Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio have updated WoodPecker to version 2.0, currently available for $7.99, (usually $11.99) (iPadOS) and $24.99 (MacOS).
What’s new in version 2.0:
- Vertical dragging on the note button now updates the note/semitone. It will only select the notes in a scale (when set)
- Added Mute and Solo buttons in Run view Mute will not change the sequencer timing.
- Added Polyrhythm : number of notes per bar can be set in the sequencer settings to allow different bar signatures (4/4 , 5/4,78 .. running with the same bar time.
- Added Reverse,PingPong and Forward/Backward modes.
- Added Note Gate : 0..400% : note off sent in the step or after the step in stead of at the end of the step.
- Added CC control of the main controls.
- A long press (> 1s) on the step led will now set this column to the last (set number of notes).
- Added 2 more Start modes (note on per step , run while note is on)
- Added Reverse Sequencer to the 4 midi/meta commands.
- Added Transpose Sequencer to the 4 midi/meta commands.
- Improved UI to set midi CC and PC values (replaced long dropdown with swiping)
- Some Sequencer settings can now be different per Variation : Limit Scale, Reverse modes, Notes per bar.
- Added Variation switching modes : Select random or from a plavlist
- Added Variation playlist panel and Variation Settings panel.
- Added Variation Glide
- Added Note On Quantise setting. When off Note On Start modes trigger immediately.
- Added velocity/volume drawing.
- Fixed bug in start modes Of different sequencers.
- Fixed some ratcheting timing issues.
WoodPeckr is a midi V2 and V1 sequencer with 4 independent layers (sequencers). Each sequencer has up to 64 steps and 4 variations (resulting in max 256 steps).
The app can be used stand-alone (device midi input and output) or as a plugin in a DAW.
Plugin type : AUv3 and stand-alone app.
Each sequencer can set its own midi channel and hence 4 different instruments can be addressed simultaneously.
Each sequencer can set its own number of steps and step duration.
Each sequencer has 4 Variations (which can have different values for all step params).
Variations can be selected manually or from any step.
Sequencers can be started manually, by DAW transport, by Midi RT Play, by keyboard note input and when inserted as audio effect by audio input triggering.
BPM can be set manually, by tapping, by the DAW or by the Midi RT clock.
WoodPecker can also send the Midi Clock and Midi RT play start/stop messages.
Midi V2 mode sends UMP messages given higher precision.
Resync mode restarts at step 1 after a number of bars (compensate for the random or odd timings).
Midi can be sent to the DAW and/or directly to the OS (allowing a plugin to address external instruments).
Stand-alone app support Midi over BlueTooth.
Each Step has :
- “On” or “Skip” probability.
- Velocity value.
- Random note probability.
- Random note range which can be limited to a scale.
- Ratcheting (repetition of same note in the step).
- 9 ratcheting patterns (triplet, 4-sixteenths, 2-eights, etc).
- Ratcheting probability.
- Delta step time setting (different duration…)
- Can send 4 Midi (CC, PC, Pressure, Pitch, V2 RPN, …) or meta commands (start/stop other sequencer, set variation).
Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices).
Watch Gavinski’s overview HERE.
WoodPecker is available to iPadOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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