midiSequencer - all IAPs now free (and Quantum discussion)

Will

@ccs2 said:

@midiSequencer said:
Here is another music session - featuring Zeeon & Quantum... Will build on this later, but shows you the cycle'd version loading, midi fx ability of Quantum...

Strangely attractive and of ethereal beauty ...

Very. Lovely work, Tony.

DCJ

@midiSequencer said:
Here is another music session - featuring Zeeon & Quantum... Will build on this later, but shows you the cycle'd version loading, midi fx ability of Quantum...

Now on the instabuy list. Let's do this.

HandOfEmpty

@midiSequencer said:

@HandOfEmpty said:

@midiSequencer said:

@HandOfEmpty said:
Are bottom and top limit separately midi assignable? That would be amazing!!!

Can’t wait for this one,

not sure why you would them them midi assignable - they control the range of the faders (let me know if you think this adds value)- but the 16 faders are learnable as are most of the other buttons.

One reason for the long delay is using these faders to output midi too - so you can have a single external fader on an 01v say reflect back all the fader settings to the 01v. Indeed any learnable control can be output too.

That’s a great feature.

The reason for requesting assignable min and max values:

I love performing using the transpose fader in midiSequencer with the scale lock on - amazing for live performance. Making the min and max values assignable (thus able to be played live) would allow for intuitive “stretching” and “squashing” of the note range of the sequence - if they’re squashed, the sequence only plays one note, if stretched, a melody plays over multiple octaves.

Playing the transpose, min, and max values live would create some incredible happy accidents within an intuitive contained performative framework.

Hope I’ve articulated the potential awesomeness clearly enough to explain the request.

Thanks for considering it! Very much looking forward to this app in any case.

Just to be sure, the Limit max/min & the green bar are display settings only (although you can randomise using them). Are you look for automation of the transpose or the generic fader limits max & min?

Thanks for the response, had a look back at midiSequencer, think I misunderstood the behaviour of the app.

I was imagining a sort of “relative” max and min setup, where the faders stay in the same place if max and min values are changed, but the actual notes played are calculated based on a combination of: min limit, max limit, transpose setting, fader position, scale lock.

Hope this makes sense!

Will

@HandOfEmpty said:
I was imagining a sort of “relative” max and min setup, where the faders stay in the same place if max and min values are changed, but the actual notes played are calculated based on a combination of: min limit, max limit, transpose setting, fader position, scale lock.

That's a neat idea though. A sort of real-time MIDI note compressor.

Will

Could also see a use for a an actual scale + range limiter when used with hardware. You could set the range to two octaves, set a scale/key and then be able to twist knobs with reckless abandon, knowing that the maximum range is two octaves, across 5-8 notes. Would be easy/quick to jump back and forth within the octaves, for instance. Physically, that's a pretty different experience than trying to get a hardware encoder with 127 possible values to stay within a range of 10-16 notes.

midiSequencer

all good ideas. There is a midi fx which compresses the velocity of a sequence (non destructively), so I could easily extend this as a note Compressor/Expander too. You'd have the option of chromatic/scaled notes and be able to switch it on/tweak it in a performance.

Carnbot

Looking forward to release, this week?

HandOfEmpty

@midiSequencer said:
all good ideas. There is a midi fx which compresses the velocity of a sequence (non destructively), so I could easily extend this as a note Compressor/Expander too. You'd have the option of chromatic/scaled notes and be able to switch it on/tweak it in a performance.

Sounds awesome, l'd love to see that! (and having the tweakable paremeters be midi-CC-able would be amazing too!)

midiSequencer

@HandOfEmpty said:

Sounds awesome, l'd love to see that! (and having the tweakable paremeters be midi-CC-able would be amazing too!)

automation of midi fx is on my list to do....

Audiojunkie

@midiSequencer said:
iPhones look like this.. (well they did awhile ago)

Are you actually designing the iPhone version to make full use of the space rather than a shrink-to-fit method you did with the origional version?

[Deleted User]

Very excited for Quantum to land!

midiSequencer

@Audiojunkie said:

@midiSequencer said:
iPhones look like this.. (well they did awhile ago)

Are you actually designing the iPhone version to make full use of the space rather than a shrink-to-fit method you did with the origional version?

Quantum has a lot of controls and on the iPad 3 sequencer lines arranged on a rack, so to best arrange this for the iPhone you have the same general layout but just one sequencer. You use a page button to show which of the 6. There are individual customisations too for particular devices from 4s upwards to 8+.

imo Devs are reluctant to support iPhones because a) its a lot of work and b) it only generates about 5% of revenue.

