“What is MONSTER OctaChord?
- Are you aspiring to become a music producer, but struggling to create captivating chords for your next hit?
- Have you followed numerous YouTube tutorials on “how to make chords,” only to find it incredibly challenging to master?
- Are you in need of a spark to compose a song?
- Or do you want to make music but didn’t have music theory knowledge at all?
Fear not, because MONSTER OctaChord is here to save the day.
Features
With just pressing a single note, MONSTER OctaChord effortlessly generates complex or simple chords in various genres of your choice. Whether you’re into LoFi, Techno, Cinematic, R’n’B, Reggaeton, Pop, or more, this plugin has got you covered.
Each preset in MONSTER OctaChord includes a complete set of 12 scales. This means you can choose whether your song is in G Major, D Major, F# minor, B minor, or whatever key you prefer.
To complement the chord sets, MONSTER OctaChord also provides an Ornament set. These ornaments include fill-ins, melodic lines, and sound effects that perfectly match the chords. No matter which keys you play, you’ll have the right accompaniment.
Watch this walkthrough of MONSTER OctaChord features and how to use it:
{See video at top of page}
Other features of MONSTER OctaChord are:
- Instant Chord Progression for your song, no music theory needed.
- Cover many music genres.
- New FREE presets will be added continuously in the future.
- Master Volume and Master Panning.
- Master Reverb FX and Master Delay FX.
- Chords Volume and Ornament Volume (And some presets have additional Vinyl Volume).
MONSTER OctaChord Installation
Monster OctaChord is a free plugin available in Windows VST2/VST3 64-bit and Mac VST2/VST3/Audio Unit 64-bit formats.
There’s no installer so you have to put the file manually. Read and follow these steps:
- Download the “MONSTER OctaChord v1.zip” according to your computer’s OS (Mac or Windows).
- UnZip the “MONSTER OctaChord v1.zip”.
- If you use Windows and Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, Reaper, FL Studio, Reason, etc, put the .dll file to the VST2 folder OR the .vst3 file to the VST3 folder of your DAW (If you don’t know the location, googling “VST folder location windows”).
- If you use Mac and Cubase, Studio One, Ableton Live, Reaper, FL Studio, Reason, etc, put the .vst file to the VST2 folder OR the .vst3 file to the VST3 folder of your DAW (If you don’t know the location, googling “VST folder location mac”). If you use GarageBand or Logic Pro, put the .component file to the Audio Unit folder of your DAW (If you don’t know the location, googling “audio unit folder location mac”).
- Copy the folder “MONSTER OctaChord v1 Library” to your external hard disk or any hard disk.
- Fire up your DAW and load the MONSTER OctaChord plugin and it will ask the location of the sound library. Choose the “MONSTER OctaChord v1 Library” which you have copied on step 5.
- ENJOY the plugin.
NOTES: For Mac user, MONSTER OctaChord v1 plugin is not signed yet so if you encounter problem that the plugin is detected as harmful (actually it’s not), you can try to googling on “how to install unsigned software on Mac OS X”.
Or you can follow the direction in here: wikihow.com/Install-Software-from-Unsigned-Developers-on-a-Mac “
Sources :
agushardiman.tv: https://agushardiman.tv/monster-octachord-v1-instant-chord-generator-no-music-theory-needed-kvr-developer-challenge-2023/
kvraudio.com: https://www.kvraudio.com/product/monster-octachord-v1-by-monster-daw
