WoodPecker MIDI V2 Sequencer Now Available For iOS & Mac
Woodman’s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio has released WoodPecker 1.0, a software step sequencer for 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 or as a plugin in a DAW.
A quick demo of how it works, via Gavinski’s Tutorials:
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).
WoodPecker is available now, with the following pricing:
- Mac – $24.99
- iOS – $11.99
