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"Hi everyone, it's Bert here, the designer and inventor of the Percussa AudioCubes.
I'm very proud to announce a new version of IMPROVISOR, the generative MIDI Sequencer for AudioCubes.
The new version is built into MIDIBridge and is no longer a standalone application. You can find the updated MIDIBridge 3.1 with IMPROVISOR mode in the download section on our site. For the full story continue reading below :-)
For those of you who don't know IMPROVISOR, it's a MIDI sequencer that lets you compose generative music using AudioCubes.
The way it works is you first program velocity and semitone patterns into the sequencer, which then plays these back. Velocity and semitone steps are combined together with a root note to generate notes. The semistone steps are relative so they can be reused with different root notes.
The power of IMPROVISOR comes with linking the patterns to the AudioCubes: each cube is linked to its own semitone and velocity pattern, and when cubes detect each other, the semitone patterns will add up, giving rise to totall new patterns!
When you turn cubes placed next to each other, different velocity patterns will be used with the semitone patterns. You can also configure cubes as leaders or followers, which gives you control over which semitone patterns will be added up and which won't.
Many generative sequencers end up generating totally random results which are hard to use in practice, let alone perform live. IMPROVISOR was designed to let you start with easy to understand step sequencing, and then turn your programmed sequences into elements which can be generatively "remixed" using the AudioCubes, all live and in real time!
To learn more about IMPROVISOR mode in MIDIBridge 3.1, check out our manual. You can download MIDIBridge 3.1 in the downloads section on our website.
Development notes on this IMPROVISOR release
IMPROVISOR started as a Max/MSP patch, and was then first released as a standalone Max/MSP application a few years ago. After much feedback from AudioCube users I decided to turn it into a C++ application, about a year ago, and make it part of MIDIBridge.
By making it part of MIDIBridge, we were able to increase the speed and performance and add support for up to 16 cubes. We were also able to give IMPROVISOR access to all the other features in MIDIBridge such as MIDI clock sync. And by integrating IMPROVISOR into MIDIBridge it also instantly works with the Wireless AudioCubes PRO we released the past weeks!
IMPROVISOR was the first application to be integrated into MIDIBridge. I'm planning to integrate our other applications into MIDIBridge as well, such as the upcoming SYNTHOR, our digital modular synthesizer. This way you only need to update one application, MIDIBridge."
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