kawaChord2 | KAWA WORKS

STATUS NOTICE

New sales and licenses for kawaChord2 are currently discontinued while a next-generation version is being planned and developed.
We sincerely thank all our users for their continued support over the years. Future updates will be announced here on our website.

Plugin Features

This product is handy for quickly entering chord tones (MIDI notes) without the knowledge of every chord tones of each chord.

# Functions:

4 Simple Mode (Default Mode, Circle Of Fifth Mode, Chord Analysis Mode I and II).
MIDI notes are sent as chord tones by pressing a chord name button.
Diatonic chords are highlighted based on the main key and chords' root you set.
Place chords to DAW as MIDI Clip Item.
(As of today, this function has been confirmed with the following Host applications: Studio One, Reaper and Bitwig Studio).
The Step Sequencer of Chord tones (version 2.05~ )
Chord progression mode (in Advanced Mode) (version 2.10~ )
Search chords mode from musical scale. (in Advanced Mode) (version 2.10~ )

# Examples Uses:

Quick play and check chords tones.
You can also use it for a rough sketch of chord progressions.
Useful when writing chord progressions according to tonality.

# Requirements:

40 MB free hard disk space
Windows 10 newer, 32bit 64bit processor with 2 GB RAM
MacOSX 10.9 (recommend newer OS)
Display capable of 1024×768
VST, VST3 host program, AU (Logic ProX)
ASIO supporting sound card (recommended)

# Notes:

Downloads Manual : 日本語
Downloads Manual : English
v2.05 Additional Manual : 日本語
v2.05 Additional Manual : English
v2.10 Additional Manual : 日本語
v2.10 Additional Manual : English
Price: $50.00 - On the free version, only Triad chords are available.

# Latest version:

Windows : 2.175 (2018/1/26)
Mac OS X : 2.175 (2018/1/26)
Change log is here.

Free Version

Comparison of versions

Feature	FREE version	STANDARD version
Default Mode	O	O
Circle Of Fifth Mode	O	O
Pitch Analysis Mode I	O	O
Pitch Analysis Mode II	O	O
Send Midi Note	limited (only Triads chords)	no limited
Chord Pattern	limited (only Triads chords)	All Chord types
Chord Inversion Type	4 types	4 types
Analysis Chords	limited (only Triads chords)	All Chords
Note Order (Note Filter)	O	O
#/b mark setting	O	O
Detection Diatonic Chords function	limited (only Triads chords)	no limited
Resizable window	O	O
Roulette Buttons	O	O
Language	Japanese and English	Japanese and English
■ Step Sequencer (v2.05)	X	O
■ Advance Mode (v2.10)	X	O
■ Search Chord Mode by Scale (v2.10)	X	O
■ Color Scheme functions (v2.15)	X	O
■ On Chord Bass functions (v2.175)	X	O
License Activation	No	Yes

Chord List

version 2.15a

Triad	7th	9th	11th	13th	9th and 13th	Another Chord
Maj min aug dim sus4	△7 7 m△7 m7 △7sus4 7sus4 △7¯5 7¯5 m△7¯5 m7¯5 Aug△7 Aug7 Dim7	Add9 △7Add9 7Add9 Add¯9 △7Add¯9 7Add¯9 mAdd9 m△7Add9 m7Add9 mAdd¯9 m△7Add¯9 m7Add¯9 sus4Add9 △7sus4Add9 7sus4Add9 sus4Add¯9 △7sus4Add¯9 7sus4Add¯9 Add9¯5 △7Add9¯5 7Add9¯5 Add¯9¯5 △7Add¯9¯5 7Add¯9¯5 mAdd9¯5 m△7Add9¯5 m7Add9¯5 mAdd¯9¯5 m△7Add¯9¯5 m7Add¯9¯5 sus4Add9¯5 △7sus4Add9¯5 7sus4Add9¯5 sus4Add¯9¯5 △7sus4Add¯9¯5 7sus4Add¯9¯5	Add11 △7Add11 7Add11 mAdd11 m△7Add11 m7Add11 Add+11 △7Add+11 7Add+11 mAdd+11 m△7Add+11 m7Add+11	Add13 △7Add13 7Add13 Add¯13 △7Add¯13 7Add¯13 mAdd13 m△7Add13 m7Add13 mAdd¯13 m△7Add¯13 m7Add¯13 sus4Add13 △7sus4Add13 7sus4Add13 sus4Add¯13 △7sus4Add¯13 7sus4Add¯13	Add9,13 △7,9,13 7,9,13 mAdd9,13 m△7,9,13 m7,9,13 sus4,9,13 △7sus4,9,13 7sus4,9,13 Add9,¯13 △7,9,¯13 7,9,¯13 mAdd9,¯13 m△7,9,¯13 m7,9,¯13 sus4,9,¯13 △7sus4,9,¯13 7sus4,9,¯13 Add¯9,13 △7,¯9,13 7,¯9,13 mAdd¯9,13 m△7,¯9,13 m7,¯9,13 sus4,¯9,13 △7sus4,¯9,13 7sus4,¯9,13 Add¯9,¯13 △7,¯9,¯13 7,¯9,¯13 mAdd¯9,¯13 m△7,¯9,¯13 m7,¯9,¯13 sus4,¯9,¯13 △7sus4,¯9,¯13 7sus4,¯9,¯13	quartal,P4,P4 quartal,P4,+4 quartal,P4,-4 quartal,+4,P4 quartal,+4,+4 quartal,+4,-4 quartal,-4,P4 quartal,-4,+4 quartal,-4,-4 synthetic

