Orba 2 Alternative

This is about ten chord presets for the Chorda. Before you get too excited they all use the same sounds - a sample set for a section of strings. I didn't like the stringed instrument sounds on the Orba or Chorda so I have tried to get something I prefer. This is, I think, a good albeit synthy string sound. You can get an idea how it sounds at my previous post "A little thing you can do with Chorda Chords" although I have tweaked it a bit to sound and play better now. Since the sound "CelloBlue" sample set was working well I decided to try some things with chords and here we have the results. https://www.mediafire.com/file/saz9l1tjnlg6dnr/the_Blue_set.zip/file But I should explain what's there. BlueString-ST simply uses the Artiphon standard chord set - (ST for standard) Since I like flattened sevenths in both scales and chords BlueString-ST-f7 has one on pad 7. (f7 for flattened 7th). Adding Ext to the name means I used a pitch-bend trick so that you can get...

I'm now offering three drum presets for the Orba 2. (They will work on a Chorda but they won't make much sense.) We have a Celtic PanDrum preset - with samples of course. I'm not that keen on it myself, but it's useful if you want these sounds. The other two are laid out with two different Japanese scales and are rather moody. Remember, these presets go in the Drum folder and the arrangement of the notes on the pads are intended to try and be as they would be on the real things. Get them here: https://www.mediafire.com/file/dumi5rdcloczlkk/PanDrums_for_Orbas.zip/file

By chance I came across a technique using the arpeggio bridge when in Chord mode on the Chorda that is rather neat. I won't try and explain it - listen carefully and you should get the idea. The only technique you need to use is to overlap your touches when moving between chords, very slightly will do. (This is my first attempt at putting up audio to play  and I'm not sure it's working. If you're reading this and it's not - my apologies! Right click and you can download the mp3 just copy the link address.) There is no trickery in this brief recording except that I faded out the final chord in Audacity. There is no trickery in this brief recording except that I faded out the final chord in Audacity.