6EN CHORDS release notes

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v1.0.0 — 2026-11-12

• 6EN LINK: SHARE section has LINK A–D: 6EN BASS and 6EN MELODY on the same letter follow these chords live, no copy / paste
• Chord progression generator: writes chords in your key and scale and sends them as MIDI to your own keys, pad or synth
• Nine style engines: Trap, Drill, Boom Bap, R&B, House, UK Garage, Neo-Soul Rap, Half-Step Funk, Fusion Funk
• COLOR (triads up to 9ths, 11ths and 13ths) and OUTSIDE (half-step slides, bII7 side-steps, borrowed chords, secondary dominants)
• Voicing: CLOSE, OPEN or SPREAD, 3 to 6 NOTES, VOICE LEADING, and a BASS NOTE an octave below
• Rhythm: HOLD, STABS or ARP, with SWING, DENSITY, STRUM and VELOCITY
• 16 turnarounds in four groups (Classic, Outside, Color, Rhythm), 1 beat, 2 beats or 1 bar long
• CHANGES / BAR: a chord every 2 bars, every bar or every half bar; 1, 2, 4 or 8-bar loops; KEY, SCALE and OCTAVE
• COPY CHORDS: copies the key, scale and chords as text for 6EN MELODY; exported MIDI files also carry the key signature and a marker per chord
• Chord lane: click a chord to pick another (in key, outside moves, any quality, root or bass note), lock it, revoice it, resize or delete it
• 27 factory presets, three per style, with the same names, keys and loop lengths as 6EN BASS's: load the same preset in both for a matched pair
• GENERATE VARIATION: twice the chord shapes per style, sometimes starting away from the home chord, and never the same changes as your last few variations; back to the style's base progression; ◀ ▶ beside SEED step back and forward through your last 64 variations, chord edits included
• Plays in sync with your host; MIDI OUT light, MIDI channel, TEST chord and ROUTE — routing help for your host
• EXPORT MIDI: drag the chords into your host, or save them as a .mid file
• macOS: VST3 and AU — Intel & Apple Silicon
• Windows: VST3 — Windows 10/11, 64-bit