Change Log

2018/01/26 version 2.175

Added : "On Chord Bass" button.
Updated : Color Scheme Files for "On Chord Bass" button.
Updated : minor behavior in "change language" action.
Updated : some minor functions behavior.

2017/12/18 version 2.15a

Fixed : "dim7" chord tones.
Update : "dim△7" chord was deleted. (because it is the same chord tone as "m△7-5").
Update : Replaced the behavior when moving the mouse wheel with holding modifier keys 1 and 2. (On the chord name button).

2017/12/13 version 2.15

Added : Color Scheme.
Added : Dark Color Scheme.
Added : Mono Chrome Scheme.
Update : 7th chords of "Aug" and "Dim".
Fixed : StepSequencer total step num.

2017/11/06 version 2.125

Added : some 9th, 11th, 13th Tension chords.
Added : "Quartal" and "Synthetic" Chords.
Added : StepSequencer "randomize action type2".
Update : store last opened editor mode.
Update : advanced mode chord search panel sort function.
Fixed : some minor behavior.

2017/09/20 version 2.07 ~ 2.10a

Added : advanced mode.
Added : chord search panel in advanced mode.
Added : 11 scales for chord search panel. (major, minor, modes, pentatonic scales)
Added : show popup menu when some button clicked.
Added : store chord from other instance of kawaChord2 plugin. (beta version)
Added : change mouse pointer when chord button dragging. (beta version)
Added : some functions at step sequencer's popup menu.
Update : step sequencer preset file version.
Improved : inner behavior of chord calculation.
Improved : some graphics icons.
Improved : some minor functions.
Updated : PDF manuals.
Updated : JUCE version to 5.1.

2017/08/05 version 2.06 pre

Support : Audio Units as "Midi Effect Plugin".
Update : PDF manuals.
Improved : inner behavior of Save and load Preset.
Improved : some function behavior.

2017/08/01 version 2.05a

Fixed : StepSequencer Note Order (Note Filter) Setting.
Added : Some flat Fifth Chords.

2017/07/25 version 2.05

Added : Step Sequencer Panel.
Added : Piano Roll Zoom (Control with modifier key 1 and Mouse wheel).
Added : Note Order (Note Filter) setting.
Added : #/b Mark setting.
Added : 11th Chords.
Improve : Some Parameters enabled with mouse drag control.
Improve : Some Inner Function behavior.

2017/06/17 version 2.02

Added : Modifier key Setting.
Fixed : update ChordName button order.
Fixed : argument chord tones.

2017/06/15 version 2.01

Supported : MacOSX (10.9 ~).
Added : Save Chord setting by Window Open and Closing.
Improved : Place To Daw Chord Name. (depends on Main key).

2017/05/23 version 2.00

Initial Release.
Supported : Windows 10. (64bit/32bit).

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Plugin Features

# Functions:

# Examples Uses:

# Requirements:

# Notes:

# Latest version:

Free Version

Comparison of versions

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Color Scheme

Chord List

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Change Log