Mixed In Key has just released a big update to their award-winning AU + VST plugins for music composition, Captain Plugins 5. Designed for producers, DJs, and songwriters, the Captain Plugins suite features five VST plugins: Captain Chords, Captain Melody, Captain Deep, Captain Play, and Captain Beat. Each allows for super-fast songwriting and creation of chords, melodies, basslines, and drums for any genre of music. Keep reading for more about this update.

Captain Chords

At the center of the suite of plugins is Captain Chords. Stacked with new features, Captain Chords now allows for VST plugin hosting so you can use your favorite presets from third-party instruments and popular plugins like Serum and Arcade inside Captain Plugins.

Plus, with full MIDI editing, Captain Chords now gives you the ability to add or delete notes, move notes up and down to create new chords, resize chords and draw in rhythms. This new feature allows you to experiment and find unique chord progressions in seconds.

Captain Beat

New improvements to the drum machine plugin Captain Beat have also arrived. New drum fills allow producers to create variety in their rhythms when breaking from the main drum pattern to another groove.

Captain Beat also allows you to import your own samples to create custom drum kits, and import and export banks of Kits, Patterns, and Fills. Easily share your patterns and kits with producer friends and collaborators.

Captain Plugins 5 can be used with Mac and Windows and is available as a free update for existing Captain Plugins users. To learn more and see everything new in this update, watch the introduction video above and visit the Captain Plugins website.