Cem Olcay has released the Bud Bundle 2023, a collection of 7 Cem apps, available for a price saving $29.99, (bundle value $35.93).
The bundle included:
- Binarhythmic Rhythm Generator
- BounceBud Physics Based MIDI
- MuseBud – AUv3 MIDI Generator
- Auto Bass AUv3 MIDI Generator
- BrainBud – Bud App Controller
- In Theory – Interval Keyboard
- Textquencer AUv3 MIDI
Binarhythmic Rhythm Generator
Binarhythmic is a MIDI sequencer that would generate rhythmic outputs based on the binary numbers.
The sequencer has a counter, increasing on each sequencer cycle. The binary form of this number, something like “010110011”. Each 0 or 1 is a “Bit”, and each bit is a MIDI output. If a bit is 1 then the gate is open for that bit, and if it’s 0 then the gate is closed for that bit. You can use the Multiplier parameter for controlling the sequencer counter.
The rate parameter controls the sequencer speed. Each bit has a note, velocity, gate length, trigger type and logic operation. You can also vary the velocity and gate length. With the lower amounts of variety, you can humanise the sounds like Hi-Hats. You can assign different MIDI channels to the bits and control different synths.
BounceBud Physics Based MIDI
You can specify the ball count, speed and size on the main screen with the knob controls.
In the settings menu, you can set the key/scale, velocity range, octave. range and MIDI channel settings of the keyboards.You can also specify the notes individually per keyboard. All keyboards share the same key/scale that could also be changed with BrainBud.
Each keyboard has its own MIDI output, so you can play different audio apps with BounceBud at once. Or you can disable the keyboard sides you don’t want to use.
With a MIDI input (from a MIDI keyboard or a MIDI sequencer app) you can ‘shoot walls’ from the keyboards. Balls can interact with the walls and it introduce more randomness to your generative sequence. You can control each keyboard by assigning them different MIDI input channels in the settings menu.
You can also toggle the ball collision behavior in the settings menu. Whether balls can collide with each other or not, it creates different, interesting sequences every time. The size variety and ball variety can be change in the ball settings section in the settings menu. It adds randomisation to the size and speed values.
You can change the ball color theme in the settings menu as well!
BounceBud is a MIDI app and it does not produce any sound on its own. You need to route BounceBud’s MIDI outs to your audio app’s MIDI input. The AUv3 plugin app needs and AUv3 host app such as AUM, Loopy Pro, Logic Pro, Cubasis, Nanostudio, apeMatrix etc.
MuseBud
MuseBud, a generative MIDI sequencer, creates notes based on the possibilities you define. Customize the chances for every aspect, including notes, octaves, note lengths, velocities, gate lengths, and ratchets.
Each mode (note, octave, duration, velocity, gate, ratchet) features its own parameters. Utilize the faders on the main UI to set the likelihood of each parameter being selected by the engine. Easily exclude parameters by assigning them a 0% chance, ensuring they never occur. For quick adjustments, employ the draw mode, ‘All 0%’ and ‘All 100%’ buttons on the bottom toolbar.
When you press the play button in the standalone app or the AUv3 host app, MuseBud continuously generates notes. The looper records up to 64 notes in its buffer, enabling you to loop back a preferred section in the sequence. Set the start point and step count of the looper in the buffer. Pressing play on the looper stops generating new notes and begins looping the selected section. When you stop the looper, MuseBud resumes generating new notes. Toggle the record button on the looper off to prevent recording new notes into the buffer.
Edit steps in the looper by simply tapping the desired step to delete or edit, and choose an action from the popup menu. In the step editor, modify properties assigned by the engine, such as note, duration, octave, velocity, gate length, and ratchet count.
Generate various patterns for multiple generative sequences. Each pattern comes with its own looper buffer. When creating a new pattern, it automatically duplicates the current one, ensuring you can craft multiple loops without losing your randomization settings.
Auto Bass
Auto Bass is a MIDI generator app with an editable algorithm. You can create basslines or melodies automagically with Auto Bass.
Set the algorithm parameters in your taste for generating the best basslines.
- Complexity breaks the longer notes into shorter notes.
- Density sets the note/rest ratio.
- Spread sets the range of the notes in the piano roll.
- Offset shifts the notes on the piano roll.
