Saturday, December 29, 2012

Uploaded to App Store

MIDI Pattern Sequencer 1.0 was uploaded to Apple App Store. Now status is "Waiting For Review". If it not be rejected after reviewing during one or two weeks will be available for downloading. I'm already planning the next version. If you have any suggestions or questions please contact me through feedback form.

Friday, December 28, 2012

Description

Quick tour by interface is made up of screenshots of different operation modes with a brief remarks for single elements.

Screenshots show the common conception of sequencer actual for all versions. For more details about specific functions, see table of contents.

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Tab bar, Control panel, Pattern tracks.



Pattern measures (playback position selector), Track titles (select track or cell), Pattern events.



Drum buttons and displaying titles, Info panel, Song structure.



Song tracks, Song cell (measure), MIDI output settings.



[ Table of contents ]



Make a simple song (first demo)

Making a very simple song with MIDI Pattern Sequencer. Highlights in working with it.



Saturday, December 22, 2012

Screenshots

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Patterns configured for drum and note events (in Transport mode). Settings BPM for pattern.



Keyboard mode for drum tracks (drum pads with names as track titles) and note tracks. General track settings.



Edit pattern, Edit cell, Selected track in Edit cell mode.



Song in Transport mode, Setting pattern for song cell (Pattern mode), Edit cell mode.



Program settings - MIDI input, Pattern editor settings, Program options.



List of projects and operations. MIDI console.




Friday, December 21, 2012

Overview

MIDI Pattern Sequencer is a tool with powerful and at the same time very comfortable, intuitive and easy interface. It is the main feature, through which the sequencer can easily used by anyone, from beginner to professional, and everyone will find it most necessary for their own purposes.
The sequencer is designed to control via MIDI any external sound modules, samplers, synthesizers and other applications running on iPad or another computer. Full support for external MIDI interfaces, network and virtual ports, synchronization with external devices and transport control makes this sequencer like playback control center for music devices or other applications.



The best things:

  • Indispensable tool in creation of final composition or experiments with rhythm and phrase patterns.
  • User interface is designed so that all features of the current mode are available immediately or through one or two steps.
  • Can be operated with one hand, even with one finger, in any place of your workspace to which you can reach.
  • Does not have complicated gestures, very small elements which are inconvenient for clicks, clumsy scrolling and distracting realistic interface elements. Just only single click and move fader.

 

 Main features:

  • Classical data structure: Project - Song - Pattern. 
  • Four main control modes - Transport, Keyboard, Edit pattern, Edit cell.
  • No need to save data. All changes will be saved automatically.
  • Pattern tracks can be configured for notes or drum events.
  • Real-time recording and editing patterns.
  • Recording and editing events through internal keyboard or external devices.
  • Playback one or more patterns at once. Start and stop patterns during playback.
  • Changes pattern events (Transposition, Velocity, Duration) during playback.
  • Editing individual events or changes all events in track.
  • Length of pattern is defined by last note or can be set to fixed value.
  • Correct simultaneous playback patterns with different length.
  • Each pattern and song track have individual mute/solo function.
  • Song can contain patterns from current project and patterns from any other projects.
  • Extended set of editing functions for patterns and songs - insert, delete, move and scroll a single event or entire track.
  • Ability to set track titles, pattern titles (pattern button titles) and drum pad titles.
  • Set of different color schemes of interface.

 

MIDI features:

  • Full support of all external MIDI interfaces based on CoreMIDI (like iRig, MIDI Mobilizer II, StudioConnect, iConnectMIDI, IO dock, Camera Connection Kit).
  • Each track can be configured for output to any MIDI channel (or more channels) and different devices. 
  • Creating virtual MIDI port for connect to internal iPad applications (like PPG Wave, SampleTank, GarageBand and others).
  • Synchronization with external device that send MIDI clock.
  • Send own MIDI clock to external devices and applications as master device.
  • Send transport commands Start/Stop/Continue to external devices.
  • Controlled by external transport commands Start/Stop/Continue.

 

 Metronome:

  • Internal metronome on standard audio output.
  • Metronome can start at recording only or at playback and recording.
  • Metronome can start immediately or within one or two measures before.

 

 MIDI Console:

  • MIDI console displays all input MIDI messages in convenient form.
  • Activity indicator shows channels of incoming MIDI messages.
  • Displays external BPM value and status of synchronization.