software modular sequencing enviroments?

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software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by nuketifromorbit » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:04 am

I realize that Reaktor, Max MSP, Kyma, etc exist, but aside from kyma and MSP I'm not exactly sure if there are any capable of controlling hardware units. Basically I desire something in the vein of the nord modular g1 or g2 software that can send midi to hardware synths. I pretty much just want a bunch of clock dividers, sequencers, pulse width modulatable clock sources, switches, and, most importantly, quantizers to play around with.
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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by tekkentool » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:45 am

Jeskola Buzz, MU:LAB and the aforementioned KYMA/Max/MSP are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head.

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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by MitchK1989 » Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:39 pm

Numerology?

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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by silikon » Sun Oct 02, 2011 1:38 am

Not sure if I understand fully, and maybe I'm being a little daft by answering in the following manner...

All the DAW software I work with (live, digital performer, logic, pro tools) all have midi capable features. I route midi to my hardware from the DAW all the time, along with quantizing, and what have you.

Numerology is quite the sequencing package; Reaktor will allow you to build things like this, as does Max/MSP. They both have a huge following, and therefore many pre-made ensembles that you can download and use at will. I don't know about Kyma, so I can't speak to that.
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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by loungedumore » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:22 am

+1 for numerology .
Takes a little time to get used to it's flow , but it's the sequencer tool box .
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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by nuketifromorbit » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:53 am

silikon wrote:
All the DAW software I work with (live, digital performer, logic, pro tools) all have midi capable features. I route midi to my hardware from the DAW all the time, along with quantizing, and what have you.
When I say quanitizing I don't mean it in the traditional timing correction sense. Basically quanitizer modules for modular synths for instance take incoming cv and spit out cv quantized to a musical scale. Sort of like a sample and hold, but the staircase pattern your getting is actually melodic. Its pretty damn cool, but I gave up on the eurorack ones after I kept getting annoying clicks. This is pretty much the reason I'm searching for a software alternative. I'm probably just going to pick up another micrmodular though, despite the lack of midi out.
loungedumore wrote:+1 for numerology .
Takes a little time to get used to it's flow , but it's the sequencer tool box .
I would pick it up, but sadly its Mac only.
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Re: software modular sequencing enviroments?

Post by colmon » Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:21 am

this will do your quantizing, not sure about the other stuff

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/silentway.html

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