Theoryboard from Irijule is a MIDI controller built to give you easy access to multiple musical scales and is designed to help you write chord progressions, melodies, and bass lines. What makes it special are its chord layout and live modes, as well as the sheer number of scales implemented. In this video I take a look at what it can do, its pros and cons, and where it fits within the landscape of software and hardware tools aimed at helping you compose and perform music:

TIMELINE:

0:00 Intro

0:35 Disclaimer

1:10 Overview

4:35 Connectivity

5:25 Build

6:40 Colors

7:30 Chord layouts

8:40 Transpose

9:10 Stacking and inverting chords

10:35 Strum mode

11:25 Live note mode

13:10 Misc

13:45 Pros & cons