Taiko 5

Taiko 5 is the first music sequencer designed for use with a game controller. It has built-in sounds, kits, effects, a pattern recorder, seamless song and pattern switching, randomizing, recording to a WAV file, and more.

Taiko 5's approach to making music is different from most other software or hardware sequencers. With a game controller you can select a kit, assign some sounds, randomize a few parameters and effects, and voila, you're on your way to making something fun and unique.

Feature Highlights:

• 16 Patterns per Song (1 measure per pattern).
• 5 Sounds per each 16th note (or Sector).
• 16 percussion kits.
• 40 music kits.
• 500+ sounds.
• Volume and Pan parameters for an entire Pattern.
• Volume, Pan, Pitch, and Shift parameters for individual Sounds.
• Low Pass Filter, Chorus, Echo, Reverb, and Flange effects per Sector or entire Pattern.
• Pattern recording.
• Randomize percussion, music, and/or parameters and effects.
• Favoriting kits.
• "Tilting" (emphasizing) between percussion and music.
• Ducking.
• Single note polyphony for music and basslines.
• Seamless switching between patterns and songs.
• Recording output to a WAV file (including pattern changes, song changes, etc).
• Loading user sounds and kits.

Because Taiko 5 handles effects and sounds per Sector (instead of a "track") the music can range from ambient to industrial to almost everything in between. Changes can be triggered in real time as well.

Inspiration

Ever since I bought a Steam Deck I wanted to make music with it. But not with a keyboard and mouse like with a traditional modern DAW. Taiko 5 is the result of that. It works with Xbox controllers, Playstation controllers, Steam Deck, and should work with other portable Windows based gaming systems as well. I hope you get hours of fun out of it as I had making it.

Try the demo and Wishlist now on Steam.