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Gliff is a MIDI effect for turning incoming notes into guitar-aware chord information and clean polyphonic MIDI. Put it on a MIDI track, play from a keyboard, MIDI guitar, DAW clip, or the on-screen fretboard, and it names the chord while showing a playable fretboard shape.

The important distinction is that Gliff is not an audio-to-MIDI converter. It does not listen to a recorded guitar signal; instead, it translates MIDI note data into guitar voicings, inversions, slash-chord interpretations, and output that can be dragged back into a DAW clip.

That makes it useful when you already know the harmony but want it to behave more like something a guitarist could play. Alternate tunings, custom tunings, capo modeling, real-time chord naming, and a one-bar MIDI drag workflow make it a compact helper for producers sketching guitar-like parts, guitarists using MIDI hardware, and keyboardists who need better fretboard logic inside a normal writing session.

Key Features
– Names held MIDI chords in real time, including slash chords, inversions, and partial matches.
– Shows incoming harmony as both a fretboard shape and a piano view for quick translation between instruments.
– Writes clean polyphonic MIDI output that can be routed to other instruments in the DAW.
– Lets users click the on-screen fretboard to audition voicings through the plugin’s MIDI output.
– Supports drag-and-drop of a one-bar MIDI clip from the plugin into the DAW timeline.
– Includes built-in standard, drop, DADGAD, open, ukulele, custom tuning, and capo options.
– Ships as macOS VST3/AU, Windows VST3, and a Max for Live device for Ableton Suite.

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gliff.1.5.0  ( 12 MB )