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Facts, a description and assets for writing about Bock.

Fact sheet

Product
Bock
Developer
Nyx Audio
What it is
MIDI plugin that voices chord progressions and melodies as four-part harmony
Formats
AU, AU MIDI FX (Logic), VST3, CLAP, Standalone
Platforms
macOS 12 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel
Price
$49, with a $35 introductory price at launch
Trial
14 days, full plugin
Release date
To be announced
Press contact
press@nyx.audio
Support
support@nyx.audio

About Bock

Bock turns chord progressions into Bach-style four-part harmony. Play chords in from the DAW or drop a MIDI file, and add a melody if there is one. Bock writes the alto, tenor and bass under it as four independent lines on MIDI channels 1–4. It can then break the chords into a figure, such as a prelude or cello-suite pattern, embellish the voices with passing notes, neighbour notes and suspensions, or decorate the melody with figures taken from Bach's ornamented organ chorales.

It applies the textbook rules of voice leading, rules out parallel fifths and octaves, resolves tendency tones, and chooses among legal voicings with preferences fitted to J.S. Bach's chorales. It reads and writes MIDI, runs offline and uses no generative AI. Any progression is valid input; when a rule has to bend, Bock reports where.

About Nyx Audio

Nyx Audio is an independent maker of music plugins. Bock is its first plugin.

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