Orph Audio has introduced Monochord, a chord instrument and harmony workstation for Mac & Windows.

Monochord combines a chord instrument, multisampler, harmony workstation, texture engine and MIDI effect in a single application.

Its 24-key interface lets each key trigger a complete chord voicing, with more than 600 chords and 70 tonal sets available.

The sound library contains 425 sampled instruments based on vintage synthesizers, samplers and acoustic sources, while six synthesis engines cover FM, analog, wavetable, additive, granular and PCM approaches.

Monochord can send complete performances as MIDI to hardware or other instruments in a DAW, including arpeggios, strumming, humanization and timing.

Features:

• 24-key chord interface
• More than 600 hand-voiced chords
• More than 70 tonal sets
• Chord, Scale, Trim and Keys modes
• Adjustable and trimmable chord voicings
• 425 sampled sounds
• More than 70 multisampled instruments
• Sound sources based on vintage synthesizers, samplers and acoustic instruments
• Six synthesis engines covering FM, analog, wavetable, additive, granular and PCM synthesis
  15 effect engines with more than 80 sub-modes
• Spatial Pan, reverb, delay, flanger, phaser, glide, shimmer, tape machine, sampler, filter, arpeggiator, atmosphere, inflater, brilliance and bass functions
• 11.8 GB sample library

Pricing & Availability:

Monochord is available now for macOS and Windows as a standalone application, VST3 plugin and Audio Unit plugin. The full version is priced at €139 / US$139, with a rent-to-own option also available. A 14-day demo is offered.