Add your vote for MIDIKit OSX dev to make app to edit Chord Looper files

Started by nonchai, November 17, 2022, 01:33:03 PM

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nonchai

After finding out recently that there is an OSX Mac app - MIDIKit available for editing all the data found in MIDI files including Yamaha format data such as Sy*** Chords etc- I discovered that recently this developer added a means to view and edit ( in lost mode only ) chord looper .CLD files. 
I recently asked him to also consider supporting editing of .CLD bank files - and then thought: Why not create a seperate new app focused specifically  on simply editing in a user-friendly graphic way any of the up-to-eight chord progressions contained in a .clb or in a .cld file in the manner of arranger apps like BandInABox or iRealPro. ?

Add your support here: https://forum.mixagesoftware.com/New-BIAB-iRealB-GUI-type-app-to-create-edit-Chord-Looper-clb-cld-files-based-on-MIDIKit-tech-td2239.html

Such an app would for example let one create , quantise ( just at quarter-note resolution - ie single beats - no more needed imo for most stuff ) and edit chord progressions. Currently I often improvise a left hand chord progression and record it - but the timing - and occasional chord command is often mistakenly off - so an easy means of just quantising the chord sy*** commands to the nearest quarter note or half-a-bar etc is fine, at least for me it is.

I would also suggest adding some features to support importing chord progressions from other common file formats - such as MusicXML and ABC Notation. Both BIAB and iReal Pro support exporting their "songs" ( progressions ) as MusicXML - and BandInABox also supports exporting in the ABC notation format as explained here: