diff --git a/src/__tests__/util.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/util.spec.ts
index 8a5a25ca..583195b0 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/util.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/util.spec.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ import {
   formatExponential,
   formatHertz,
   gapKeyColors,
+  parseChordInput,
 } from "../utils";
+import { DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS } from "../constants";
 
 function naiveExponential(x: number, fractionDigits = 3) {
   if (Math.abs(x) < 10000) {
@@ -97,3 +99,23 @@ describe("Gap key color algorithm", () => {
     );
   });
 });
+
+describe("Chord input parser", () => {
+  it("parses many types of intervals with many separators supported", () => {
+    const text = "3:2400.&11/3|1\\5;[-1,1> [0 0 1>-4/1";
+    const intervals = parseChordInput(text);
+    expect(intervals[0].monzo.vector.length).toBe(DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS);
+    expect(intervals[0].type).toBe("ratio");
+    expect(intervals[1].type).toBe("cents");
+    expect(intervals[2].type).toBe("ratio");
+    expect(intervals[3].type).toBe("equal temperament");
+    expect(intervals[4].type).toBe("monzo");
+
+    expect(intervals[0].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(1901.955);
+    expect(intervals[1].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(2400);
+    expect(intervals[2].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(2249.36);
+    expect(intervals[3].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(240);
+    expect(intervals[4].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(701.955);
+    expect(intervals[5].totalCents()).toBeCloseTo(386.31);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/modals/generation/EqualTemperament.vue b/src/components/modals/generation/EqualTemperament.vue
index 4b0931fe..cb12f5f2 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/generation/EqualTemperament.vue
+++ b/src/components/modals/generation/EqualTemperament.vue
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ import { DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS } from "@/constants";
 import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import Modal from "@/components/ModalDialog.vue";
 import ScaleLineInput from "@/components/ScaleLineInput.vue";
-import { splitText } from "@/components/modals/tempering-state";
 import { clamp } from "xen-dev-utils";
 import { ExtendedMonzo, Interval, Scale } from "scale-workshop-core";
+import { splitText } from "@/utils";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
   centsFractionDigits: number;
diff --git a/src/components/modals/modification/TemperScale.vue b/src/components/modals/modification/TemperScale.vue
index 4b460f73..ad8979dd 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/modification/TemperScale.vue
+++ b/src/components/modals/modification/TemperScale.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
 import { Mapping, stretchToEdo, toPrimeMapping } from "@/tempering";
 import { computed, ref, watch } from "vue";
 import Modal from "@/components/ModalDialog.vue";
-import { makeState, splitText } from "@/components/modals/tempering-state";
+import { makeState } from "@/components/modals/tempering-state";
 import { add, Fraction, PRIME_CENTS } from "xen-dev-utils";
 import { mapByVal, resolveMonzo, tenneyVals, vanishCommas } from "temperaments";
 import {
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   Scale,
   type IntervalOptions,
 } from "scale-workshop-core";
+import { splitText } from "@/utils";
 
 const props = defineProps<{
   scale: Scale;
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ const constraintsString = state.constraintsString;
 
 // === Computed state ===
 const vals = state.vals;
+const rawCommas = state.rawCommas;
 const commas = state.commas;
 const subgroup = state.subgroup;
 const options = state.options;
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ function modify() {
             options.value.temperEquaves && tempering.value !== "CTE";
           const weights = options.value.weights;
           const jip = subgroup.value.jip();
-          const commaMonzos = commas.value.map(
+          const commaMonzos = rawCommas.value.map(
             (comma) => subgroup.value.toMonzoAndResidual(comma)[0]
           );
           const mappingVector = vanishCommas(
diff --git a/src/components/modals/tempering-state.ts b/src/components/modals/tempering-state.ts
index 70e88542..5988190f 100644
--- a/src/components/modals/tempering-state.ts
+++ b/src/components/modals/tempering-state.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 // Component state used by RankOne, RankTwo and TemperScale
 
-import { computedAndError } from "@/utils";
+import { computedAndError, parseChordInput, splitText } from "@/utils";
 import { fractionToString } from "scale-workshop-core";
 import { Subgroup, type TuningOptions } from "temperaments";
 import { computed, ref, watch, type Ref } from "vue";
 
-// Split text values separated by whitespace, pipes, amps, semicolons or commas.
-export function splitText(text: string) {
-  return text
-    .replace(/\s/g, ",")
-    .replace(/\|/g, ",")
-    .replace(/&/g, ",")
-    .replace(/;/g, ",")
-    .split(",")
-    .filter((token) => token.length);
+// Split text into (non-extended) monzos
+function splitCommas(text: string) {
+  return parseChordInput(text).map((interval) =>
+    interval.monzo.vector.map((component) => component.valueOf())
+  );
 }
 
 export function makeState(method: Ref, subgroupStringDefault = "") {
@@ -32,7 +28,8 @@ export function makeState(method: Ref, subgroupStringDefault = "") {
   // === Computed state ===
   const vals = computed(() => splitText(valsString.value));
 
-  const commas = computed(() => splitText(commasString.value));
+  const rawCommas = computed(() => splitText(commasString.value));
+  const commas = computed(() => splitCommas(commasString.value));
 
   const subgroupDefault = new Subgroup(subgroupStringDefault || []);
   const [subgroup, subgroupError] = computedAndError(() => {
@@ -105,6 +102,7 @@ export function makeState(method: Ref, subgroupStringDefault = "") {
     tempering,
     constraintsString,
     vals,
+    rawCommas,
     commas,
     subgroup,
     weights,
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 0cadfdc9..cd9621b6 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import { computed, type ComputedRef } from "vue";
 import { gcd, mmod } from "xen-dev-utils";
 import { DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS } from "./constants";
 
+// Split at whitespace, pipes, amps, colons, semicolons and commas
+export const SEPARATOR_RE = /\s|\||&|:|;|,/;
+
+export function splitText(text: string) {
+  return text.split(SEPARATOR_RE).filter((token) => token.length);
+}
+
 export function parseChordInput(input: string) {
-  const separator = input.includes(":") ? ":" : /\s/;
-  return parseChord(input, DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS, separator);
+  return parseChord(input, DEFAULT_NUMBER_OF_COMPONENTS, SEPARATOR_RE);
 }
 
 export function debounce(func: (...args: any[]) => void, timeout = 300) {