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The melody creation plugin trusted by 50,000+ producers. Now with chord generation.
How It Works
From first spark to finished melody
No music theory needed. Choose a genre, select a style, then click a pad to generate unique melodies along with chords and bass. It’s that simple.
- Choose a genre and style — or set your own parameters
- Click a generator pad — get unique melodies, with chords and bass, instantly
- Drag the MIDI into your DAW to use with your other software instruments
- Tweak your melodies in the piano roll or use the plugin’s editing controls to adjust individual sections separately
- Or import your own chords and let MS3 create melodies to fit
Melody Sauce 3 is a massive update and brings chord generation to the popular melody creation plugin, making it the ultimate ideas generator.
Plugin hosting (New in v3.1)
Load your own plugins inside MS3. Load synth and instrument plugins onto the melody chord and bass layers and MS3 plays through them instantly.
Chord voicing (New in v3.1)
Change the feel of chords with over 100 voicings from simple 2-note chords to wide-open spreads.
Phrase lock (New in v3.1)
Lock part of the melody and generate a new melody around it.
Other Features new in v3.1
- Audio export: render WAV stems, with optional audio tail
- Chord and sound locking across styles
- Improved piano roll: with expanded view and more editing features
Now generate chord progressions!
Now generate chord progressions as well as melodies. Over 1,000 chord progressions are possible across 9 genres. Chord progressions play via new chord and bass layers with dedicated internal sounds and rhythms.
Chord progressions fully editable progressions with expanded chord types (Maj9, sus2, Dim7 etc). Select from over 140 chord and bass rhythms.
Upgraded melody algorithms
Upgraded generative algorithms for more natural, flowing melodic lines. Generated melodies are now twice as long (8 bars). AI powered melody generation algorithms create a new unique melody for you every time, giving you a world of melody creation possibilities.
Brand new UI
Melody Sauce 3 features a new design and layout, now includes a new piano roll section where you can adjust the melodies.
Import MIDI chord with detection
Import your own midi chord files into Melody Sauce 3. Drag in a MIDI chord file and MS3 will detect the chords and key so you can create melodies to match.
New “Movement” and "Chord Fit” controls
Choose whether melodies flow smoothly or leap between phrases. Set how closely melodies follow the underlying chords.
New sounds
Over 300 sounds across melody, chords and bass. Upgraded FX including new “Wobble” effect.
Style Presets
Melody Sauce 3 features 300 all new style presets to get you generating new unique ideas instantly. New style randomizer for quick inspiration.
NEW FEATURES in MS3.1
- Plugin hosting: load your other plugins inside MS3 and play melody, chords and bass directly through them
- Chord voicing: change the feel of chords with over 100 voicings from simple 2-note chords to wide-open spreads
- Phrase lock: lock part of the melody and generate a new melody around it
- Audio export: render WAV stems, with optional audio tail
- Improved piano roll: with expanded view and more editing features
- Better generation: improved algorithms and more chord progressions (over 1,000 chord progressions)
- Plus: chord and sound locking across styles and various UI improvements.
macOS
- macOS 10.14 or higher, native Apple Silicon
- Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AU Midi FX
- DAWs supported: any DAW that supports VST or AU plugins including: Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig,
- Reaper, Reason
- 1.5 Gb of free disk space required.
Windows
- Windows 10 or higher (64-bit only)
- Plugin formats: VST, VST3
- DAWs supported: any DAW that supports VST plugins including: Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason
- 1.5 Gb of free disk space required.
- Internet connection required for product activation.
Reviews Summary
While it aims to provide a helpful overview, it may not capture every perspective or detail. We encourage you to read individual reviews to make an informed decision.
Users generally praise the plugin for its intuitive interface and its effectiveness in sparking creativity and overcoming producer block. While many find it easy to use and great for quickly generating usable melodies and chord ideas, some experienced producers feel the results can become repetitive, require heavy editing, and lack the advanced controls and genre variety found in competing tools.
