Tuple

Description

Tuple — every chord in your key, on one grid, always visible.

Tuple is a free, open-source Max for Live chord device. Drop it on a MIDI track

and play harmony like a drum rack: every diatonic AND borrowed chord for your key

sits on one grid, color-coded by degree. No menus, no popups, no theory headaches

— pick a sound and play.

WHAT'S ON THE GRID

• 7 diatonic degrees + a dedicated Borrowed column (secondary dominants & modal

interchange) — every valid chord always visible, never hidden behind a page.

• All 12 keys + major, minor, the modes, harmonic & melodic minor, and pentatonics

— switch and the whole grid re-voices.

• Auto-sync — Tuple follows Live's key & scale automatically; toggle SYNC and it

re-imports on every change (Key/Scale lock while it follows).

• Flat / sharp toggle (♭/#) — read note names whichever way fits your key.

• 5 color logics (spectrum, function, tension, fifths, quality) with an on-grid

legend, so you can read it at a glance.

PLAYABILITY

• 28 voicings — Classic, Piano, Open, Spread, Drop 2/3, Rootless (+ A/B), Jazz,

New Jazz, Quartal, Upper, Sus, House, Prog, Trance, Funk, Organ, French Touch,

Broken, Deep Tech, Detroit, Soul, Clav, Rave, Wide, Power — each with its own

ear-tested identity, from tight jazz to wide electronic textures.

• One-hand grips — every voicing stays in a single register (only Piano spans two

hands).

• Voice leading — Anchor & Flow modes with common-tone detection for smooth changes.

• Expression — Strum (up to ±250 ms, with curve & velocity ramp) and Humanize.

WORKFLOW

• Perform & Capture (CHORDIFY) — play one-note chord triggers live while Live

records them, then click CHORDIFY and every trigger becomes its full voiced chord,

voice-leading included. Timing, feel & note lengths are preserved — Live did the

recording. Undo and CHORDIFY again with a different voicing anytime.

• Progression → Clip — capture chords as you play, drag to re-order, then drop the

whole progression into a MIDI clip, one chord per bar.

• Push 2 — play the grid on the pads, color-coded by degree, plus a Progression

mode: capture a progression and get each chord's substitutes, strongest next

chords, and re-voicings right on the pads.

• MIDI mapping — map 8 key controls to any controller, saved with your set.

• Auto-updater — Tuple checks for new versions and updates you right inside Live

(bigger updates launch the installer for you).

• SMART CHORDS — As you play, Tuple lights up where to go next — by harmonic function

(what resolves / builds tension) or by voice leading (what moves smoothest with your

current voicing). Brighter = stronger. Suggestions, never rails — it works in every

layout, on screen and on Push 2.

NEW IN 1.4

• Perform & Capture (CHORDIFY) — play one-note chord triggers live while Live records them, then click CHORDIFY and every trigger becomes its full voiced chord, voice-leading included. Your timing & feel are preserved.

• Push 2 — Progression mode: capture a progression and get each chord's substitutes, next chords & re-voicings right on the pads.

• Hover-to-preview your progression in the drawer.

IMPROVED

• Reworked voicing engine — now 28 voicings, each with its own ear-tested identity (Nu-House → New Jazz, Jamiroquai → Clav, Trap removed).

• Tighter Extended chords; smart suggestions now follow your progression; leaner engine under the hood.

FIXES

• Progression → Clip now works on recent Live 11/12 (could write an empty clip before).

• Smoother macOS installer.

REQUIREMENTS

Ableton Live 11+ with Max for Live · macOS & Windows.

FREE & OPEN SOURCE

Site & manual: https://tuple.live/

Source: https://github.com/c0remusic/tuple

Community: https://discord.gg/skn5Np6DdP

Version 1.4.0

DOWNLOAD

Visit the site https://tuple.live (maxforlive.com doesn't support zip), click download on the installer that fits your OS (or manually with the zip : extract everything in the same folder, drag the .amxd into a midi track.)