I'm supporting it because I have an iphone6+ I regularly use it for music - after all you carry a phone, but not always an iPad eh!

lukesleepwalker

@midiSequencer said:

I'm supporting it because I have an iphone6+ I regularly use it for music - after all you carry a phone, but not always an iPad eh!

Exactly this!

RajahP

@Audiojunkie said:

@midiSequencer said:
iPhones look like this.. (well they did awhile ago)

Are you actually designing the iPhone version to make full use of the space rather than a shrink-to-fit method you did with the origional version?

Can't wait to get my hands on it.......

midiSequencer

planning to submit tonight now (had a pesky bug to fix - Wally keeps finding them!).
Here are some actions to keep you amused.... Much more than Ableton Live offers on its clips!!

lukesleepwalker

Holy cow! That looks amazing. Can't wait...

Angie

Really looking forward to getting Quantum!

Aud_iOS

Is the Manual out yet??dyin here

midiSequencer

@Aud_iOS said:
Is the Manual out yet??dyin here

Its being written - aim to finish the quickstart manual in the time it takes Apple to review. Not sure I will create a full manual like midiSequencer - it took weeks & Quantum is at least 3 x as complex.

This time though I've included a ? button in the app you can press - then touching the controls brings up a description box.

If you know midiSequencer, you will feel right at home.
I aim to do alot more videos though - short narrated ones on selected functionality (e.g. there are multiple ways to sync for example, or the use of actions to program your looping) & more recorded sessions (like my zeeon one where I don't talk)

[Deleted User]

Nice. Would be awesome if i could turn quantize notes off. Yes, again i´m asking for things behind western 12 note scale. Would that not possible?

midiSequencer

@Cib said:
Nice. Would be awesome if i could turn quantize notes off. Yes, again i´m asking for things behind western 12 note scale. Would that not possible?

Like midi micro tuning?

[Deleted User]

@midiSequencer said:

@Cib said:
Nice. Would be awesome if i could turn quantize notes off. Yes, again i´m asking for things behind western 12 note scale. Would that not possible?

Like midi micro tuning?

Yes, like some hardware and software modular sequencer where you can turn quantize off and indeed microtune each step.

midiSequencer

@Cib said:

@midiSequencer said:

@Cib said:
Nice. Would be awesome if i could turn quantize notes off. Yes, again i´m asking for things behind western 12 note scale. Would that not possible?

Like midi micro tuning?

Yes, like some hardware and software modular sequencer where you can turn quantize off and indeed microtune each step.

Sounds like something useful - will add that to my list of things to add..... Quantum will continue to be developed after launch....

[Deleted User]

@midiSequencer said:

@Cib said:

@midiSequencer said:

@Cib said:
Nice. Would be awesome if i could turn quantize notes off. Yes, again i´m asking for things behind western 12 note scale. Would that not possible?

Like midi micro tuning?

Yes, like some hardware and software modular sequencer where you can turn quantize off and indeed microtune each step.

Sounds like something useful - will add that to my list of things to add..... Quantum will continue to be developed after launch....

Sounds good!! Thank you for consider it. Looks almost like a kind of Numerology for iOS.

Aud_iOS

@midiSequencer said:

@Aud_iOS said:
Is the Manual out yet??dyin here

Its being written - aim to finish the quickstart manual in the time it takes Apple to review. Not sure I will create a full manual like midiSequencer - it took weeks & Quantum is at least 3 x as complex.

This time though I've included a ? button in the app you can press - then touching the controls brings up a description box.

If you know midiSequencer, you will feel right at home.
I aim to do alot more videos though - short narrated ones on selected functionality (e.g. there are multiple ways to sync for example, or the use of actions to program your looping) & more recorded sessions (like my zeeon one where I don't talk)

I like the manual, but like you mention having used midisequencer will be some familiar. I'll write-up the rest as I go along. I'm not a video learner! I print out, bind, take notes

wim

@Aud_iOS said:
I like the manual, but like you mention having used midisequencer will be some familiar. I'll write-up the rest as I go along. I'm not a video learner! I print out, bind, take notes

Greetings fellow dinosaur. We are a dying bread but ... you are not alone. Yet.

midiSequencer

@Aud_iOS said:

I like the manual, but like you mention having used midisequencer will be some familiar. I'll write-up the rest as I go along. I'm not a video learner! I print out, bind, take notes

Luckily I can adapt & update midiSequencers - and add sections I missed out like the midi fx...

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Aud_iOS

@wim said:

@Aud_iOS said:
I like the manual, but like you mention having used midisequencer will be some familiar. I'll write-up the rest as I go along. I'm not a video learner! I print out, bind, take notes

Greetings fellow dinosaur. We are a dying bread but ... you are not alone. Yet.

