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By buying an nChord license and/or accessing this website, you agree to the following license and terms:
As with most software, no refunds are offered under any circumstances. You are encouraged to read the Technical Requirements and to ask any questions before purchasing a license.

Original development, concepts, workflow and idea by A. I./Avantgarde Sound.
Avantgarde Sound, nChord, enChord v1, nChord v3 HeartEater (including all previous versions and names), the nChord workflow, the nChord concept and sub-concepts, the nChord software routines and software workflow and implementation, the nChord interface workflow and all the information and data on this website (collectively, 'nChord') are the intellectual property and work of A. I./Avantgarde Sound. 
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WORLDWIDE since v1 realized and released on an ongoing basis since December 1, 2012 ©

Fully working prototype and software implementation accomplished using Liine's Lemur development framework (however, as an ongoing development effort, nChord is being ported to other platforms both mobile and desktop, both hardware and software.)

nChord may be used only by a person licensed by A.I/Avantgarde Sound.  When you buy a license using the means provided in this website or any other Avantgarde Sound authorized outlets, you only are paying to become an nChord licensed user.
A.I/Avantgarde Sound remain the sole legal owner of nChord. 
A user licensed by Avantgarde Sound is only authorized to use nChord AS IS with no warranties implied or otherwise.

nChord is prohibited to be used, imitated, distributed, copied, and/or shared by any means without written permission provided specifically by A. I./Avantgarde Sound. No person or individual nor any organization is permitted to derive any products/concepts from nChord without A.I./Avantgarde Sound’s written permission.

Liine/JazzMutant Lemur is an open software architecture, as such it might be technically possible to, or attempt to, see/modify/understand nChord, nChord’s software, nChord’s software routines and/or the concepts and/or conceptual technology utilized in nChord, however you, licensed or not, accept that you might be subjected to copyright and intellectual property infringement violations and the corresponding legal consequences as set forth by local and international Intellectual Property Law for any such attempts and/or violations or any other violations as set forth in that Law or in this License and Terms of Use.
License and Terms of Use are subject to change without notice. A license might be revoked for any reason at any time at the discretion of A.I./Avantgarde Sound.

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nChordv3HeartEater

nChord v3 - HeartEater

intro celebration !!

temporary 30% off

Order NOW!!*

Just $49

($69 after intro promo)

By buying and/or visiting this website,

you accept the License and Terms

Features list

(This color denotes a new nChord v3 - HeartEater feature):

 

 

 

· Full Save and Recall

 

· 3rd party MIDI controller support: with a one-touch MIDI Learn function enabling you to in-harmonically control external sound generators from an external controller seemingly turning nChord into a realtime harmonic translator:

 

generic MIDI controller

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nChord v3 - HeartEater

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sound generator

(could act as the generic MIDI controller above if it includes a keybed)

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in-harmonic MIDI controller

(far from “generic” anymore!)

 

 

· NoteBoard: a 108 “note canvas” for state of the art chord design and chord progression design with MIDI input and output support and NoteBoard Sense (for you to input chords in realtime via MIDI)

 

 

· ChordLibrary: ~7000 possible chords, featuring avant-garde (pun totally intended!) workflow and ergonomics not ever seen before… with direct audition with additional chord customization facilities

 

 

· Velocity Chord Mixer: Individual chord note velocity (volume) mixer

 

 

· Custom Chord Modifiers: Lows Emphasis, Highs Emphasis, Bloat function, Simple Inversion and Complex Inversion

 

 

· ScaleLibrary: a library of dozens of musical scales (Major? Harmonic Minor? Gypsy? Bebop? Oriental? Hindu?  You name it... they are all in nChord´s ScaleLibrary) with Replace base scale function

 

 

· Realtime, generative scale cycle pre-audition

 

 

· ChordBank: for factory/user chord storage and realtime 1-pad-per-chord trigger via MIDI output. Now featuring MIDI input support (for external chord triggering), Chord Edit function, stored Notes Display per chord, Scale Color Feedback (as per stored scale modulations), and Lock ChordBank function

 

· One-touch chord refined analysis and chord progression suggester

 

 

· ModBank: for storing your scale modulations and for quick scale switching, now featuring Color Feedback

 

· One-touch scale refined analysis and scale modulation suggester

 

 

· TileBoard: a MIDI controller surface of harmonically perfect “tiles” for ultimate performance with no wrong notes; a dynamic self-regeneration-capable multi-touch instrument with expression control, aftertouch control and improved velocity control for each harmonic Tile

 

 

· PadBoard: a dynamic pad-based board (ala MPC) controller that is dynamically re-built according to user-selected scale with MIDI input and output support, expression, aftertouch, pitchbend and sostenuto support, and Transposition Setting

 

 

· Individual MIDI channel selection support: enabling you to control up to 3 different external instruments at a time

 

 

· nChord is compatible with all DAWs that support MIDI

 

 

· nChord is compatible with all hardware and software instruments that support MIDI

 

 

· nChord features a state-of-the-art, ultra-ergonomic user-friendly interface and workflow.

 

 

Please check the only two Technical Requirements section on the front page

 

And also check the screenshots below with additional information

 

 

 

 

 

 

And with your active support, more features coming soon...

Additional screenshots

nChord v3 - HeartEater

intro celebration !!

temporary 30% off*

Order NOW!!*

Just $49

($69 after intro promo)

UPGRADE*** TO V3 FROM V1:

By buying and/or visiting this website,

you accept the License and Terms

( bottom of this page)

* All prices in USD. All  prices are subject to change without notice *** All requests and orders are usually processed within the same day/24-48 hrs. on busy days.

 If you acquired a v1 license on or after 8/29/2014, contact us for a FREE UPGRADE TO V3; if not:

YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION TO UPGRADE FROM V1 FOR 50% off the full $69 regular price. SIMPLY EMAIL US YOUR PROOF OF V1 PURCHASE** FROM YOUR REGISTERED EMAIL ADDRESS** TO RECEIVE YOUR  SPECIAL UPGRADE PATH ** Required 

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INCLUDED IN {nChord v3 - HeartEater}: Progression Analytics