KVR Audio

damoog · Post by **damoog** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:18 pm

Xfer Cthulu seems to be winning at the moment with me after a couple of hours demoing a few of the before mentioned especially on the chord feature,im actually quite mindblown on how good it is ,it doesn't automate parameters though?(or am I wrong)?

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:49 pm

damoog wrote: Sun Dec 31, 2023 12:18 pm Xfer Cthulu seems to be winning at the moment with me after a couple of hours demoing a few of the before mentioned especially on the chord feature,im actually quite mindblown on how good it is ,it doesn't automate parameters though?(or am I wrong)?

Yeah, Cthulhu is good for chords. If you want to generate interesting melodies, get Riffer.

pekbro · Post by **pekbro** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 7:52 pm

I like Riffer as well, but use all the HY-Plugins sequencers too.

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:46 pm

- 510k Seqund (polymetric, probabilistic, powerful, fun, great UI)
- HY-Plugins stricto sensu
- Sugarbytes Thesys (chords, pitch shift shapes, effects to influence the pattern, good UI)
- Stepic (deep)

(not mentioning the ones I use for drums: Sugarbytes Drumcomputer, Beat Scholar, Hornet hATEFISHrhygenerator...)

humpo72 · Post by **humpo72** » Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:57 pm

gnu23 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm Stepic

+1 for Stepic. purchased this about a week or so ago. love it. Cthulhu is also good.

allofdrab · Post by **allofdrab** » Sat Jan 06, 2024 6:09 am

I recommend downloading HY-Plugins’ 4 Sequencer Bundle; try them all. They seem like a labor of love to me.

HOTF · Post by **HOTF** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 6:12 pm

For me nothing compares to stepic

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:24 pm

humpo72 wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:57 pm
gnu23 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm Stepic
+1 for Stepic. purchased this about a week or so ago. love it. Cthulhu is also good.

Stepic is very powerful... I find the workflow tedious and over time my use of it faded. It's not fast or fun.

HOTF · Post by **HOTF** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:32 pm

pdxindy wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:24 pm
humpo72 wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:57 pm
gnu23 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm Stepic
+1 for Stepic. purchased this about a week or so ago. love it. Cthulhu is also good.
Stepic is very powerful... I find the workflow tedious and over time my use of it faded. It's not fast or fun.

I have the opposite experience. I never came up with sequences faster than with stepic. To be fair, I create in the realm of techno adjacent genres so I rarely need to go beyond 16 step for any pattern.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:34 pm

HOTF wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:32 pm
pdxindy wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:24 pm
humpo72 wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:57 pm
gnu23 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm Stepic
+1 for Stepic. purchased this about a week or so ago. love it. Cthulhu is also good.
Stepic is very powerful... I find the workflow tedious and over time my use of it faded. It's not fast or fun.
I have the opposite experience. I never came up with sequences faster than with stepic. To be fair, I create in the realm of techno adjacent genres so I rarely need to go beyond 16 step for any pattern.

That's why it's good there are a variety of tools to choose from

Scrubbing Monkeys · Post by **Scrubbing Monkeys** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:38 pm

At this point I think this is where AI really excells. It may take some set up but once it has learned what you are after....you coyld generate a library in minutes. Then choose randomly.

HOTF · Post by **HOTF** » Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:40 pm

pdxindy wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:34 pm
HOTF wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:32 pm
pdxindy wrote: Tue Jan 09, 2024 7:24 pm
humpo72 wrote: Mon Jan 01, 2024 4:57 pm
gnu23 wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:21 pm Stepic
+1 for Stepic. purchased this about a week or so ago. love it. Cthulhu is also good.
Stepic is very powerful... I find the workflow tedious and over time my use of it faded. It's not fast or fun.
I have the opposite experience. I never came up with sequences faster than with stepic. To be fair, I create in the realm of techno adjacent genres so I rarely need to go beyond 16 step for any pattern.
That's why it's good there are a variety of tools to choose from

agreed

can never have too much sequencers

VOODOO U · Post by **VOODOO U** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:15 am

Do any of you write exclusively using various VST sequencers within a modular environment IE Bidule?
I'm thinking of doing this for a change of pace. It's too bad there aren't more options for stripped down modular hosts.

slackhead · Post by **slackhead** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:55 am

Worth having a look at the free Stochas sequencer which is developed by the team behind Surge. Good demo by Venus Theory here :

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 5:05 am

VOODOO U wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:15 am Do any of you write exclusively using various VST sequencers within a modular environment IE Bidule?
I'm thinking of doing this for a change of pace. It's too bad there aren't more options for stripped down modular hosts.

I've done that mainly in hardware...

explored it a bit in iOS too with AUM and Drambo plus a few other tools.

Recommend me a sequencer vst