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Atom Piano Roll 2

AUv3 MIDI Sequencer and cliplauncher

App type: AUv3

App store link:

Developer: Victor Porof

Developer AB Forum Handle: @blueveek

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The most advanced MIDI note editor, modular sequencer and clip launcher on iOS.

Notes:

  • This plugin does not run as a standalone app and require a compatible host to work.
  • MIDI is not sound. To make sound you'll have to feed the MIDI into a synthesizer or instrument app. Bring your own synths!
  • Hardware integration with controllers requires latest iOS version and iCloud Drive.

Tested hosts: AUM, ApeMatrix, Audiobus, BeatMaker, Cubasis, Drambo. Not supported by GarageBand. Performance issues from NanoStudio 2 on older devices. Limited support in Zenbeats.

Build live sets for clip launching, or an entire track with unlimited length. Play the whole sequence, or adjust the loop markers to iterate over a single section. Step input, or record as played, all with perfect timing accuracy.

Write your own code, share it with the community! You can control hardware devices, adding support for new controllers or completely changing the behavior of existing ones. Build your own styling with custom layouts and themes. Change colors, fonts, sizes… make it yours!

Piano Roll 2 takes all the features you love about the first installment, and expands them into an entirely new breed of modular sequencer and clip launcher, unparalleled in flexibility and depth on iOS. We redesigned it from the ground up to incorporate a plethora of new features and workflows.

  • It's a sequencer that augments the capabilities of your host or DAW.
  • It's a composition tool that helps you to write beautiful melodies and complex polyrhythmic patterns.
  • It's a clip launcher that integrates seamlessly with supported hardware controllers.
  • It's a scripting playground that lets you customize your workflow with code.
  • It's a swiss-army knife of possibilities when working with MIDI.

Here are just some of the many use cases this modular architecture supports:

  • Build live sets for clip launching.
  • Compose patterns with touch, Apple Trackpad and Apple Pencil, or use the step input mode to write melodies step-by-step.
  • Capture performances in real time and export your patterns as MIDI files.
  • Import and edit MIDI files created in other apps, or from commercial packs.
  • Record generated MIDI of other plugins or sequencers.
  • Write harmonies and counterpoint melodies by superimposing the patterns of other Atoms as ghost lanes.
  • Construct complex polyrhythms by taking advantage of custom time signatures and grid fractions.
  • Sequence the sequencers for full modular mayhem.

Dark mode/light mode: Atom respects the OS light mode / dark mode setting. If using Atom in AUM, switch the OS to dark mode and reopen AUM to update.

Velocity Editing: Bottom-right “process” button, pick “velocity”. Processing is on all notes if there's no selection, or only on selected notes if there is one. You can also add “chaos” in the same panel.

  • Double tap select button to select all notes.
  • Long press the loop marker on the ruler to select all notes within the loop.
  • Some standards across all edit tools in the grid…….
  • Tap - Selects a note.
  • Long press a note - Toggles selection.
  • Long press empty space on grid - Enables a marquee for multi note selection.

Scripting Atom Piano Roll 2 is possible. [PLEASE ADD INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION IF YOU CAN]

Documentation for scripting can be at https://github.com/victorporof/atom

Extensive styling is possible. [PLEASE ADD INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION IF YOU CAN]

Please add links to videos and tutorials

Please add links to related pages

Atom Piano Roll 2 Release Announcement – a must-read.

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