7Aliens has announced Catanya, a polyphonic pattern based MIDI arpeggiator.

Catanya is a tool that allows you to play a sequence based on your chord. Catanya is not a standard arpeggiator which has preset modes like UP, DOWN, ALTERNATE, etc. Catanya was developed on a higher level, it's based upon patterns. You can create your own pattern or simply choose one of the hundreds of preset patterns. When you have chosen a pattern you play a chord or chord progression, set the output to your favorite synthesizer or sampler and you will get finished track.

Features / details:

• Multiple instances.
• 9x32 note matrix.
• More than 1100 presets (music phrases).
• Supports recording final output into DAW for additional editing.
• Presets browser with ability to choose genre, style, rhythm, instrument, tempo.
• Usable with any VSTi plug-in or external HW synthesizer (via DAW's MIDI out).
• Unique AI Random functions for making unique velocity Groove.
• Real-time velocity spread.
• Easy to use.

Pricing & Availability

Catanya will be available for Windows as a VST instrument plug-in. It will cost €45. The release date has not yet been announced.