Made to get out of your way.
Chord Maker turns a key, a scale and a mood into a loopable progression you can hear in seconds and then export straight to your DAW. Free, in your browser, no sign-up.
The problem
Great ideas, slow starts
Writing chord progressions should be the fun part. In practice, it's where a lot of momentum quietly dies and somewhere in the back of your head there's a mood you know you could turn into a track, if only you could find the chords.
Running out of ideas
Once you've found a few progressions you like, they show up in everything you make. New inspiration gets harder the more you lean on muscle memory.
Repeating the same patterns
Every producer has "their" four chords. Comfortable but predictable, and easy to plateau on.
Experimenting instead of creating
Trial-and-error at the keyboard eats the exact creative energy you wanted to spend on the actual song.
Theory as a barrier
Knowing a mood is one thing. Knowing which scale, which degrees, which voicings express it is another.
None of these are talent problems. They're workflow problems and workflow problems have solutions.
Why it's different
Built around what actually matters when you're making music
Steer by feeling, not theory
Pick a mood, Deep, Jazzy, Uplifting, Dark, Dreamy, Melancholic, and get progressions that fit it. You don't need the theory to get a theory-correct result.
Sounds like an instrument, not a spreadsheet
Progressions are voiced with smooth voice-leading notes move naturally from chord to chord played through the browser.
Ends where your production begins
Every loop exports as a standard .mid file. Drag it into Ableton, FL Studio, Logic or any DAW and keep going with your own sounds.
Key features
Everything you need to go from a mood to MIDI
Progressions that fit the vibe
Choose a key, scale, mood and a loop length of 2–4 chords. And get usable chords back no dead ends, no theory homework.
Explore moods and styles instantly
Seven moods and a browsable library of Popular Progressions let you jump between emotional colours and proven patterns with a click.
Hear it before you commit
Hit play and the loop cycles in the browser with adjustable BPM, while a live piano keyboard shows exactly what's being played.
Shape the richness
Add 7ths or 9ths to deepen the harmony, and switch keys or scales to reharmonise the same idea in a new colour.
Export straight to MIDI
Download any loop as a .mid file and drop it into your DAW. No transcribing, no re-recording the idea lands ready to build on.
A built-in playable piano
A dedicated piano page lets you play by mouse, touch or computer keyboard handy for testing an idea or noodling out a melody.
How it works
In four steps and fifteen seconds.
- 01
Open Chord Maker
It loads in your browser. Nothing to install, no sign-up.
- 02
Set your direction
Tap a key, pick a scale and mood, choose your loop length, and add 7ths or 9ths for more depth.
- 03
Generate and listen
Hit Generate, press Play, and the loop cycles with the keyboard showing every voicing. Not quite right? Regenerate or nudge the mood.
- 04
Take it into your track
When something clicks, download the .mid and drop it straight into your DAW.
The vision
The tools you use to make music should get out of your way
Theory shouldn't be a gate. A blank piano roll shouldn't be intimidating. The distance between a feeling and a finished idea should be as short as possible. Everything running client-side, free, and open to anyone with a browser is part of that is no barriers between you and the next idea.
Start creating
You already have the ideas. Chord Maker helps you find the chords faster, hear them the moment you think of them, and get them into your track without losing the thread.