- Swing shifts the start position of the every other note in the sequence.
You can change the gate length and velocity of the notes globally with the gate and velocity parameters. Gate variety and velocity variety knobs introduce randomisation to the notes. You can set your bassline pattern’s duration with between 1-bar long to 64-bars long.
Walk type rearranges the notes on the piano roll without regenerating the whole sequence.
With a MIDI keyboard or a MIDI sequencer, you can transpose your bassline. Also, there’s an edit menu on the top right side of the app which you can add accents to your notes, transpose them or nudge them to left or right. You can also export a MIDI file of your pattern and import it to your DAW for further editing or sharing.
BrainBud
BrainBud controls the keys and scales of the Bud apps all at once. Connect BrainBud’s MIDI out to MIDI inputs of:
- SnakeBud
- PolyBud
- MelodyBud
- ShiftBud
- ScaleBud 2
- In Theory
- Textquencer
ou can also broadcast the current key/scale to the newly connected apps with Budcast button.
If you’d like to experiment, you can try the randomise button.
With the AUv3 plugin, you can change the BrainBud’s parameters or even automate them with AU parameters.
For using the AUv3 plugin make sure you have an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Cubasis, Nanostudio, apeMatrix.
BrainBud is a MIDI based app and requires other Bud apps present in order to work right. If you don’t have any other Bud apps mentioned above, you can’t make a use of BrainBud.
BrainBud doesn’t produce any kind of sound on its own.
In Theory
In Theory is an interval based MIDI keyboard app with more than 110 scales. It has a keypad at the bottom with the interval buttons like +2, +1, 0, -1, -2 which would change the current note. Zero means the current note, +1 means the note after the current note, +2 means two notes after the current note, -2 means two notes before the current note in the scale and so on.
Above the keypad, you can toggle additional intervals in the scale for creating chord voices. You can also select the notes from an octave above and an octave below for creating rich, extended chords.
You can use your MIDI keyboard to play In Theory as well. The middle C4 key on your MIDI keyboard triggers the 0 (zero) button on the app’s keypad. The white notes after the C4 note would trigger the positive buttons, the white notes before the C4 note would trigger the negative notes on the keypad.
You can also toggle the chord intervals with MIDI CC messages. You can set a MIDI CC number and a MIDI Channel for toggling the chord intervals from the settings menu. If you send a MIDI CC value between 0-62, you can toggle the chord intervals respectively.
With the MIDI capabilities, you can also sequence the app with a MIDI sequencer app like PolyBud, ShiftBud, MelodyBud etc.
In Theory has more than 110 scales built-in. You can also use the custom scales you made in ScaleBud 2 app as well. The key and scale could be changed externally from a MIDI controller in AUv3 plugin with the AU parameters.
The circular display on the UI will show you where you are in the scale. Also, when you play a note, you will see the every playing note on the screen with the root note and the chord intervals.
Please note that In Theory is a MIDI app and does not produce any kind of sound on its own. You need to connect the MIDI output of the app to an audio app’s MIDI input. For the AUv3 plugin you’ll need an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Cubase, Nanostudio, apeMatrix etc.
Textquencer
Textquencer is a text-based MIDI sequencer. Each letter’s alphabetical index is mapped to the note in the scale you are working.
For example in C-major scale,
- Letter A (index = 1) is Note C (first note in the scale)
- Letter B (index = 2) is Note D (second note in the scale)
- Letter C (index = 3) is Note E (third note in the scale)
- Letter H (index = 8) is Note C but an octave higher
- and so on.
You can create custom character mapping for emojis, punctuation, symbols or any letters in any language. A custom character can mapped to:
- A specific MIDI note or,
- A specific note in the scale like the first note in the scale, the third note in the scale etc.
Unless a character is custom mapped, a letter in English alphabet or a number, it will be a rest in the sequencer.
Also, you can randomise the velocity and gate lengths in each step if you want,You can enable it on the settings menu and set a randomization min-max range.
Textquencer is a MIDI app and does not create any sound on its own. You need to route Textquencer’s MIDI output to your audio app’s MIDI input. The standalone app supports Ableton Link. For using the AUv3 plugin, you need an AUv3 host app such as AUM, Cubase, Nanostudio etc.
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