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Quantichord or Scalebud, which should I buy?
They seem similar in function but Scalebud has more features, anyone have both?
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I just got QuantiChord. It feels really solid, if that makes any sense.
I have had ScaleBud for a little more than a month or so.
I think QC is geared more towards chords, with scale locking sort of secondary.
SB seems more scale oriented, with scale locked chords as a bonus.
Both are pretty cool in their own ways, and they do have some overlap. But they seem pretty different to me still. So pick if you want to work with chords primarily, or scales primarily. If you got both, you probably wouldn’t be disappointed. I find both are really useful.
Thanks for the input, @CracklePot
i have neither and dont really use chording apps but i would go with quantichord for its auv3 ability. iaa and screen switch, no.
Yeah but Scalebud is auv3 as well and has 20 scales presets, decisions, decisions. Aren’t they doing the same thing in principle?
ah it is! my bad. doesnt scalebud do the same kind of thing as Rozeta scaler?
Pretty much.
The have different scale quantize methods. SB drops notes, QC moves it up to the next scale note.
QC has user defined scales and chords. SB has you pick from available types.
QC seems better suited toward experimenting and non-traditional composition. SB seems geared toward standard music theory.
SB main feature is a scale locked keyboard, or scale locked chord buttons.
QC main feature is the ability to define a set of up to eight intervals that play along with a single note from a single pressed key. The scale quantizing is entirely optional. Plus QC has the randomized intervals, scale notes, etc.
But essentially they are very similar tools. So either chords, or scales. And either traditional, or experimental. I am happy with both of these apps.
Thanks for a succinct and thorough summary of these apps, much appreciated,🙏
The Scale Bud developer has been active on this forum, very helpful with feature requests, and sharing out promo codes etc. which makes me want to support him.
Just my 2 cents, but I would say invest your time in learning music theory rather than buy one of these apps - you’ll get much more benefit from it in the long run.
Yes that is right. But on the other hand being able to play chords by just pressing one key seems very helpful
Learn that stuff, use this stuff.
You can actually do both!
I got Scalebud thinking I would use it on everything I do in Cubasis or AUM like I would use the scale features in Gadget. I'm a string player so my mental map of intervals runs along strings and fingerboards. I know some music theory but sometimes have difficulty translating it to a piano keyboard. But I haven't ended up using Scalebud as much as I imagined for recording, just because it's one extra step of setup. I have had fun choosing scales and just noodling around and listening and I've probably picked up a little ear training along the way by using it like this.
@michael_m : I respectfully disagree . I play decent piano and I have a solid foundation in harmony .. There’s a time and a place for both I. The same way that I’m a drummer and find programming drum apps allows me to come up with things I otherwise might not have onnan actual set of drums.
Like I said, it’s just my 2c, so not suggesting that the app has no value - just saying that I think there’s value of learning the theory
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