STN Chordspace Review
“I stumbled across this plugin on KVR Audio quite some time ago and since discovering Chordspace I have found that I am creating more beautiful and more harmonic chord and melodic sequences in my productions.” Hyphen
This plugin gives it’s users a physical representation of harmonic structure.
Unless you have studied music theory or have an in depth understanding of harmonics, you might find yourself only using a small percentage of the harmonic table due to lack of knowledge. In only minutes Chordspace will have you recording complex harmonic chord progressions that will help create more depth and emotion in your productions.
Chordspace also allows you to control the individual velocity of each note within a chord, which is great for adding subtle depth or texture to your chords. You can also transpose the entire chord and each chord note can be sent to a separate midi channel giving you some pretty flexible midi recording options. There is also an arpeggiator and a midi assign function that allows you to assign your selected chords to your midi keyboard.
Once you have installed Chordspace, insert it into a midi channel and route it’s midi output into another vst instrument channel’s input and with your mouse click on random sequences on the harmonic table and you’ll soon see just how creative this plugin is.
The centre orb allows you to select your root key which is handy because if your bassline is in D, you can set the root key of your melodies to D, and explore the harmonic table for chord progressions that compliment your bassline.
Chordspace gives producers of all skill levels the ability to create complex harmonic sequences without understanding harmonic theory.
PRICE
Free.
GUI
8/10
PRESETS
5/10
OVERALL
9/10
Hyphen,
john
on July 2nd, 2009
This VST looks to be yet another piece of equipment that has blown my mind in the past 12 hours. The fact that a program can simplify Theory into such a structured and understandable format is far beyond anything I expected to see. On top of the simplified nature of the program, it’s also able to be applied to your sequencer.
This program is a breakthrough for me as:
.it has shaved Years off what I would have continued to study
.it’s Applicable
.it visually simplifies Music
.it’s Free!