Chord Pad Alternatives

Chord Pad is described as 'A chord sequencer with 300+ great sounding styles. Allows you to create chord progressions and backing tracks in minutes' and is an app. There are five alternatives to Chord Pad for Windows, Mac and Linux. The best Chord Pad alternative is Band-in-a-Box. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try ChordPulse or JJazzLab. Other great apps like Chord Pad are Busker and Microsoft Songsmith.

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Chord Pad alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
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  1. Band-in-a-Box icon

    Band-in-a-Box

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    Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.

    62 Band-in-a-Box alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Band-in-a-Box screenshot 1

    Band-in-a-Box Features

    1.  Support for VST Plugins
    2.  Music Sequencer
    3.  Generative acompaniment
    4.  Accompaniment

    Band-in-a-Box VS Chord Pad

     

    • Band-in-a-Box is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Chord Pad.

    • Band-in-a-Box is the most popular commercial alternative to Chord Pad.

    • Band-in-a-Box is Paid and ProprietaryChord Pad is also Paid and Proprietary
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    ChordPulse

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    ChordPulse is a handy backing band software for music practice, inspiration, improvisation, and pure fun with music. Play and sing along with ChordPulse. Use it as a full accompaniment, a drum machine with bass, a metronome with chords, and more.

    11 ChordPulse alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    ChordPulse screenshot 1

    ChordPulse Features

    1.  Accompaniment

    ChordPulse VS Chord Pad

     

    • ChordPulse is the most popular free alternative to Chord Pad.

    • ChordPulse is Freemium and ProprietaryChord Pad is Paid and Proprietary
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    Busker

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    Busker is a complete set of tools to create musical arrangements from sheet music (chords + melody staff). It uses Yamaha compatible styles (thousands can be downloaded for free) for auto-accompaniment.

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    • Windows
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    Busker VS Chord Pad

     
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    JJazzLab

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    JJazzLab is a free Midi-based application which automatically generates backing tracks (a musical accompaniment) for any song. It’s a jam buddy to have fun improvising, learn new stuff or just practice your instrument. It’s also a great tool for teachers.

    17 JJazzLab alternatives

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    • Free • Open Source

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    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    JJazzLab screenshot 1

    JJazzLab Features

    1.  Music Sequencer
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Support for VST Plugins
    4.  Support for MIDI
    5.  Backing track

    JJazzLab VS Chord Pad

     

    • JJazzLab is the most popular Linux alternative to Chord Pad.

    • JJazzLab is the most popular Open Source alternative to Chord Pad.

    • JJazzLab is Free and Open SourceChord Pad is Paid and Proprietary
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    Microsoft Songsmith

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    Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer’s voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC’s microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you. Then share your songs with your friends and family, post your songs online, or create your own music...

    11 Microsoft Songsmith alternatives

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    • Windows
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    Microsoft Songsmith VS Chord Pad

     
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