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[elassi]

Seen a lot of positive talk about Stepic, but I already have HY-SEQ32 and it looks like it has just about everything except ratchets which I wouldn’t tend to use outside of percussion sequences anyway. Am I overlooking some other features it has?

With Stepic you can also choose chords for any step you like. With Seq32 it's only possible by adding several pitch lanes but, honestly, not worth the effort imho. Too much work.

In all other aspects, HY-32SEQ is da boss (2ct).

[ere2learn]

way too much button clicking with stepic, modulys from years ago is a better version of this type of sequencer

[kraster]

Strokes is another interesting sequencer (also has sound generation). It was just updated and new capability to not just switch between patterns but morph between them (morphs parameters, not audio crossfade). Here's the video from the developer showing the new morphing abilities.

Strokes is weird.

Unbelievably obtuse, unintuitive and confusing but absolutely brilliant once you get your head around it.

[lapidar]

Stepic is nice and has some more features than Catalyst but I was missing some basics with it. I do not know if it has changed with the current version because they still seem not to offer a trial.

When I had the chance to use Stepic some time ago, I had to click each step twice to mute it again, but having previously activated it with a single click.
Can Stepic randomize steps once? If I remember correctly it re-randomizes all steps that are enabled for randomize at each cycle of the sequence.
Is it possible in Stepic to select only couple of steps from the sequence and nudge these left or right? Or simply just copy/paste them somewhere else?

What I liked at Stepic was Microtiming for each step. Catalyst does not have this yet...

[kraster]

Stepic is nice and has some more features than Catalyst but I was missing some basics with it. I do not know if it has changed with the current version because they still seem not to offer a trial.

When I had the chance to use Stepic some time ago, I had to click each step twice to mute it again, but having previously activated it with a single click.
Can Stepic randomize steps once? If I remember correctly it re-randomizes all steps that are enabled for randomize at each cycle of the sequence.
Is it possible in Stepic to select only couple of steps from the sequence and nudge these left or right? Or simply just copy/paste them somewhere else?

What I liked at Stepic was Microtiming for each step. Catalyst does not have this yet...

You can lock steps so they're excluded from randomisation.

There are two types of randomisation: a simple one click randomisation that doesn't change or "real time" randomisation that randomises every cycle. The lock function works in both. You can also randomise individual steps.

The mute step function actually cycles through the different modes. On/tie/off.

AFAIK you can't select individual steps or selections of steps and move or copy them.

You can copy/paste whole patterns to different slots.

The big change in the latest update is that it can take midi input so you can transpose sequences or use it as an arepeggiator. The best part is that it can be scale quantized so the sequence/arp will conform to a scale. You can also sequence chords and a whole bunch of other stuff.

[trewq]

This was just updated:

https://www.chordwarepa.com/?page_id=648

[lapidar]

You can lock steps so they're excluded from randomisation.

There are two types of randomisation: a simple one click randomisation that doesn't change or "real time" randomisation that randomises every cycle. The lock function works in both. You can also randomise individual steps.

The mute step function actually cycles through the different modes. On/tie/off.

AFAIK you can't select individual steps or selections of steps and move or copy them.

You can copy/paste whole patterns to different slots.

The big change in the latest update is that it can take midi input so you can transpose sequences or use it as an arepeggiator. The best part is that it can be scale quantized so the sequence/arp will conform to a scale. You can also sequence chords and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Yes, that "tie" mode per step is what I ment - I can remember now that you mentioned it.
The step button switched to blue color saying "tie" before the step was off at the next click.

Can I prevent Stepic from starting playback when host starts and trigger the patterns by midi note instead?

Stepic features sound promising but I still hold back on the purchase because I am not keen on switching between three step sequencers as I am currently already using Seqund and Catalyst.
Anyway, thanks for clarifying!

[lapidar]

deleted. double post.

[kraster]

You can lock steps so they're excluded from randomisation.

There are two types of randomisation: a simple one click randomisation that doesn't change or "real time" randomisation that randomises every cycle. The lock function works in both. You can also randomise individual steps.

The mute step function actually cycles through the different modes. On/tie/off.

AFAIK you can't select individual steps or selections of steps and move or copy them.

You can copy/paste whole patterns to different slots.

The big change in the latest update is that it can take midi input so you can transpose sequences or use it as an arepeggiator. The best part is that it can be scale quantized so the sequence/arp will conform to a scale. You can also sequence chords and a whole bunch of other stuff.

Yes, that "tie" mode per step is what I ment - I can remember now that you mentioned it.
The step button switched to blue color saying "tie" before the step was off at the next click.

Can I prevent Stepic from starting playback when host starts and trigger the patterns by midi note instead?

Stepic features sound promising but I still hold back on the purchase because I am not keen on switching between three step sequencers as I am currently already using Seqund and Catalyst.
Anyway, thanks for clarifying!

You can trigger the sequencer by note now. That's one of the options.

I've pretty much ditched every other sequencer now for Stepic. The polyphonic aspect and the amount of control sequencers and general usability keeps me coming back.

[Dirtgrain]

I use Ableton Live and Bitwig. Would I need to buy both the VST and Max for Live versions of Stepic? Does the Max for Live version allow for more functionality in Live than the VST version?

[kraster]

I use Ableton Live and Bitwig. Would I need to buy both the VST and Max for Live versions of Stepic? Does the Max for Live version allow for more functionality in Live than the VST version?

The main difference is that you can directly modulate live parameters with the Live version (as opposed to midi CC in the VST version). The live version also has a dedicated device panel for switching patterns.

Even though the blurb on the website says that the VST version won't work with Live I had Stepic before I upgraded to the full suite and it worked fine. The Live specific version is definitely better though if you're using Abelton.

[Dirtgrain]

Oh. Can you modulate Autofilter's cutoff, for example, with the Live version of Stepic?

[BluesMuse]

Just an FYI that FL-Studio 21.1 added support for MIDI scripting in Python. FL Already had a pretty amazing MIDI editor and tools, but the free script contributions on the IL forum https://forum.image-line.com/viewforum.php?f=2008 are the icing on the cake. If you bought FL years ago (like I did), you might give it another look, since updates are free.

[FranklyFlawless]

The LinnStrument is my favourite MPE hardware controller, but that is the farthest extent of MIDI usage for me.

https://www.rogerlinndesign.com/linnstrument

Mine in particular is modded with a bamboo fabric playing surface, so I can perform polyphonic slides across it more easily.

[Kalamata Kid]

check this out!
Rhythmizer Ultra
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/rhythm ... turephonic
€37 (ex VAT)
Looks interesting. Got a great review.