NewTranceTools 1.0 launches 1 December: £19 launch price

Free trance chord, arp and bassline generatorsPress a pad.
Make a trance idea.

Spark a whole trance loop in one click: chords, lead, bass, arp, gate, drums and kick, in key and in time. Lock what you love, re-roll the rest, and take the MIDI. No account, no paywall.

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Tap the pads to play A minor.

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Mixing trance in key →
DJ Set Planner BPM, key and Camelot for a folder of tracks, ordered for harmonic mixing. Key Finder Find a key from the notes you hear, with every chord in it. Tempo and Pitch Converter What a BPM change does to pitch and key, and the tempos that stay in tune. Guide: mixing in key The Camelot wheel, energy boosts, phrasing and the bass swap.
New · Free Mac beta until 1 DecemberThe TranceTools app: whole trance tracks, played on your own synths1.0 adds a song timeline from intro to outro, an FX part with risers and impacts, four sounds per part, chord voicing and an idea browser. Drag it all into any DAW. £29 one-off, £19 until 31 December. Join the beta

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All 33 tools and the Studio →
Studio Spark a whole trance idea in one click: chords, lead, bass, arp, gate and drums, steered by eight knobs. Chord Lab Four-chord trance progressions with trancegate, bass, arp and MIDI export. Lead Melody Generator Trance hooks and toplines over your chords, from anthems to pluck riffs, as MIDI. Arp Generator Rolling, up, down and random arps from any progression, as MIDI. Drum Sample Maker Kicks tuned to your key, claps, snares, hats and cymbals, as WAV or a whole kit. Kick Tuner Find the note for your kick, check it against the bass, and tune your own kick sample. Mix Checker LUFS, true peak, balance and low-end width, compared with a reference track.
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Play it on real keys

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Controller Novation Launchkey 37

Enough keys for chords and bass, with pads for triggering clips.

Check price → Controller Novation Launchpad Mini

The real pad grid this site is styled after. Great for launching loops.

Check price → Synth Arturia MiniFreak

A hardware supersaw you can actually play, at a sensible price.

Check price → Plugin Xfer Serum 2

The modern default for wavetable leads and plucks.

Check price →

Built for the euphoric end of dance music

TranceTools is a set of small, free utilities for producers chasing the uplifting, supersaw-driven sound of trance. Each tool answers one question you'd otherwise stop and look up: which chords lift, what delay time sits at 138 BPM, what pitch your kick should be in A minor.

Every tool runs in your browser. Nothing to install, nothing to sign up for, and every tool that makes notes exports standard MIDI files for Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, Cubase or Bitwig.

The one thing you install is the TranceTools app for Mac: free in beta until 1 December, then a one-off £29. The browser tools stay free.