Write-on!

midiSequencer

@tja said:
Do I need midiSequencer anymore, when Quantum arrived?

Good question - the answer is yes because you can use it to automate Quantum via midi NRPN commands.
To get technical - this is the NRPN commands you can send to Quantum... listed as 4 bytes (or less) for each of the CCs.

So for example you send 6,1,28 to tell Quantum to set Sequence 1 Part B tempo division to 2/1 (so it plays twice as fast as the song tempo and any sequence playing at 1/1).

NRPN List

Note: NRPNs are absolute values only - no Scaling or Relative (these only work on Learnt CCs)
0,1,c PlayControls where c is 0=stop, 1=play, 2=pause, 3=reset. All other values ignore.
0,2,c Transpose x where x= c-64. So valid input range is 40..88 to represent -24..24 range in Quantum. Outside this range will be clamped
0,3,c,d Tempo x bpm where x = c+d*128 - so 14bit but clamped to range 1..240.
0,4,c Song mode c where c= 0=All,1=Link,2=Solo,3=Pick,4=Free,5=Poly. All other values ignore.
0,5,c,d Time Signature c/d where c=1..16 and d=2,4,8,16,32,64. All other values ignored(so both c & d must be valid).
0,6,c Song Volume c where c=0%..100%. All other values ignored
0,7,c Metronome where c is 0=off, 1+=on
0,8,c Link Fader control where c=off, 1+=on
0,9,c Midi Out where c is 0=off, 1+=on
0,10,c Cycle where c is 0=off, 1+=on
0,11,c Record In where c is 0=off, 1=chords, 2=steps
0,12,c Audition where c is 0=off, 1+=on
0,13,c Song Mute where c is 0=off, 1+=on
0,14 Song Solo (will act like solo button press)
0,15,c Shift sequence Left/Right c steps where c>0 for shift right, c<0 for shift left. Only c = -1,0 & 1 considered. Works best on Rel mode. Cycle mode will delay shift until next loop
0,16,c,d Main Screen faders - where c = fader 1..fader 16. d=value 0..127 (but may be altered - e.g. notes in a scale)
0,17,c Mixer Panel page 0=1..12, 1+=13..24 - only if currently visible
0,18,c,d Mixer Panel fader c=1..24 for consequetive sequence part, d=0..100 (for 0..100% volume) - only applied if valid seq part
So if Seq1 has 3 parts, Seq 2 has 2 values for c are (1=S1P1,2=S1P2,3=S1P3,4=S2P1,5=S2P2 all other values ignored)
0,19,c Tempo x bpm where x = c - so 7bit but clamped to range 1..127.
0,20,c Select Range c where c is 0(1..16),1=(17..32),2=(18..48),3=(49..64) - if valid (i.e. has to be a sequence of that length)

----- Sequence/Part parameters
x,y,c,d Sequence a Part b where x=a4+b (so 5=Seq1A,6=Seq1B..8=Seq1D,5=Seq2A, etc.. 28=Seq6D)
x,0 Seq/Part x Part Select (ABCD buttons of sequence a)
x,1,c Seq/Part x Tempo Division, where c=Tempo division (1=1/1 etc)
x,2,c Seq/Part x Start Step, where c=step 1..64 only. If >end step, will clamp to endStep.
x,3,c Seq/Part x End Step, where c=step 1..64 only. If seq length will clamp to that(e.g. 16)
x,4,c Seq/Part x loop type (0=FWD,1=F+1,2=F+2,3=F+3,4=F+4,5=F+5,6=F+6,7=F+7,8=REV,9=BNC,10=BN,11=RND,12=RND,12=BWN,13=F1,14=STP)
x,5,c Seq/Part x play/stop c is 0=stop, 1=play, 2=pause, 3=reset. All other values ignore.
x,6,c Seq/Part x transpose c where c= c-64. So valid input range is 40..88 to represent -24..24 range in Quantum. Outside this range will be clamped
x,7,c Seq/Part x volume c where c=0%..100%. All other values ignored
x,8,c Seq/Part x invert c where c=0 for OFF, 1+=ON
x,9,c,d Seq/Part x reflect + key c where c=0 for OFF, 1+ for ON. and the key d=0..127 for note c-2 to g8
x,10,c Seq/Part x override channel where c=0(use step), 1..16 (override to this value for all steps)
x,11,c Seq/Part x Timewarp navigator where c=0(OFF), 1+(ON)
x,12,c,d Seq/Part x Accent Beat where c=0(OFF),1+(ON) and d=value (if on)0..100
x,13,d,e Seq/Part x Time Signature d+e where d=1..16, e=2,4,8,16,32,64
x,14,c,d Seq/Part x Step Mute where step = c (1..64) where d=0 is off, 1=on