MMA Alternatives

MMA is described as '“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a user supplied file containing chords and MMA directives' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are eight alternatives to MMA for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best MMA alternative is Impro-Visor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MMA are Band-in-a-Box, Busker, ChordPulse and JJazzLab.

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MMA

Free • Open Source
Music Production App

“MMA—Musical MIDI Accompaniment” is an accompaniment generator. It creates MIDI tracks for a soloist to perform over from a...

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Impro-Visor
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
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66 Impro-Visor alternatives
Impro-Visor (short for “Improvisation Advisor”) is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes.
- - Impro-Visor is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to MMA.
- - Impro-Visor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MMA.
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Band-in-a-Box
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
63 Band-in-a-Box alternatives
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.
- - Band-in-a-Box is the most popular commercial alternative to MMA.
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Band-in-a-Box Features
1. Support for VST PluginsBand-in-a-Box support third-party Virtual Studio Technology (VST) plugins.
2. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with Band-in-a-Box, by handling note and performance information.
Generative acompaniment
Accompaniment
Busker
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Windows
52 Busker alternatives
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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ChordPulse
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Freemium • Proprietary
Music Production App
Windows
10 ChordPulse alternatives
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.
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ChordPulse Features
Accompaniment
JJazzLab
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
Linux
17 JJazzLab alternatives
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.
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JJazzLab Features
1. Music SequencerRecord, edit, or play back music with JJazzLab, by handling note and performance information.
Backing track
Ludwig
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Windows
6 Ludwig alternatives
The music software Ludwig automatically arranges your songs with a few clicks. Accompanying parts fit the melody well. Automatic Chords. Pop, Rock, Jazz, Country, Classic.
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LeMMA
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Free • Open Source
Music Production App
Windows
Linux
6 LeMMA alternatives
LeMMA is a simple GUI “front-end” written in Python for MMA (Musical MIDI Accompaniment – also written in Python). Just enter the chords, select the grooves and press “Play”.
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LeMMA Features
1. Support for MIDILeMMA includes MIDI hardware and software support to record and import audio.
Discontinued
The project looks abandoned. Last version, 0.9 alpha, released in August 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Microsoft Songsmith
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
10 Microsoft Songsmith alternatives
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...
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