﻿HarmoLink in your DAW — VST3 plugin "HarmolinkVST" 1.4.0 (Windows)
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HarmoLink opens right inside your music software (FL Studio, Studio One, Cubase, Ableton Live,
Reaper, Bitwig…). It plays your chord grid, melody and voices on the instrument of your choice
(Pianoteq, Kontakt, a synth…), in sync with the host's playback.

Requirements
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- Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.
- A host that loads VST3 plugins.
- Internet the first time (the plugin opens HarmoLink Pro online and updates itself).
- A HarmoLink Pro licence, or the free 7-day trial (offered in the plugin window).
- "Microsoft Edge WebView2" (already on up-to-date Windows 10 and 11). If missing:
  https://developer.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/webview2/  ("Evergreen Bootstrapper").

Install
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1. Close your music software.
2. Unzip this file (right-click → "Extract All…").
3. Double-click "Installer HarmolinkVST.bat" and accept the Windows prompt.
   (Or by hand: copy the "HarmolinkVST.vst3" folder to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 )
4. Reopen your host; if HarmolinkVST does not show up, rescan plugins.
   It is listed as an instrument (vendor "Harmolink").

Play the grid with another instrument (e.g. Pianoteq)
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The plugin sends MIDI notes; an instrument on another track plays them.

Studio One:
  1. Put HarmolinkVST on a track and your instrument (Pianoteq…) on another track.
  2. On the instrument track: MIDI input = "HarmolinkVST"; turn monitoring on (speaker button).
  3. ▶ in HarmoLink (host stopped), or the host's playback: the instrument plays.

FL Studio:
  Plugin settings (gear) → HarmolinkVST MIDI output port = 1; instrument MIDI input port = 1.
  Play in "Song" mode.

Other hosts: route HarmolinkVST's MIDI output to the instrument track.

Each part on its own track
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"Plugin" bar (bottom right of HarmoLink) → "Separate channels". Each part goes out on its own
MIDI channel:
  1 left hand · 2 right hand · 3 bass · 4 melody (voice 1) · 5 voice 2 · 6 voice 3 · 7 bass voice
In the host, make one track per part: input = HarmolinkVST, chosen channel.

Good to know
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- HarmoLink's own sound is OFF by default (🔇): your instrument plays. Turning it on (🔊) also
  plays HarmoLink through the Windows sound card, which can freeze a host that keeps it for
  itself (ASIO, exclusive mode). Keep it off if your host freezes.
- Your song is saved in the host's project (one song per plugin instance).
- Drag to the host: "⠿ Drag MIDI" button of the Plugin bar (whole progression), or drag the grid,
  a card or a chord of the circle out of the window, then drop it on a track.
- HarmoLink updates arrive on their own (the window opens the online version).

Uninstall
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Delete the folder C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\HarmolinkVST.vst3

Help: contact@harmolink.com
