Droplets

Droplets is a physics-based sequencer, offering a new way to create and perform music. The plugin simulates droplets falling at musical intervals, bouncing off of bars to trigger notes and generate intricate musical patterns.

The user is able to place, arrange and modify 'bars' and 'drippers' in a variety of ways. The interval at which a dripper emits droplets can be adjusted by turning its handle. The pitch of a bar can be controlled by adjusting its length. By making even small adjustments, entirely new musical patterns will arise.

Some features:

Synth engine

Droplets features an in-built synth engine, capable of FM, sampling, additive and subtractive synthesis, and featuring multiple effects and modulation settings, allowing you to design unique sounds entirely inside the program. Save synth presets to easily reuse a sound with a new layout.

MIDI output

Alternatively, Droplets can be used as a MIDI generator to trigger any external instrument or virtual synth that accepts MIDI input.

Timing control

Control how tightly notes are quantized to the musical grid using the 'quantize' parameter. Notes can be quantized either to the nearest 16th or 12th note by changing the 'division' setting.

The speed of the physics simulation is directly tied to the tempo, meaning that the musical pattern can easily be sped up or slowed down.

Scale selection

You can determine what pitches bars may be tuned to with the scale wheel. Choose from one of the many pre-made scale presets, or create your own scale by selecting the root note and choosing the scale degrees.

Physics manipulation

Turn up the 'wind' setting and droplets will start being blown in random directions, leading to a constantly evolving pattern.

Change the strength and direction of gravity to discover new patterns within the same arrangement.

Presets

Easily save and share preset files containing both the arrangement and parameter settings.

Formats and compatibility

Droplets 1.0 is available in VST3 and AU formats, as well as a standalone application, for MacOS (Intel or ARM) and Windows (64-bit only).

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