The Chord Gun (MIDI) in REAPER

[@craigpaulson3503]

The gentleman that wrote this script deserves some donations. And Kenny deserves some for being the best Reaper teacher on KZbin..

[@slwslw2276]

Deeply agree.

[@alexanderkhait]

Yeah like the most boring guy in the wild west

[@clydesight]

This script is brilliant, but so is the video explaining how to use it! Thank you so much for the tip on such a great addition to Reaper AND showing how to use it!

[@Terribleguitarist89]

All these years I've been manually clicking in notes with virtual keyboard or the mouse... This is about to completely change my work flow for the better... Bless this dude for creating this.

[@michaelgraziotto7038]

I wonder if Kenny ever gets tired of hearing how awesome he is.... Kenny you're awesome

[@minkorrh]

The chord gun might be a shortcut but is also a wealth of learning info when it comes to musical theory and what scale associates with a specific chord groujp etc.

[@rayderrich]

The open nature of Reaper makes it better for me every day. Thank you Kenny and the script creator.

[@sickularism4289]

Every Single day the more tutorials am completing for REAPER am loving it more and more. I don't know If there is any other DAW in this world has such capabilities and community along with a INSANELY GREAT TEACHER like KENNY. Kudos to REAPER team and I don't have words to explain my excitement and love for the DAW that is increasing day by day. Still in evaluating mode but rest assured once I finish all the videos from REAPER website am going to instantly buy this DAW, no questions asked.

[@heckensteiner4713]

Oh my god! Just a treasure trove of information. Really glad I chose reaper as my DAW because the software and your channel are awesome! I'm learning so much so fast, and have TONS of tools to get me going. Thanks so much!

[@jefjahn247]

... and as a bonus, you’ll even learn a little music theory! 😉 Great script. Great tutorial! 👍

[@pbadach1468]

This is gamechanger my man.

[@jamesfrancisco3130]

Thank you, Kenny! I've recently bought a few MIDI tools that "sort of" do this, but this looks easier. Reaper has so many more things it can do than most of us know! Thanks for the tutorials!

[@francoisBonin-phils]

totally agree with this

[@Chalisque]

I still like UChord (I'd like to accumulate a chord progression before committing it to the piano roll), but Captain's out of a job. I'd love to have some kind of 'chord object' in the actual Reaper piano roll, where you could e.g. select a chord and have some kind of action to invert them and other manipulations.

[@BillGraper]

Have you seen videos for InstaChord? It's on sale for the next 8 days! I bought it immediately after watching a video. I can't wait to use it!

[@jamesfrancisco3130]

@@BillGraper Yes, I have InstaChord and all of the other "Insta..." related vst's. Haven't used them much, though... too many plugins - too little time!

[@darsmatias]

The Reaper Community is in debted to you for this amazing tutorials Kenny! Thanks bro!

[@dennisneo1608]

This is genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JanKowalski-nm1jh]

Thank you, Kenny.

[@alm5966]

Just when I've created my own menu items for a bunch of chord types I now stumble across this tutorial! This is a godsend of a script and video.

[@ricardoposada211]

Gratitud totaaaaalllll Mr Genoia y al hombre del Scritpt

[@eegoal]

I've been using it for long and it's one of the best reaper tools.

[@MrHugabum]

I don’t have any use for this but I love me some kenny g

[@Musikkeller-Innsider]

This is very helpful! This DAW and the community are full of surprises for me, rea-ster eggs every day...

[@wizardvega724]

rea-ster eggs is so on the money!

[@urbandombert]

As a Reaper Newbee from Germany I found this by accident. Thank you so much, this is exactly what I was looking for.

[@trublgrl]

Hey Kenny! Great to see new Reaper content from you. Your work is much appreciated.

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

That's it, throwing away the midi controller😂

[@kedskies]

No😭

[@radsy5821]

you are an international treasure Kenny, and thank you PandaBot!

[@andybishop1117]

Unbelievable script, Kenny you’re the man and this community is just awesome!

[@georgerudinsky489]

You are doing so much for us just stared learning music production, thank you so much. You are legendary mate. Keep on.

[@muhammadnaufal4413]

thanks a lot sir! your explanation is so easy to understand 👍🙏

[@siflex]

I think a few of the steps in the beginning are unnecessary, I downloaded the plugin into a folder I created called Reaper-Stash and directly installed it from there rather than copying it to the scripts directory/folder.

[@brian_hibbs]

I fucking love your narration it's so easy to follow.

[@poissonpuerile8897]

And it sounds like New Jersey William Shatner, to boot!

