Notes

The deal

$29 at Plugin Boutique (down from $80). Deal ends August 17, 2026.

What it is

Notes is a chord-based instrument plugin from Future Audio Workshop that combines dynamically playable chord progressions with authentic sampled sounds and composition tools in one package. It features pre-composed Chord Palettes across genre-focused sound packs, plus The Lab, a tool that can detect chords straight from an audio or MIDI file, or build progressions from scratch by typing chord names and picking a voicing style. Under the hood it runs Synth, Sampler, and Chromatic sound engines, including multi-sampled vintage synths and classical guitar, so the chords you trigger can sound like anything from a warm analog pad to a real instrument.

Who it's for

Producers and composers who want to break through creative blocks and get from a blank project to a finished chord progression fast, especially those working in electronic, lo-fi, ambient, and other chord-driven styles.

Key features

• Chord Palettes offer musician-performed chord sets organized by genre, ready to drag onto a track
• The Lab lets you sample chords from any audio or MIDI file, or build progressions from scratch with seven distinct voicing styles
• Three sound engines - Synth, Sampler, and Chromatic - cover everything from analog tones to rare vintage instruments
• A built-in effects suite adds chorus, distortion, reverb, delay, tape emulation, and vintage guitar pedal emulations, plus a customizable macro page for real-time performance control