users from beginners to advanced musicians, regardless of their music theory knowledge.

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Getting Started

ChordWalk is not a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). Instead, it sends MIDI data streams to a locally running DAW, an externally connected device with a DAW, or any MIDI device capable of playing MIDI instrument sounds. ChordWalk can also play locally installed SoundFonts.

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Numa Player with ChordWalk on an iPad.

Numa Player is a free, four-track MIDI player available for download from the App Store. It allows you to create and play meaningful compositions using ChordWalk quickly. With a wide range of Virtual Instrument sounds and effects, Numa Player is a fantastic tool for beginners and those looking to have fun with music creation.

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Metronome

The selected Tempo is represented as a beat indicator scrolling across the bars to advise the Creator of their exact position in the composition structure in real-time. It is also important for the creator/performer to know where the beat is relative to the downbeat. The ChordWalk Metronome advises the current beat position relative to bar number and downbeat position.

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Virtual Instrument using SoundFonts

Independently of Local or external MIDI Devices connected, you can immediately start playing a wide range of instruments sounds using our bundled SF2 SoundFont Package. Five on-board Virtual Instrument MIDI destinations are provided. They are Labelled V1, V2, V3,V4 and V5.. You can assign any SoundFont Instrument sound to one or all Virtual Instrument Destinations.

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Recording in a DAW Using ChordWalk

In most instances, the whole band will play the same "chord" together. The melody can be played by a single instrument or sung by one or more singers. Even though all instruments are generally playing the same chords together, it doesn't mean that all the chords sound the same for all instruments.

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