[@StamatisKekes]

Just installed the chord gun mate ... I love that script ... it will help me a lot with my composing work flow ...

[@MarkFromHawaii]

This is great - thanks Kenny. I just bought EZKeys 2. I’m wondering if I dragged and dropped an arpeggiated progression into a track with chord gun, I could edit it with chord gun to get the new chords to play in the arpeggiated midi pattern.

[@puissance]

Another gem! Thanks Kenny and thanks Ben Johnson (pandabot)!

[@aceaceace888]

Bless your soul Kenny! I always come to your videos for help!

[@scottrusling]

Wow what a fantastc tool! Thanks Kenny and panda bot!

[@i_have_crippling._.depress4630]

Thanks Kenny, this is way easier than the «stick to a key» button and paint chords in piano roll

[@shamanbeartwo3819]

Or, one could simply put the cursor on a note, right click and go down to "insert chords" and get a much more extensive list of chords to use than Chord Gun offers. Like a "mMaj7add13" or a "13b5b9" chord.

[@i_have_crippling._.depress4630]

@@shamanbeartwo3819 I had not thought about that, I'll try it next time and we'll see how complex I can go

[@Nikos4415]

@@shamanbeartwo3819 heya, i see that option but nothing happens when I try to choose any chord... can you elaborate on this way a little more?..

[@Ryahan]

Wow. Thanks for this. And the guy who made the script, thanks

[@lenoncabrini8557]

Simply fantastic!

[@oletrenner]

That's a hell of a tool, thanks for sharing! Just put a fender rhodes VST in a new midi track, randomly click some chords on the chord gun, and ready is a hit ;) Cheers!

[@kerwinfernandes9583]

the first progression sounded like 'Take on me!' 😜 Great demo, thanks, and God bless! 🙂🙏🏻❤

[@SSITM]

Let it Be known that this is one of the most used chord progressions in popular music. Don't Stop Believin what I just wrote.

[@blessmusicdaily]

Thank you so much i need this!

[@crnkmnky]

5:53 "… and just like that, we're booting up MacOS!" 🔌

[@Karlush]

😂

[@sebastianbarrosomusica]

Amo Reaper y a este tipo

[@Skylarka]

What. A. Tool. I mean it. This is an absolutely incredible tool! Installing it right now!

[@jbognap]

Kudos to pandabot (Ben Johnson) for creating this incredibly useful tool. I've played around with this, but I didn't know about playing it in real-time or selecting existing events and replacing chords.

[@bahutu802]

Incredibly useful tool. Pandabot is the man! Didn't know this kind of tool was just a few clicks away :) I was always looking for something like this without having to buy a pricy VST. It's so useful to come up with some basic chord progressions (even if you use other notes later on. Or to set up a progression to practice musical instruments to. Impressive that it also is so well integrated with the MIDI editors, so that it replaces existing chords, preserves the rhythm and so on. I also love that it works with arpeggiators which follow in the FX lane, such as MIDI arpeggiator (see an other video by Kenny Gioia).

[@thomasrodman1796]

Amazing!

[@REAPERMania]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@CarlyonProduction]

I like your window config for this...might have to copy that and save it as a ‘songwriting phase window set.

[@juliodrums9456]

Your the very best teacher Thanks Kenny......

[@robhouse1926]

Thanks again Kenny. This is incredibly efficient and useful.

[@francoisBonin-phils]

With this , ther is no need of a midi chord pack , thanks for the video.

[@rokitrik6783]

Gioia rocks! Thanks for sharing more goldmine info!

[@robtownsend3058]

I wanna more music already! But I can't stop watching your videos Kenny, after EACH and EVERY one I feel like I should watch just one more as they will always make me even better. This tool is awesome and your creative ways to use it for shortcuts are inspiring, definitely gonna start my next track today, I think.

[@whiteboyskittytv5840]

CG seems to be working. But it won't 'print' the MIDI info if I'm not actually recording. I can't print without Reaper 'rolling'. I can't figure out what I have or haven't selected properly.

[@virgo47]

Ridiculous mode! Something I was looking for exactly. Thank you for showing us the way and this great script.

[@XRaym]

Am I dreaming or is it the first time your promote non native features ?! awesome !

[@jonmatthews4254]

Another absolute gem, thanks Kenny.

[@LatinLegion]

Thank you for all the knowledge 🙏 you share with us. You are the best!

[@MerlinsMelody]

this is indeed a very very useful tool. thankyou for the tutorial and thanks pandabot for the creation

[@marciosouza8656]

Genius Man!!

[@boldbearStudios]

Brilliant method, thank you Kenny!

