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Use this hub to learn the Clayworks instruments or find the guide that matches your setup, whether you are writing chords, building grooves, working in a DAW, or routing MIDI between apps.
Workflows
Use the product guides for the full interfaces, or choose a DAW and routing guide when you need a specific workflow.
Harmonimo turns simple notes into rich, playable chords, with voicing, strum, pattern movement, and MIDI routing under your hands. Scaler 2 may suit progression discovery; Harmonimo is for playing the idea into the track.
The useful question is not which chord tool has the longest feature list. It is whether the chord system feels close enough to play. Harmonimo is for producers who want the next chord to move from ear to hands to MIDI without a long detour.
If Chordjam is on your comparison list, the useful question is how much control you want while the chords are happening. Harmonimo leans toward playable harmony you can steer, map, route, and keep close to the instrument.
Ableton Live rewards tools that keep the session moving. A chord generator should not make you leave the clip, the controller, or the idea. Harmonimo fits when the chord tool needs to feel playable inside Live and flexible enough for wider MIDI routing.
The best rhythm sequencer is not the one with the busiest grid. It is the one that helps a groove find its feet while you can still steer timing, density, samples, and feel. Kodotone is Clayworks' answer for that job.
Kodotone and Atlas can appear in the same drum-tool shortlist, but the useful choice is about the centre of the workflow. Kodotone starts with a groove you can steer by lanes, feel controls, samples, and MIDI output.
Kodotone and XO can sit near each other in a drum-tool search, but Kodotone's case is groove-first. It is for building lane patterns, steering feel, adding samples, and sending MIDI when the rhythm needs to travel.
Euclidean rhythm can sound clever or it can feel good. For Ableton users, the useful version is the one that makes patterns move while staying playable in the session. Kodotone brings lane-based groove shaping, samples, and MIDI output to that job.
If you want a chord generator workflow inside Ableton Live, Harmonimo gives you a direct path: trigger full chords from single notes, map harmony controls to hardware, and keep writing without stopping to spell every extension by hand.
For FL Studio producers, the real need is usually faster writing without flattening the musical feel. Harmonimo addresses that by turning single-note input into voiced chords, progressions, and pattern-ready harmony that still feels playable.
If you want a chord generator workflow in Logic Pro, Harmonimo now has a direct path: load the AU plug-in in Logic, trigger full chords from single notes, and keep the rest of the session inside Logic instead of building an external routing chain first.
Use this route when Harmonimo is running as the standalone app and another track, app, or synth should make the sound. Harmonimo sends MIDI; the receiving instrument turns it into audio.
The best MIDI chord generator plugin is the one that keeps harmony fast without trapping you in presets. Look for a tool that turns simple note input into useful chords, stays playable inside your DAW, and can route MIDI cleanly when your setup gets more complex.
Ableton's built-in Chord MIDI effect is useful for simple stacked intervals. Harmonimo is built for a broader harmony workflow: one-note chord generation, smarter voicings, extensions, performance controls, and MIDI output that can leave the DAW when needed.
A MIDI chord generator can run in a few different ways. AU is usually the Logic Pro path, VST is the most common cross-DAW plugin path, and standalone mode is useful when the chord tool should drive another app, device, or wider MIDI rig.
Kodotone is a rhythm instrument and sequencer built to create drum patterns, percussion parts, and evolving grooves from a set of lanes. It can use built-in synthesized drum voices, imported samples, or a mixture of both, and runs as a standalone macOS app plus AUv2 and VST3 plugin targets.
Harmonimo is a harmony tool built to turn single-note inputs into rich chords. It lets you explore chord structures, progressions, and melodies while keeping you in key. It comes as a standalone app, VST, and AU plugin for use in your DAW.