Achilleas Sourlas has made LoAdKer available as a FREE download for a limited time, (usually $2.99) and announced a sale on other apps.
- mKer – from $6.99 to $3.99
- mLFO – from $3.99 to $1.99
LoAdKer
LoAdKer is a novel rhythm event generator that is based on fractal sequences. Unlike most other drum-mahines, LoAdKer has the ability to create complex patterns that evolve over time, sounding similar but not exactly the same. The result can be anything from minimal, repetitive beats to sonic mayhem, aided by the real-time effects that add an extra dimension to the sound.
LoAdKer has been designed as a performance tool and, in fact, it is being used as such by the developer himself. Thus, it is remarkably stable and easy to use either in a performance or in a studio. It can be especially useful to those who write electronic, electroacoustic, experimental music, IDM, glitch, noise etc.
Features include:
- Four instruments: kick, hihat, fx1 and fx2 with synth and sampler audio engine, filter, reverb, delay controls and more
- Every instrument has an extra control that determines the degree of their chaotic behaviour (this is where the real fun begins!)
- Most parameters can be automated in real-time by drawing custom curves, which can be time or beat – based, looped or one-off
- Adjustable audio buffer size (128 to 4096 samples)
- Multiple sample rate support (subject to hardware capabilities): 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 and 192kHz
- IAA/AudioBus and Ableton Link compatible
- Performance recording
- Import sounds from and export to Audio Copy and AudioShare, export audio to Dropbox and exchange sounds over iTunes
mKer
mKer is a versatile, multi-output MIDI step sequencer with an extensive range of features.
Although mKer can run as a stand-alone app, the recommended way to use it is as an AUv3 plugin from inside a suitable AU Host app that supports MIDI Processors such as AUM, Audiobus, Cubasis etc. Please also note that mKer is a MIDI app/plugin. That means that it does not produce sound itself – it needs to be connected to an audio source that can receive MIDI.
Features include:
- 8 MIDI outputs
- 64 Patterns
- 16 Lanes (aka tracks) per Pattern
- Independent number of Steps (1-32) and Step Size (1/64-256 beats) per Lane per Pattern
- Every step can play either a single note, an interval (2 notes) or a chord (3 or 4 notes)
- Lane Step parameters: Play Cycles, Skip Cycles, Play Offset Cycles, Pitch, Velocity, Probability, Offset (can be used for ‘swing’ like effects) and Gate
- A flexible Editor that includes two view modes (full/compact), step entry keyboard, parameter sliders and a variety of options and utilities designed for to make the workflow intuitive and fast
- 32 Clips with 1-8 Steps per Clip
- Flexible Clip Steps: Each Clip Step is assigned a Pattern and a number of bars to play, 1-128, leading to a range from 1 Pattern x 1 repeat to 8 Patterns x 128 repeats per Clip
- 3 Play Modes: Pattern, Clip, Clip Range
- A Performance Scene with 10 fully assignable MIDI sliders, a 12-snapshot bank, morphing between the snapshots (0-60 seconds) and a real-time keyboard
mLFO
mLFO AUv3 is a set of 16 programmable MIDI LFOs with a extensive set of features:
- Multiple parameters per LFO, including variability.
- Independent output and MIDI channel per LFO.
- Wide rate range, from 1/128 to 130442 beats.
- 9 factory and 16 user shapes.
- Custom shapes: free and ADSR.
- 4 trigger modes, including random retrigger (every incoming note triggers a random LFO).
- MIDI Thru.
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