Running accompaniment live
The Section Launcher and reservation-based switching move you safely to the next section, right on the bar.
Edition Detail
Build accompaniment on your progression,
Build accompaniment on your progression,
and play it with pads
Chord Dock Performance turns the progression you built on the timeline into four-part accompaniment — Drums / Bass / Arp / Chord Pad — that you perform with pads. Your progression becomes the backing for live sets and structure sketching.
Buy Performance
$29
$19
Limited-time price · until October 1
All editions share the same installer. Enter the license key issued after purchase to unlock the features. Each license covers up to 2 devices per account.
Before buying, you can try the Arranger Mode demo in Lite / Extended (90 seconds of playback, Pads 1–3 per part).
What Performance adds
NEW in 2.0
Arranger Mode with 4 parts × 8 pads × 2 pattern sets
Section Launcher queued by click, number keys, or MIDI
Performance page (32 pads) and Song page (song order)
Per-part MIDI via ChordPart and Arranger MIDI export
Overview Video
Chord Dock 2.0 overview, including Arranger Mode (English).
What you can do with Performance
Arranger Mode — build four parts per section
Create patterns for Drums / Bass / Arp / Chord Pad per section and assign them to pads (8 pads × 2 pattern sets per part). Role-based patterns follow chord changes automatically, and per-part style presets plus random generation get you a solid starting point fast.
Dedicated pattern editors per part
Drums uses a lane-based step editor (GM defaults, remappable). Bass offers two ways to edit — a Chord-Role Sequencer and a full MIDI Roll — while Arp / Chord Pad use role-lane editing. Every pattern can be dragged out as MIDI.
Section Launcher and reservation-based switching
Queue sections with a click, number keys 1–8, or MIDI notes. Sections switch with Launch Quantize (Next Bar / Section End); pads have their own switch timing (Next Bar / Pattern End) and playback position (Bar Lock / Restart). Auto Advance and Standby Pad 1 are included, and Sync Mode (Host / Plugin) lets you follow the DAW timeline or let Chord Dock lead.
Performance page — focus on playing with 32 pads
A dedicated performing view with all 4 parts × 8 pads (32 pads) on one screen. Queue sections while shaping the arrangement with pad combinations — for live sets and structure experiments alike.
Song page — lay patterns out and hear the whole song
Arrange pad patterns along the song order and check the song end to end — with internal playback while the DAW is stopped, or following host playback. Clip editing is fully undoable.
ChordPart — every part to its own track, any instrument
Drop the bundled ChordPart plugin (VST3) on a receiving track and it connects to the main plugin automatically — no wiring. Assign any instrument per part, regardless of how your host routes plugin MIDI. Added latency is constant, at most one audio buffer (128–256 samples recommended).
Who it's for
Sketching structure with pads
Even while the DAW loops a short region, Plugin sync lets pad actions advance the song — ideal for arrangement experiments.
One instrument per part
ChordPart sends each part to its own track, so every part can use any instrument — including your DAW's built-in ones.
What Performance unlocks
Arranger Mode
Perform four-part accompaniment with all 8 pads × 2 pattern sets.
Performance / Song pages
A 32-pad performing view and a song-order overview.
ChordPart
The bundled plugin delivers each part's MIDI to its own DAW track.
Arranger MIDI Export
Drag any Arranger pattern out of the plugin as MIDI.
Demo vs. Performance
What the demo (Lite / Extended) allows
- Open the Setup / Performance / Song pages
- 90 seconds of actual playback in total
- Pads 1–3 per part (Pads 4–8 visible only)
- No Arranger MIDI export
What Performance unlocks
- Unlimited playback time
- All 8 pads × 2 pattern sets per part
- Arranger pattern MIDI drag / export
- Per-part MIDI output via ChordPart
Install and activate
1
Install Lite
All editions share the same installer, which also installs ChordPart alongside the main plugin. Confirm it launches in your usual environment.
2
Buy a license
You receive a license key after purchase. Each license covers up to 2 devices per account.
3
Activate in the plugin
Enter the key from the settings menu in the top-right of the plugin, approve the device in your browser, and the Performance features unlock.
ChordPart has no license controls of its own — it follows the main plugin's edition. Keep the main plugin and ChordPart at the same version. For an illustrated walkthrough, see the activation guide on the home page and the FAQ.