Extremely useful app for composers.
A fantastic standalone app that also runs as an AUv3 plugin in MacOS based DAWs.
Recommended to any musician and songwriter who compose music: It will help in many cases such as unblocking complex resolutions or enigmatic modulation issues, or to solve creative block
It will also be super helpful to musicians who are a bit rusty on theory, or to autodidacts who started using instruments or software without learning fundamentals such as scales and chords systems.
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Just pick a scale to get matching chord suggestions, or input your own custom chords sequence to find compatible scales, and much much more.
I love the dedicated layouts and voicing alterations for both Piano and Guitars (standard or alternate tunings) - oh also… Ukulele,.
You can also export songs as MIDI or text.
Every note heard in the app is sent via Suggester’s own MIDI Out: that you can route to any MIDI devices or softwares..
Suggester’s MIDI input can be used to trigger chords too.
Recommended to any musician and songwriter who compose music: It will help in many cases such as unblocking complex resolutions or enigmatic modulation issues, or to solve creative block
It will also be super helpful to musicians who are a bit rusty on theory, or to autodidacts who started using instruments or software without learning fundamentals such as scales and chords systems.
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Just pick a scale to get matching chord suggestions, or input your own custom chords sequence to find compatible scales, and much much more.
I love the dedicated layouts and voicing alterations for both Piano and Guitars (standard or alternate tunings) - oh also… Ukulele,.
You can also export songs as MIDI or text.
Every note heard in the app is sent via Suggester’s own MIDI Out: that you can route to any MIDI devices or softwares..
Suggester’s MIDI input can be used to trigger chords too.
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Great App
I downloaded the first Suggester app in 2020 and I started writing songs again after a number of years due to my band being out of work due to COVID. I love it. I wrote over 250 songs since then using the first app, and I’ve just recently started using Suggester 2. It’s so easy to use and works well with GarageBand. All my songs start with this app. The support is fantastic. He answers my emails immediately and has walked me through a couple of things that I needed help with. I can’t say enough about how great it is. 10 out of 10.
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Belle carotte… à fuir
Achat de l’application il y a quelques années (Suggester 1). Et la version ne marche plus car la deux est arrivé. Mais ça va au lieu de payer 49€ je ne payerais que 44€ pour pouvoir récupérer l’app…A quand la version 3…. Votre application suggère des accords, moi je vous suggère d’arrêter de voler les gens.
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Response from developer
La première version fonctionne toujours! Elle continuera toujours de fonctionner. Je ne comprends pas pourquoi vous prétendez le contraire, c’est faux. Ces insultes ne sont absolument pas méritées. Vous pouvez me contacter directement si vous avez des questions, le lien pour le support est sans l’appli.
hands down best of its kind
I hardly ever write reviews but… Where has this app been all my life??? Fantastic set of features for pretty much unlimited exploration of music. You don’t have to know music theory, yet this tool will solidly let you adhere to it, just messing around. If you are feeling stuck in chord progressions with the SAME BORING chords every time, and wish you could just try banging out something that sounds amazing in, say, Lydian mode with a few borrowed chords, in about 2 minutes, this app will make you feel unstoppable. Love that I can pick from predefined instruments or connect to my own hardware via MIDI. Export MIDI and drop it right into Ableton. And it works equally well on my Mac and my iPhone. Thank you to whomever came up with this little monster. It is now INDISPENSABLE to my songwriting flow.
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Response from developer
Thank you so much for this great review! You make my day. 😄
Incredible! Goodbye Writer’s Block
This app is the crown jewel of swiss army knife musical creativity. Its form and function is fantastic. It has already accelerated my creativity at break neck speed. It may seem innocent on its surface, but it has so many layers to be discovered. I was amazed at how I created a great chord progression on piano and when I decided to switch it to guitar, it took minimal effort. I typically use alternate guitar tunings and found every one I could ask for immediately available. Every chord is able to be auditioned, so when you find the progression, you want to work with, you can then start to swap out different voicings and versions which allow you to enhance the sound of your progression. Its like having a multi-instrumentalist at your disposal with the ability to play your progression a ton of different ways. Then once you have your chord progression built it gives you the ability to use the app as an auv3 into another app like AUM or GarageBand and you can then have the app play the progressions for you in perfect time or you can manually tap the chords as needed. You can also use the app as a musical dictionary. Its incredible. To begin meandering on your keyboard and find some initial inspiration or chords and play them into the app with the look up tool function is like having a music scholar right next to you telling you what chord you are playing with and then you have the direction of what key and scale to work in. This app is the key to removing any musical writers' block and acts as a musical translator. I cannot stress the importance of this app as a writing, creating and performance tool. I have to commend the creator not only on an incredible app, but also in the fast and friendly support when submitting inquiries. His response was kind and quickly resolved my concerns.
