Every chord stays visible
The grid keeps the in-key chords available at a glance, so you can move through a progression without opening menus or changing pages.
Max for Live chord device · Ableton Live workflow
Free Max for Live chord device for Ableton Live.
Tuple keeps harmony visible and playable inside Ableton Live: every in-key chord, plus borrowed chords, on one color-coded grid. No menu diving, no theory friction, no separate app.
Workflow first
Explore harmony by playing, not scrolling.
Tuple is built around a simple workflow idea: the musical space should stay visible while you write. Instead of browsing generated suggestions, you can see the available harmonic choices and move by ear.
Borrowed chords stay close
Modal interchange and secondary dominants are part of the same workflow, so color and movement are always one step away.
Built for Ableton Live
Tuple runs as a Max for Live MIDI device on a track, sends MIDI to your instrument, and follows the session workflow you already use.
Inside Live
A chord grid that behaves like part of your session.
Drop Tuple before an instrument, sync or choose a key, and start playing. It is designed to feel immediate in an Ableton workflow: choose, hear, adjust, capture.
Tuple is not a standalone app or a VST plugin.
It is a Max for Live MIDI device for Ableton Live. It lives on a MIDI track, sends notes to the instrument after it, and stays close to the way you already produce.
It is a Max for Live MIDI device for Ableton Live. It lives on a MIDI track, sends notes to the instrument after it, and stays close to the way you already produce.
What it helps with
Faster chord progressions without leaving the flow.
Start from key and scale
Use the grid to explore valid chords for the current key and scale, including major, minor, modes and other scale workflows.
Shape the movement
Voice leading, voicings and expression controls help chords move smoothly without making the interface feel like a theory exercise.
Capture what works
When a progression works, use Progression → Clip to turn it into MIDI inside Ableton Live and continue arranging.
Main features
Visible harmony, playable controls.
- Color-coded chord grid with diatonic degrees
- Borrowed chords in the main workflow
- Live key and scale sync
- Smart Chords suggestions
- Voice leading modes
- 28 voicings
- Strum, Velocity Ramp and Humanize
- Push 2 support
- MIDI mapping for key controls
- Progression capture to MIDI clip
Get Tuple
Free, open-source, built for Ableton producers.
Download the Max for Live device, try the browser demo, or read the manual to see how the workflow fits inside Ableton Live.