Any key. Instantly.
Change the key and every pad follows, in tune, without a pause. Twelve semitones either way, and the kit still sounds like the kit.
The first ChordKit
Imagine a sample pack you could play.
Every pad is a piece of a finished chord progression. Play them in any order, in any key, and it works. No theory needed. A software instrument for macOS and Windows.
- VST3
- AU
- Standalone
- macOS
- Windows
A kit is sixteen sounds that already agree with each other.
Each row is a layer. Bass holds the bottom. Chords carry the harmony. Sound A and Sound B colour it. Each column is a chord position, so the four pads in a column are always in the same chord.
Play a column and you get a full arrangement. Play across a row and the progression moves. Change the key and every pad follows.
Press play to hear the real kit, then the pads are yours. Pick a key and every pad follows, at the same length. On a keyboard the rows are Z X C V for bass, A S D F for chords, Q W E R for Sound A and 1 to 4 for Sound B.
Layers
Bermuda, G minor
Watch it in a session.
Ocean inside Ableton Live, played from a pad controller. With sound.
Four ChordKits. Each its own instrument.
Every ChordKit is a complete plugin with twenty kits, its own sound and its own face. Buy the ones whose sound you want. None of them needs another.
Sounds like a sample pack. Plays like an instrument.
The pads are produced sounds, but nothing about them is fixed. Change the key, take the bass and the lead onto the keyboard, mix the layers. It all stays in tune and in time.
Bass and lead on the keyboard
The bass and the lead in every kit also play chromatically, with their own effects. Write a bassline or a melody with the same sound the chords use.
Four layers, four channels
Level and drive on every layer, and sends to reverb, delay, chorus and flanger. Balance the whole kit without leaving the plugin.
Built to be played, not configured.
The whole instrument responds in a bar. The deeper controls are there when you want them and out of the way when you don't. Every clip loops quietly. Click one to hear it.
Macros
Four dials shape the whole kit
Each macro moves several parameters at once, tuned for this kit. Ocean's are Depth, Current, Swell and Mist.
A full effects stage after the mix
Filter, plate reverb, tape delay, stereo delay, chorus, flanger, and a filter LFO. All global, post-mix, safe to automate.
Pad FX
Motion makes the sound move
An LFO on the filter, one switch. Flip to Motion and the whole kit starts to breathe in time, on its own. Space puts it in a room. Texture roughs it up. Default is the sound as recorded.
Pads, keys, or the keyboard you type on
Pad mode, a chromatic keyboard, and the computer keyboard all play the same kit. Any knob learns a MIDI controller in one move.
Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio, and any host that loads VST3 or Audio Units. Or open it on its own.
Ocean at a glance.
What's in the download, and what it runs on.
- Product type
- ChordKits instrument. Its own plugin, nothing else to install.
- Kits
- 20
- Sounds
- 320 sixteen per kit
- Layers per kit
- Bass, Chords, Sound A, Sound B
- Keys
- Each kit in its own key. Any key with transpose.
- Download
- About 140 MB, link by email right after checkout
- Formats
- VST3, AU on macOS, Standalone
- macOS
- 10.15 or later, Apple silicon and Intel
- Windows
- Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
- Licence
- Two machines. Updates to Ocean included.
The twenty kits
- All the ThingsB
- Bay BreezeAm
- BermudaGm
- CaramelBm
- Come ThruFm
- Don't RushCm
- DripE♭m
- EmpireAm
- Faded MemoriesG♭
- FlowB♭m
- Forever YoungEm
- GalacticaG♭m
- GooniesE♭m
- Milky WayA♭m
- My LifeE
- PurpleFm
- She BadC
- ShineA♭m
- Tell MeA♭
- U TrippinEm
ChordKits
Pick a kit.
$49 each, once
- Installers for macOS and Windows
- Twenty kits, three hundred and twenty sounds
- VST3, AU and Standalone
- Updates included. Two machines on one licence.
Secure checkout, receipt and download link by email. Taxes shown at checkout.
Questions
Do I need Ocean to use the others?
No. Every ChordKit is a complete plugin on its own. Buy the ones whose sound you want.
Which formats are included?
VST3 and Standalone on both platforms, and Audio Units on macOS. Pro Tools is not supported yet.
Can I use it on more than one computer?
Yes, on two machines you own at the same time. Move it to a new machine by installing there.
Does the price include future updates?
Updates to a ChordKit you own are included. New ChordKits are separate products.
What if it doesn't work in my setup?
Write to support within fourteen days of buying and we will sort it out or refund you.