Captain Plugins

About

Captain Plugins is a theory and ear training tool by Mixed In Key. It lets you select a part, such as chords, melody or bass, and develop it together with the others. Its Magic Buttons create chord progressions, and you can explore different voicings. Chords can be saved to MIDI and Audio, and synced with positions on the DAW timeline.

What it sounds like

Pianists performed different styles, and those styles can be applied to chord progressions and basslines. Complexity buttons add more note layers to thicken the sound. A pop-out Sound Design interface tweaks the timbre of a chosen sound preset.

Features

• Magic Buttons create chord progressions
• Workspaces organize song sections such as verses and choruses
• Sync aligns chords with the DAW timeline
• Load and save presets for chords, rhythm or sound
• Curated, categorized presets for diverse styles
• Set the project key to match vocals or samples

Good for

• pop
• trap