Chordify vs Roland Chord Director

Chordify turns music from YouTube, SoundCloud, or a private collection into chords aligned with an interactive player. Its catalog search covers YouTube, SoundCloud, and 36 million songs already chordified. Chordify uses deep neural networks to recognize chords and track beats, letting players work with guitar, ukulele, piano, or mandolin; mandolin is available only on the website and Android app. Web and mobile versions share chordified or favorited songs. The Toolkit includes a chromatic tuner, metronome, chord practice, and live chord detection, with all Toolkit features unlocked in Premium Plus. Chords can be exported as PDF or MIDI, and songs can be embedded on websites or blogs, although edits are not supported in embeds. A free plan is available. Basic costs $24 a year, Premium costs $42 a year, and Premium Plus costs $54 a year, each billed yearly. Deezer songs are unavailable, and Deezer links work only on the website.

Roland Chord Director is a free companion app for Roland’s GO:KEYS 3 and GO:KEYS 5 keyboards. It supplies additional ready-made chord patterns that can be loaded into a connected keyboard with a touch. The touch interface also lets users change keys and edit chord patterns, or create new patterns from their own chord progressions. The app links to the keyboard through Bluetooth and is listed for iOS and Android through the App Store and Google Play. Roland describes it as a way to use chord patterns for favorite songs and new compositions with a full-band sound. A free Roland Account is required to access pre-made patterns. Roland says GO:KEYS 3 and GO:KEYS 5 added support in system program version 1.11. Product questions go to Roland’s Knowledge Base, with product support handled through BACKSTAGE. Google Play reports possible collection of personal information, app activity, and device or other IDs; it also reports encryption in transit and deletion requests.