Captain Chords Epic Explained
Join production wiz Larry Holcombe as he guides you on a tour of Captain Chords Epic by Mixed In Key. This revolutionary plugin can be your perfect music-writing partner, whether you're working on an Americana ballad or a high energy house track. With incredibly smart features and an easy-to-use interface, Captain Chords Epic can help you break through a spell of writer's block, provide the impetus for your next hit, and everything in between! These Captain Chord Epic video tutorials are for new Captain Chords Epic users.
Videos
• Introduction to Captain Plugins Epic (04:15) - This video introduces the series and the plugin suite. We discuss the ways in which it can help your production process and the different ways you can use it within a DAW.
• Captain Beat Pt. 1 (13:57) - We discuss various aspects of Captain Beat first, including using patterns to create different genres and manually editing and creating beats using the edit, pencil, and magic record functions.
• Captain Beat Pt. 2 (14:36) - Next up, we continue looking at Captain Beat features like adding fills and swing, filtering, and adding in our own samples. We also discuss amending drum envelopes and adding effects and utilizing velocity for a human touch to beats. Finally, we cover our MIDI and audio export options.
• Captain Chords Pt. 1 (10:09) - We start to investigate Captain Chords next, focusing on choosing an initial chord progression and choosing from preset chord progressions. We also look at choosing individual chords from a key or scale, swapping out chords for similar alternatives, and also increasing chord complexity.
• Captain Chords Pt. 2 (09:00) - Next up, we continue looking at Captain Chords Epic and the MIDI editing, including inputting, deleting, and moving notes around. We also cover humanizing chords and changing the harmonic rhythm in different ways.
• Captain Chords Pt. 3 (09:14) - This video covers the MIDI input function of changing the MIDI file to match your project or vice versa. We also discuss saving and loading presets and also the presets from Phase Plant.
• Captain Chords Pt. 4 (06:44) - We cover exporting MIDI and audio next as well as hosting VST plugins and using Captain Chords Epic as a MIDI effect within Logic. Finally, we discuss looping, the scale views, and snapping.
• Captain Deep Pt. 1 (12:15) - In this video, we focus on the integration of Captain Chords and Captain Deep, including selecting which progression we will be following. We also look at MIDI editing and the edit tools.
• Captain Deep Pt. 2 (12:39) - Next up, we continue to look at some of the rhythm features and sound presets. You'll also learn about the tension tab and workspaces to communicate with Captain Chords Epic.
• Captain Melody Epic Pt. 1 (10:22) - Discover some of the features of Captain Melody Epic, specifically the idea generation tool, which allows us to create and ammend harmonious melody ideas for our chord progressions.
• Captain Melody Epic Pt. 2 (11:51) - Next up, we continue to investigate the Shape tab to control how many smaller steps vs larger leaps there are in the melody. We can also determine the direction of travel dictating whether the melody is ascending or descending or both. We also cover the Rhythm tab, where we can fine-tune the rhythm of sections A and B. Finally, we see how to determine the first melody note and the likelihood of certain scale degrees appearing.
• Captain Play Epic (11:03) - Learn the intricacies of Captain Play next, encompassing the playing of different chord types using one finger in different octaves of the MIDI keyboard and from the alphanumeric keyboard. This can also allow you to play melodies locked to the specified scale.
• Captain Plugins Epic Recap (14:20) - This video focuses on the the overarching workflow of the suite, adding a verse and chord idea from Captain Chords Epic and additionally generating bass and melody to accompany the idea.