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Response from developer
Thank you for this amazing review! You definitely understood the potential of this app. 😁
Endless creativity
This is a transformative tool for creating new music opportunities. It’s also a great tool for learning new chords on guitar, and hearing what chords go together. I’ve spent over a 100 hundred hours or more, on the phone, on my iPad, and even on the Mac putting these chords together. It also works via MIDI so you can link to a DAW. Amazing product, thank you so much for making this.
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很好用的和弦辅助工具
基本上列出了所有和弦，可以快速预览效果、选择、调整、替换，用来做速查表也很不错
DO NOT UPGRADE
I lost all my saved compositions. All of my instrument sounds and scales. Everything that I had paid for monthly for five years.
Nevermind …
Figured it out. Great app!
Have iOS, but given no MAC access
No MAC unlock even when I’ve bought the iOS version. Disappointing and greedy.
Response from developer
Thank you for your purchase. The Universal Key is what you need to purchase if you want access on iOS and macOS. In case you need access for only one platform, you can unlock only for that platform and the price is reduced accordingly, which is really nice in terms of flexibility. You pay only for what you use.
Gets worse everytime
I’ve used suggester for almost 10 years now and… it’s amazing. It appears to get worse with every new update, now it’s almost useless, it doesn’t let me reproduce chords, denying to play them, or playing only a few notes of its own choosing, this used to be a good app, it’s a great idea, but it is failing rapidly and keeps bringing more stress instead of actually helping me. FIX THIS
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Response from developer
This is not representative of the experience. Please contact support, perhaps there is something specific to your device. We can investigate it together and have a discussion if you contact support.
My go to app, would love one more feature.
Love this app, it really helps not only with songwriting, but also as a way to document. I really wish it allowed for custom tunings. I know there are a number of alternate tunings, but it would be nice to be able to use completely custom tunings. Other than that it’s a near perfect app.
Response from developer
Awesome! Thank you for your feedback. I agree, custom guitar tunings would be a nice addition. Stay tuned. :)
Pretty good, but
The paywall was infuriating!
Can’t do anything
Everything is locked.
The best!
I’ve been using Suggester since version one and it’s an indispensable tool for working out chord progressions on the go. Syncing up with my tablet and desktop app is the cherry on the sundae. A+.
Love App & a Suggestion
I love this app and it’s helped me greatly. But would really like if there was a way to more clearly and visually organise the bars/measures for those who don’t know notation intuitively.
No MIDI with out paying additional
Big disappointment !
50€
La version gratuite n’offre que la gamme majeure, pour le reste il faudra payer 50€ … on est à deux doigts de l’arnaque !
Response from developer
Oui, la version gratuite donne accès à un grand nombre de types d’accords et à toutes les gammes majeures tout à fait gratuitement. Quand vous êtes prêts à aller plus loin, plusieurs options vous sont offertes, et elles coûtent bien moins que 50€... Quoi qu’il en soit, cette application en vaut le coût, vous ne le regretterez pas!
Fantastic - But Suggest Bar Lines
Love the app but can be tricky when new to music with keeping track of each bar/measure in the format.
Best of the bunch
I’ve used a number of apps for building and playing chord progressions but this is by far the best. If you’re well versed in music theory this will not present many limitations. If you’re still learning theory, this will allow you to apply those principles. If you’re not at all comfortable with theory, this app will accommodate you.
I’m particularly fond of how this app assists in playing around with voicings. Other apps I’ve used are much more cumbersome. I also like how it assists with composition or creating a backing track for improvisation by highlighting notes that are non-diatonic to the selected scale.
Initially Suggester 2 was maxing DSP % when added to an existing AUM session. Within days the developer had pushed out a fix. Excellent response time.
Highly recommended.
I’m particularly fond of how this app assists in playing around with voicings. Other apps I’ve used are much more cumbersome. I also like how it assists with composition or creating a backing track for improvisation by highlighting notes that are non-diatonic to the selected scale.
Initially Suggester 2 was maxing DSP % when added to an existing AUM session. Within days the developer had pushed out a fix. Excellent response time.
Highly recommended.
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