Device Details
Device Overview
| Name/Version: | Advanced Step Sequencer 1.0.5 |  |
| Author: | Rozzer | |
| Description: | This step sequencer is quite unlike the Step Sequencer bundled with M4L. On the surface it's reasonably standard. It's a live.grid based sequencer - notes, gate, tie, velocity and two control changes. What's unique about it is that you can set different loop points for each of those elements, which allows for anything from simple 303-style basslines to endlessly evolving, rotating, mutating melody lines. The other unique thing about this is that it's designed to work solely within musical scales. The sequencer grid adapts itself to whatever scale you choose. Choose a chromatic scale, and you get a full 12 steps to play with, but choose a pentatonic scale and the grid automatically adapts itself to show only 5 rows (notes). You don't need to know any music theory to get great results. Add to all that a bunch of useful randomization options and it becomes a really useful tool. Hit the URL link for a video demo. Top tip - Rack these up and put several each in their own chain for mad polyphonic polyrhythmic sequences. Updates: 1.0.5 - Proper naming for automate-able parameters. 1.0.4 - New syncing/clock system. Fixes several bugs and allows the sequencer to lock to song position. 1.0.2 - Fixed a problem with sequencer not starting on first launch. |
Device Details
| Downloads: | 1154 |
| Tags | sequencer |
| Live Version Used: | 8.1 |
| Average Rating (12) | 4 |
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| Device Type: | midi_device |
| URL (optional): | http://www.rozzer.net/wp/?p=319 |
| License (more info): | AttributionNonCommercial |
Device Files
| Device File: | Rozzer - Advanced Step Sequencer.amxd |
Comments
| Awesome patch! Would it be hard to add APC40/Launchpad support? |
Posted on March 02 2010 by dirtybit |
| Most excellent, I really like functionality and layout, thanks! Maybe a swingfunction ? Most seqs seem to be missing that. Is wonderful as it is though. |
Posted on March 03 2010 by AuralBee |
| Need no music theory...!?! Must be the ideal thing for me...!!! |
Posted on March 03 2010 by simplicissimus |
| hi rozzer, great work, and thanks. a point though - all the automation / modulation appears under unusable generic object names (like live.numbox[1] etc). could you look into naming all your parameters etc with rozzer-type names and ordering them? my names suck, (and i do hate to use edits of others devices, (!)). thanks again! |
Posted on March 05 2010 by pp |
| Hi pp. Absolutely, I am aware that needs doing. Pure laziness on my part. Will fix in an update soon :) |
Posted on March 05 2010 by Rozzer |
| different loop points and musical scales are doing a lot of job for me!!! saves my time... is it posibile to add patches so it can be automated? or somehow add to clips. or maby i'm not diggin it... |
Posted on March 09 2010 by mdrfdr |
| Thanks for the suggestions mdrfdr. Patches would be nice, but it seems that the Preset object does not support live.grid at this time. I've been told Ableton will fix that at some point. What do you mean by adding clips? |
Posted on March 11 2010 by Rozzer |
| I mean like you work with audio clip in arrangement view, and then you export slices in new midi track... but nevermind that, that was stupid suggestion. Adding any option, any way to make ASS work through diferent phrases in track will be great! ;) P.S. And people, how do you get it ? Adding more than one ASS and enableing and disableing them in arrangement ? |
Posted on March 11 2010 by mdrfdr |
| I tend to just record the output to a midi clip when I'm happy with the sequence. I do want to think more about live performance features though so I'll bear your request in mind. Another thing I want to add is transposition via midi input, so you could transpose the whole sequence, but still have it output in the correct key and scale. |
Posted on March 12 2010 by Rozzer |
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This step sequencer is quite unlike the Step Sequencer bundled with M4L.
On the surface it’s reasonably standard. It’s a live.grid based sequencer - notes, gate, tie, velocity and two control changes. What’s unique about it is that you can set different loop points for each of those elements, which allows for anything from simple 303-style basslines to endlessly evolving, rotating, mutating melody lines.
The other unique thing about this is that it’s designed to work solely within musical scales. The sequencer ‘grid’ adapts itself to whatever scale you choose. Choose a chromatic scale, and you get a full 12 steps to play with, but choose a pentatonic scale and the grid automatically adapts itself to show only 5 rows (notes). You don’t need to know any music theory to get great results.
Add to all that a bunch of useful randomisation options and it becomes a really useful tool.
Hit the 'more info' link for a video demo.
*Top tip* Rack these up and put several each in their own chain for mad polyphonic polyrhythmic sequences.