Texturium – Now completely free for everyone (5 months of evolution)
Hi everyone,
Big update: After 5 months of intensive development, I've decided to release Texturium completely free and open to everyone.
The project started as a simple MIDI prompt generator aimed at creating orchestral arrangements via APIs. Over time it evolved into a fully playable MIDI orchestrator with much more musical control.
I'm also making all previous versions available so you can see the complete development journey.
A key feature is the intelligent pattern arpeggiator that creates arpeggios while respecting the selected key and scale, intelligently snapping notes into the correct tonal positions.
Due to some unexpected challenges and circumstances I encountered with the project, I've chosen to make it free rather than pursuing a commercial path at this time.
If you try Texturium and find it useful, any kind donation would be greatly appreciated — these months have been all-consuming for me.
Download (all versions included):
https://www.textursphere.com/
Formats: VST3 / AU – Windows + macOS
Feel free to download and share your honest feedback, bug reports or ideas!
Thank you,
Damiano.
Here you can download the previews version of my software for educational pourpose:
Texturium is a real-time orchestral score engine and MIDI orchestrator plugin. Play a chord on your MIDI keyboard and Texturium instantly distributes notes across up to 16 orchestral instrument tracks using intelligent SATB voice leading — no sample libraries loaded inside the plugin, just pure MIDI orchestration routed to your favorite virtual instruments.
REAL-TIME ORCHESTRATION ENGINE.
Play chords and Texturium voices them across a full orchestra in real time. The engine uses advanced algorithms (Hungarian assignment, geometric voice leading, common-tone priority) to produce smooth, musically correct part writing — automatically avoiding parallel fifths, octaves, and voice crossing.
FULL ORCHESTRA Instrument ROSTER.
Strings (Violin 1 & 2, Viola, Cello, Double Bass), Woodwinds (Piccolo, Flute, Alto/Bass Flute, Oboe, Cor Anglais, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Contrabassoon), Brass (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tenor/Bass Trombone, Cimbasso/Tuba), Percussion & Other (Timpani, Harp, Celesta) — plus fully customizable instruments with user-defined ranges.
CLIP-BASED SEQUENCER.
A built-in timeline grid lets you draw, select, resize, and delete MIDI clips. Snap-to-grid from 1/2 to 1/16 notes. Supports time signatures from 2/4 to 7/8. Drag & drop MIDI clips to and from your DAW.
PIANO ROLL EDITOR.
Full-featured piano roll with per-note velocity editing, CC1 (Modulation) and CC11 (Expression) automation lanes, and per-clip control flags (NoteVel, No CC, Mod>Vel, CC Hold).
KEY SWITCH SYSTEM.
Insert key switch notes directly in the piano roll to change articulations per instrument — staccato, spiccato, pizzicato, legato, tremolo, harmonics, and many more. Works seamlessly with sample libraries like Spitfire Audio.
CLIP BUILDER.
Drag & drop MIDI preset patterns from a built-in library into quarter-note slots to quickly assemble rhythmic and melodic patterns. Supports standard and triplet quantization.
ARPEGGIATOR (Standard & Pro).
Modes: Up, Down, Up/Down, Down/Up, Random, Custom Pattern. Configurable rate, gate, octave span (1–4), swing, and retrigger. Custom pattern editor with per-step voice and octave offsets (up to 32 steps). Pattern mode reads notes from track clips, transposed by the bass note.
SCALE LOCK (Standard & Pro).
Lock your performance to a scale — Major, Minor, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Locrian, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor — in all 12 keys. Notes are automatically corrected to the nearest scale degree.
GENERATE TEXTURE — Algorithmic Composition (Pro).
Automatically generate orchestral arrangements with control over Mood (Ambient, Neutral, Rhythmic, Dramatic), Shape (Flat, Rise, Fall, Arch, Wave), Density, 15 variation patterns, and seed-based deterministic generation. Includes automatic expression/modulation envelope and key switch generation.
MULTI-LOOP SYSTEM (up to 8 slots).
Store different arrangements in up to 8 loop slots — each with its own arpeggiator, voice register, mute/solo, legato, and octave settings. Switch between slots live for verse/chorus/bridge transitions.
GLOBAL LAYER SYNC — "Link" (Pro).
Synchronize loop slot changes across multiple Texturium instances in your session. Change all orchestral layers to the same section with a single click.
FLEXIBLE MIDI ROUTING.
Two routing modes: Virtual Ports (separate MIDI output per track via loopMIDI or CoreMIDI) or MIDI Channels (host output, each track on a separate channel). Up to 16 virtual MIDI ports.
PRESET SYSTEM.
Save and load complete plugin states. Browse presets by library, category, and instrument. Create custom instrument preset libraries with tailored ranges and key switch mappings.
TEMPLATES & SKINS.
Customize the look of Texturium with visual themes loaded from your AppData folder. UI Edit Mode (Pro) lets you rearrange layout positions.
4 EDITIONS.
DEMO — 4 tracks, 1 loop slot, strings only. Free.
LITE — 6 tracks, 2 loop slots, full orchestra, CC automation, key switches, presets.
STANDARD — 8 tracks, 4 loop slots, adds Scale Lock and Arpeggiator.
PRO — 16 tracks, 8 loop slots, adds Generate Texture, Global Link, Pattern Arpeggiator, UI Edit Mode.
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