MONOCHORD
Press kit — orph · orph.audio
MONOCHORD maps full chords to single keys, so chord progressions, melodies and arp patterns can be performed with one click or key press — no pianistic or music theory training required.
It ships with 600+ hand-voiced and adjustable chords (from simple triads to pianistic nine-note chords), 425 multisampled instruments in an 11.8 GB library recorded from hardware instruments from the 1980s to 2000s, 15 effect and modulation engines, MIDI output for routing to hardware and DAWs, full audio and MIDI export, and user multisample and chord import.
Fact sheet
| Product | MONOCHORD — chord instrument & harmony workstation |
| Developer | orph, Berlin, Germany — orph.audio |
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Release | early August 2026 |
| Price | $139 / €139 · 14-day full trial · rent-to-own available |
| macOS | AU, VST3, Standalone — notarized, universal binary |
| Windows | VST3, Standalone — code-signed |
| Library | 11.8 GB, 425 multisampled instruments, sampled from 1980s–2000s hardware |
| Licensing | Serial key, up to 3 machines, works offline after activation |
| Manual | orph.audio/manual (web + PDF) |
| Product page | orph.audio/monochord |
Press release
Ready-to-use release in both languages, written for direct quoting:
Screenshots
The full interface. Higher-resolution versions on request.
Part of the hardware the library was sampled from.
Audio demos
Each sound is shown twice: the plain recording, then the same sound through MONOCHORD's engines.
More demos, including a full unedited performance video, are on the product page.
Logo
Wordmark on transparent background, dark and white. Please write orph in lowercase.
Review licenses (NFR)
No conditions attached. Write to damiano@orph.audio and you'll get a full license key by return — no coverage expected, no embargo, no approval of drafts. Honest opinions only.
Installer with automatic OS detection: nl.orph.audio/get?p=monochord · enter the key in the plugin, up to 3 machines.
Contact
Damiano · founder
damiano@orph.audio
Support for customers: support@orph.audio
orph · Berlin, Germany · orph.audio — assets on this page may be used freely in coverage of MONOCHORD.