[@luisperezthebedroommusicia3054]

As always a great Reaper tool explained professionally by Kenny Gioia.

[@troyvirgona8738]

This just made my month. Amazing script and thanks for sharing!

[@mightyhunter4]

This just blew my mind. Thank you for your easy, concise tutorials!!

[@jimmythebold589]

awesome! i know chord theory well, but i still like to use tools like this, they make me think/comppose differently than actually playing chords.

[@jesusramirez5814]

Ooh God.!! I had no idea this was possible .... I am an amateur user trying to record a demo ...... this has been super useful to help me with the musical block ....... thank you very much for this information Kenny .......amazing Broo.....Regards from Spain. !!! 👏🤘💪

[@mxkguitar]

This is powerful stuff. Thanks!

[@xmawja]

Thanks very helpful tool

[@davelanciani-dimaensionx]

Already downloaded and put to use in my latest music video. So easy to pick out chords within a proper key, and very simple to use. Great for getting a variety of chord inversions for sustaining ambient pads.

[@til2003]

Very well explained. Thank you very much.

[@johnpaulsen6301]

Damn nuff respect to Kenny I learned so much from you thank you so much and big shout-out to Reaper as well don't worry by the end of the year I'll definitely pay the money to pay for that Reaper cuz it's so worth it

[@nick3795]

I would have never guessed it was press the shift key to write, thanks again Kenny

[@slipperedlobster]

whoa ! You just changed my life. lol This is what I was looking for. Excellent Video

[@benwerra3149]

I am trying to change my own midi melodies into chords, just like kenny did at 11:17. But if I try that, the chords always have the length of the grid I am using, and I have not found a way that the chords have the length of the already existing notes. Anybody knows what to do? :)

[@benjohnson1938]

download the new version

[@empinchen]

At 9:51, the midi editor grid changed from quarters to sixteenth - did this happen somehow automatically?

[@kapilvaswani389]

This was amazing. Great demo.

[@amarug]

god tier plugin

[@rhythmjones]

LPT: Alt 8 and Alt 2 to move individual notes in the chords up and down an octave for more interesting voicings.

[@dodgyscampton5668]

Great stuff, well explained.

[@Andre7414]

Wow this is amazing 🤩

[@pickflip113]

Chordgun is great! Thank you so much for the video Kenny!

[@Invane]

Thanks so much for your awesome tutorials, Kenny. I think I've watched nearly all of them. Great help finding my way around Reaper. This again: wonderful and very useful! 🙏

[@grengoss]

Best free plugin ever. Thanks a lot for this tutorial.

[@georgerudinsky489]

You are genius bro, awesome. Cheers.

[@Pfaeff]

A very well thought out extension. I like it.

[@TimOost]

Fantastic tool and agreat explanation as always. Thank you

[@pirminborer625]

This is unbelievably useful. And I just bought an arturia keystep pro...😂

[@chrisbrown7127]

Excellent as ever, Kenny!

[@tfmc3389]

Another Fantastic Video from Kenny G. - The Reaper Man!

[@FilipeGomesDrummer]

This is gold!

[@osvaldosoares4559]

Great video, you are a great teacher

[@smoothcannibal5371]

Pro tip. I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get the note to turn off. Make sure you don't have the send all keyboard input to virtual keyboard (even with other windows active) option checked. thanks for this video. This is cool piece of software. I am going to have to donate some to this guy when I can.

[@francoisBonin-phils]

Awsome , as usual , not as complicated as scaler 2 or others , although very powerful!Your videos are so helpful , thanks a lot

[@bankimmaisnam2785]

This is Gold!! Thanks a ton Kenny.

[@WithoutTroy]

How did you get the docker to split top and bottom on the right side? Also, do you know if there is a way to rescale the size of the Chord Gun?

[@TheB1gduk]

Legend !

[@Ashleyraji]

you are awesome

[@chanbothsolo9252]

reaper is everything!

[@vikramjitbanerjeetuki]

Super duper good lesson Kenny,just wondering is there a script or a js plugin that can do something like the Scaler plugin,what I mean is a plugin that restricts my midi keyboard entered chords to a pre defined scale/key?

[@ARE_YOU_SICK_OF_YT_CENSORSHIP]

yes, look for MIDI_KeySnap and MIDI_KeySnapChord III by IX

[@lardosian]

Thanks Kenny, cant wait to try this.

[@themiltongroupstudios7943]

You the man Bro …..‘ppreciate you

[@LoneWolfAudio0524]

Wow. I did learn something, and I absolutely CAN use it. Thanks for this. Awesome.