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hauke · Post by **hauke** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:49 am

Hey everybody,

the last months were quite busy here.. I decided to work on the next big update of my electronic songwriting solution Sundog Song Studio

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With Sundog it is possible to develop new chord progressions, melodies, basslines, and arpeggios within minutes. Sundog connects to any DAW via MIDI (Windows + macOS). More info here: http://feelyoursound.com/sundog/.

I am excited to show you some of the new features before the official release (which will probably be on 2017/04/13 (Thursday)).

Sundog 3 is going to be a free upgrade for all users

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Sundog 3 will cost 55 EUR / $59. However, until 2017/04/23 you can get Sundog 3 for the old Sundog 2 price (44 EUR / $49).

Here are some of the changes and new features:

New name: Sundog Scale Studio will be called Sundog Song Studio from now on
Own pattern search page: Search through the included patterns with the Pattern Finder. Numerous search options available.
New pattern structure: Sundog ships with over 200 patterns now, organized in subfolders.
Advanced pattern option: Randomize velocity to make natural instruments sound more.. ummm.. natural.
Advanced pattern option: Turn on multi-pattern mode to switch between different melodic rhythms during playback.
GM compatible preview synth with 128 instruments included.
Instrument menu with special pattern actions: "Reverse pattern", "Remove stop symbols from pattern", "Reset volumes in pattern", "Stretch pattern to double length".
Higher resolution for chord progressions: Deactivate "Settings -> Chords View: Show reduced (quarter notes) timeline when possible" if you want to work with sixteenth notes in your chord progressions.
Chords View: Better display of chord inversions.
Chords View: No message box after successful MIDI export anymore.
Start dialog with quickstart help. I am updating the online helper pages at the moment to cover more Sundog settings and features in detail (focus on video content).
Automatic chord progression optimizations ("Chords" menu): "Minimize finger movement", "Minimize bass note movement", "Minimize highest note movement".
Advanced pattern settings: Keep overlapping notes pressed when chords change.
More changes will be announced here soon.

I made a short video (7 minutes) for you which shows the new multi-pattern concept + velocity randomization in action (you can also catch a glimpse of the new Pattern Finder

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMSVuQQHA2w

Update 1: Here is another video. This time about the Pattern Finder:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5tykqJTMA

Update 2: The next video is about the automatic Sundog chord progression optimizations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARRkDJQMch8

Cheers,
Hauke of FeelYourSound

audington · Post by **audington** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:44 pm

This looks great

hauke · Post by **hauke** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 1:59 pm

audington wrote:This looks great

Thanks

kevvvvv · Post by **kevvvvv** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:50 pm

Will download the dem when v3 comes out

hauke · Post by **hauke** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:56 pm

kevvvvv wrote:Will download the dem when v3 comes out

Will be out soooooon

(well, two weeks or so - that's what I hope

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vanhaze · Post by **vanhaze** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:45 pm

This is so awesome Hauke, but please please please : Sundog Studio as a VST

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deastman · Post by **deastman** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 6:49 pm

Great news! I'm looking forward to checking out the new features.

hauke · Post by **hauke** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:16 pm

vanhaze wrote:This is so awesome Hauke, but please please please : Sundog Studio as a VST .

Using Sundog with MelodicFlow is a good idea then (at least as long as there is no Sundog VST - which I cannot promise right now). Personally I often create a chord progression in Sundog, drag it to my DAW, and then write the melodies using MelodicFlow VSTi. No need to open Sundog anymore, MelodicFlow does the rest.
There is a video available which explains the concept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSITFjUb4to

Cheers,
Hauke

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:52 pm

Highly recommend!!

hauke · Post by **hauke** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:00 pm

Musical Gym wrote:Highly recommend!!

vanhaze · Post by **vanhaze** » Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:02 pm

Yes, this is neat !!

zrahbek · Post by **zrahbek** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:03 am

I love Sundog! Looking forward to the update! Any word on drag and drop support for Reaper by any chance?

vanhaze · Post by **vanhaze** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 4:56 am

I can drag the midi buttons in Sundog onto Reaper's Arrange Window and that will import Sundog's midi into Reaper Project.
But maybe you mean something else ..

dusted william · Post by **dusted william** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:14 am

looks good.

I do have a question though. While trying out chords in sundog, is it sending midi to the DAW to trigger the notes?

-dw

vanhaze · Post by **vanhaze** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:15 am

Yes, it does :0)

Sundog Song Studio 3.0 coming soon - sneak peak time!