Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has released WoodPecker both on macOS and iOS.
WoodPecker has 4 sequencers which can send to 4 different MIDI channels (and/or MIDI V2 groups). Each sequencer has up to 64 steps and 4 variations (resulting in max 256 steps).
The app can be used stand-alone (device MIDI input and output) or as a plugin (AU, VST3, AAX on Mac, AUv3 on iOS) in a DAW.
Features:
- Each sequencer can set its own number of steps and step duration.
- Each sequencer has 4 Variations (which can have different values for all step params).
- Variations can be selected manually or from any step.
- Sequencers can be started manually, by DAW transport, by MIDI RT Play, by keyboard note input and when inserted as audio effect by audio input triggering.
- BPM can be set manually, by tapping, by the DAW or by the MIDI RT clock.
- WoodPecker can also send the MIDI Clock and MIDI RT play start/stop messages.
- MIDI V2 mode sends UMP messages given higher precision.
- Resync mode restarts at step 1 after a number of bars (compensate for the random or odd timings).
- MIDI can be sent to the DAW and/or directly to the OS (allowing a plugin to address external instruments).
- Stand-alone app support MIDI over Bluetooth.
Each Step has:
- “On” or “Skip” probability.
- Velocity value.
- Random note probability.
- Random note range which can be limited to a scale.
- Ratcheting (repetition of same note in the step).
- 9 ratcheting patterns (triplet, 4-sixteenths, 2-eights, etc).
- Ratcheting probability.
- Delta step time setting (different duration: 0.5 … 2.0 times the BPM step time).
- Can send 4 MIDI (CC, PC, Pressure, Pitch, V2 RPN, …) or meta commands (start/stop other sequencer, set variation).
Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices).
Pricing & Availability
WoodPecker is available now for $24.99 from the App Store.
Download the manual: wimsstudio.com/docs/WoodPeckerHelp.pdf
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