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Generative Sequencing with 4Pockets MidiStep

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Another excellent app from 4Pockets. Although I do wish they capitalized MIDI properly LOL. MidiStep is a very flexible sequencer app with a lot of available options, almost all of which also happen to be exposed in AUM for some automation fun. It's basically a 16-step sequencer, but you can have multiple patterns chained together in various ways for longer sequences if needed. In addition, there are three lanes: Notes, Octave, and uh, Other LOL. That last one has a Sequencer section with velocity, gate, divider (i.e., ratcheting) and other lanes, as well as a Modulation section. It's really flexible and powerful.

What I've done for this video is have two instances of MidiStep, one for a sequence and one for chords. I also use Euclidean, also from 4Pockets, to trigger a new set of random notes on occasion. With these three sequencers I have a controlled-but-random generative sequence, all done without human intervention once the Play button is tapped.

You can do lots of "normal" things with MidiStep as well, of course, but I just love to build things that make "automatic" music every now and then.

Featuring 4Pockets MidiStep https://apps.apple.com/us/app/midistep/id6680182647 4Pockets Euclidean https://apps.apple.com/us/app/euclidean-auv3-sequencer/id1605757270 Arturia iSEM https://www.arturia.com/products/ipad-synths/isem/overview Klevgrand Pipa https://klevgrand.com/products/pipa DiscoDSP Discovery https://apps.apple.com/us/app/discovery-auv3-synth/id6695741686 AUM https://apps.apple.com/app/id1055636344 ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/overview.htm

Recorded and edited in ScreenFlow All patches, as always, my own

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