How still.synth compares
Honest side-by-sides with the chord tools people ask us about — what each one is best at, and where still.synth is different.
- still.synth vs OrchidThe Orchid made chords feel like an instrument again: a chord type in one hand, a root in the other. still.synth plays the same way, inside your DAW, from the controller you already own.
- still.synth vs ScalerScaler is where you go to find chords. still.synth is where you go to play them — with a bassline and a drummer already in the room.
- still.synth vs CthulhuCthulhu plays the chords you store. still.synth works them out for you from a shape and a root, in whatever key you’re in.
- still.synth vs Captain ChordsCaptain Chords is built for planning a progression in a grid. still.synth is built for playing one.
Play it before you buy it
The home page has a live version of the chord pads — tap a shape and a root and listen.