midiSequencer
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Music | $2.99 | anthony saunders | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
MidiSequencer is a step sequencer designed to get melodic tunes and exotic sounds from your favourite IOS and hardware synths.
Comprehensive manual available for view http://www.amssoftware.org/manual/midiSequencerManual.pdf
With step sequencing, up to 16 midi notes can be defined and played back interactively using buttons, sliders and swipes. It therefore lends itself to more experimental style of music making as steps can have all manner of variations - pitch, velocity, length, midi channel, swing, % probability(note or velocity) and musical ornaments such as ratchetting and mordents.
With the addition of chords, each step can also send out up to 128 note chords. You can create your own chords by using a on-screen keyboard or pick common ones such as the dim7.
MidiSequencer also offers extreme tempos (from 1 to 1020BPM) and a variety of Master/Slave combinations utilising midi clocks.
SPECIAL NOTES :
1) iOS 7 or greater only (Audiobus now requires this), so iPad 1 not suported
2) Iphone 4 upwards only
3) This app makes no sound (although it can send/receive midi to coreMidi apps you have installed on your iPad).
4) To communicate with external midi equipment you will need a suitable iPad midi interface unless you use the Midi Network sessions over wifi.
Reviews
App not showing in Audiobus
AudioGman
This app is not showing in Audiobus or AUM. Not sure how it can be used.
Awesome for my setup
Oneoff7
I have few mono synths and a puc+ (Bluetooth midi device) And this sequencer is so much fun! I set the velocity to open the cutoff on my nyborg12 synth and it’s an instant Depeche Mode... For $2.99 it’s great.
Does not support Audiobus
The Frazz
It would be a great feature for this app. Please Anthony, have Audiobus support in a future update.
Great first release!
OscHead
Already my go to midi step sequencer for iPad (no reason to add audiobus!). Solid immediacy with all the fundamentals including note, velocity, and gate, with the capability to sequence 2 lanes of cc's as well. My wish list for future update would be 1) Discretely variable # of steps per parameter lane, 2) Ability to 'tie' notes to make longer than step value notes and perhaps glide, 3) Multi channel would be nice...at least one more channel to add some counterpoint, 4) Constrain scale would be fun. Nice work, keep it up please!
Great Virtual MIDI controller for synth/music apps
HouseOfHomuth
This app is a cool, modern twist on an analog style MIDI panel that looks like something out of the early 80's. The app itself plays no music, but easily links up with (most) popular synthesizers and other Virtual MIDI compatible music apps. The default is 4/4 time and 16 steps, but this can be modified. Each step is set to a note, or skipped over. There are also multiple MIDI channels, so you could actually have different steps playing notes from 2 or more synthesizers in the background. And there are a variety of features that are over my head, but are sure to thrill MIDI experts more knowledgeable than I. One of my favorite new features in version 1.5 is the introduction of scales. At present, you have chromatic, major, and minor scales, with more to come in the future. This means that you can draw the sliders in sequence so that only in-key notes will play. Great idea for music composition. And, of course, since the machine is automated, it's capable of playing sequences more accurately and faster than would be humanly possible, especially on an iPad touchscreen. I would note that the current version is not compatible with AudioBus or IAA. That means that you can't access mini-controls for your recording app while you are in Midisequencer. However, you can start the sequence and access the controls while in the AB-compatible app, and there also ways to synchronize timing using MIDI itself. The developer is very responsive and has indicated that AudioBus compatibility is coming in the next update. Great product that can bring new life out of other music apps!
Excellent sequencer!
ryschr1
Loving the latest update with the ability to automate 4 MIDI CC's...solid clock, great interface, very cool for controlling your synths and effects!
Fantastic iOS sequencer
Sean Garland
midiSequencer is an amazing step sequencer for iOS. Immediately accessible, yet powerfully deep. The developer is constantly making updates to improve an already great app. Highly recommend!
Needs midi learn
d33psp33d
Cool sequencer but will be awesome when I can midi learn the note, transposition slider etc so I can map those controls to cc.
Inspiring and well thought out
David Wilson-Okamura
This app gets better and better. Its design is shaped by real musical experience, and it's quickly evolving into one of the best sequencers on the iOS platform. It's far more powerful and easier to use than the hardware sequencers used by Tangerine Dream in the 1970s and 80s. Compared with modern, software-based sequencers, it's slightly less powerful than Thesys, but also MUCH easier to get started and play with. As it says in the description, it doesn't make any sound by itself, but it will breathe new life into the instruments you already have, both hardware and on your iPad. About the in-app purchases (IAPs): the developer, Anthony Saunders, is NOT trying to nickel and dime his customers. If you're interested in the extra functions, they are worth more than what he's charging. But the basic app is robust, functional, and inspiring. About the four stars: I'm pleased with this app -- that's why I'm taking the time to write a review -- but if you give everything five stars, you have nothing left for the very best. (I see the same problem after musical and theatrical performances, when everything gets a standing ovation.)
Not really
Jaxziel
Don't really like this app although it allows using other synth sources. There are a few seqs out that work better and the vir synth apps work much better within their app. If it were the only seq I had it may rate higher but I like a number of other apps for serious song development. This is more for messin around.
