Kirnu’s controls and how to create simple prog house riff
Kirnu is very easy to use MIDI arpeggiator VST created with real-time tweaking in mind. This video briefly shows some of the Kirnu’s controls and how to create simple prog house riff.
Arto Vaarala’s Kirnu is a free MIDI arpeggiator for Mac & Windows, designed with real-time tweaking in mind.
Features:
- Easy realtime tweaking
- User friendly pattern view
- MIDI learn for every major control
- Two independent CC controls with ‘teach’ functionality
- Numerous of different scales
- Hold mode
The video demonstrates some of the Kirnu controls and how to create variations on a simple prog house riff.
Download at the Kirnuarp site.
Virus Polar Meets Raul Part Two-The Arpeggiator
A short demo of some sounds that can be produced on an Access Virus Polar via the arpeggiator. Arp is cycled through note values, swing factor, and values are modulated throughout, Recorded in one take by Raul Pena III. Performed March 31,2011 at Switched On Electronics.
D-Arp – new dual MIDI arpeggiator
WOK’s latest release is D-Arp, a dual MIDI arpeggiator. Here’s what WOK has to say about it…
Easy to use, D-Arp combines two arps and allows to let them run in parallel or control one by the other. Use it with any synth (-plugin) to create interesting and new sequences.
Special features: host-sync, shuffle, adjustable note length with overlap at max point (for mono glide sounds), velocity adjustable or input pass thru. Clock divider for speed control includes settings for dotted or triol – also there is a manual control for step thru by sending MIDI notes on channel 16 to the plugin (for example from a drum machine !)
D-Arp is the enhanced version of Simparp. You may download Simparp to check compatibility with your system. But D-Arp is more then 2xSimparp because of it’s routing variations and extras like the force to scale function.
Pricing and Availability:
11 €
More information:
Playing with Kirnu
Kirnu is a free VST arpeggiator:
Kirnu is very easy to use MIDI arpeggiator VST created with real-time tweaking in mind.
This video shows some of the Kirnu’s controls and how to use MIDI learn feature.
More information from http://www.kirnuarp.com.
Demo Matrix 1000 custom Programer device
a prototype of hardware controller for Oberheim Matrix 1000 (the blue & black stuff).
This is a demo of its integrated arpegiator : testing arp speed (from 1/16 of BPM to 2 bars of BPM). The device sends Midi clock et start message in order to stay synced with the drummachine
Arto Vaarala has released Kirnu – a free MIDI arpeggiator VST plugin for Windows.
Kirnu is very easy to use MIDI arpeggiator VST created with real-time tweaking in mind.
This video shows some of the Kirnu’s controls and how to use MIDI learn feature.
More information from http://www.kirnuarp.com.
Features:
- Easy realtime tweaking
- User friendly pattern view
- MIDI learn for every major control
- Two independent CC controls with ‘teach’ functionality
- Numerous of different scales
- Hold mode
- It’s only available for Windows, making cheap and ubiquitous computing seem that much more awesome
Crazy Arps
Diginoiz has released Crazy Arps, a sample library featuring arpeggiator loops.
Hello there! This time we have prepared specially for You some crazy, hot and melodic arpeggiator loops. “Crazy Arps” contains 100 high quality multiformat loops that are ready to be part of Your music. Most of them are synthesizers but strings, piano, harp, Rhodes and other arp-ed instruments can be found in the package. All of loops were created using high quality hardware gear.
Crazy Arps features
- 100 Arp-ed instrument loops (95-106 BPM) in Urban and Pop genre.
- Over 900 mb multi-format material (24 bit WAV, REX, 24 bit Acid, 24 bit AIFF, 24 bit Apple Loops, 24 bit Reason 4.0 ReFill and 16 bit WAV).
- All loops & samples in this library are licensed to you ‘Royalty-Free’ so you can use them in your commercial compositions with no extra costs.
Crazy Arps is available to purchase for 23 EUR.
More information: Diginoiz
Arppegiated improvisation
Some friday synth spotting
An arpeggiated real time improv, no edits, with drums added later. Korg Monopoly, Juno 60, Moon Modular Trigger sequencer as master, slaved to Volta, Synthesizers.com, MOTM, Modcan, MegaOhm, Suit and Tie Guy, Encore Electronics, MOTU Volta and a ho-made switcher.
The StepPolyArp has been updated to support MIDI
Laurent Colson’s StepPolyArp (App Store link) – a MIDI step polyphonic arpeggiator – has been updated to support the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer.
This means you can use it with an iPad to sequence computer software, wirelessly, and your hardware synths, using a MIDI cable.
The arpeggiator does not play any sound itself, it transmits midi notes to a Mac or a PC to be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument (VSTi, Audio Unit) or midi synthesizer.
StepPolyArp is available now for $11.99. See details below.
Features:
- 32 steps programmable matrix
- 11 configurable transposition lines
- Features copy and paste
- 8 octaves virtual keyboard
- Velocity, modulation, pan, volume, aftertouch and pitch bend step controller
- The apeggiator and keyboard fit the selected scale
- 6 arpeggiator modes
- 1 chord mode
- Unlimited number of saves
- Random patterns creation
- Presets manager
- Presets shared between computer and iPad using iTunes 9.1 or later
- 128 Undo/Redo levels
- Lockable keyboard (latch mode)
Supported midi connections:
- DSMidiWifi (free)
- Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer
Requirements:
- A computer running Mac OS X, Windows Vista or Windows 7
- DSMidiWifi server (free) installed on the computer for wireless midi connection
- A sequencer installed on the computer (Logic, GarageBand, Cubase, Ableton Live, Digital Performer, Reaper, ProTools, Sonar, Studio One, …)
- An iPad with iOS v3.2 or later
Halloween organ treat
Organ Fairy has created this synth treat in true honor of Halloween, enjoy
I thought about what to do this year for a Halloween video. I found a pile of electric candles (!) that I bought a while ago but never used.
Then I remembered a melody I made in 2003. The idea was to use a rhythm on my then favourit drum machine – the Roland CR-1000 – that I had never used before: Charleston. And a weird preset on the Roland JX-8P that I had never used either. I modified it a bit to make it more “alien-like” and added the accordeon preset to the arrangement and a piano arpeggio from the Yamaha organ.
I played the melody on the Kawai MS-20 and Yamaha VSS-30. Added some organ chords from the Viscount organ. And that was it.
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