Mite - Sync-Free Polyphonic MIDI Note Repeater
«Mite» is a polyphonic MIDI note repeater with synced or f...
- Type
- MIDI Effect
- Author
- victorkashirin
- Version
- 1.5
- License
- AttributionNonCommercial
- Live version
- 9.7.2
- Max version
- 7.3.4
- Downloads
- 3,654
- Updated
- 2018-12-18
Description
«Mite» is a polyphonic MIDI note repeater with synced or free repeating time, random delay, random note drop, retrigger and bypass switches.
DEMO: https://youtu.be/-lpFoZaTqwk
Main function: to get off the grid! Most note repeaters are synced with transport, so it is really hard to fill the space in between the beats, to stretch or compress the time as you wish. That is what «Mite» tries to address.
Mite is also polyphonic, meaning you can repeat chords and stack notes and they will be played in sync.
[INSPIRATION]
«Mite» is inspired by the music of Mark Fell and Second Woman. To get an idea listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6Mi1pQc7o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmM4Lw7GIM
or read interviews:
http://www.factmag.com/2017/05/13/second-woman-interview/
http://k-devices.com/2014/10/a-talk-with-joshua-eustis/
Functionally it tries to copy device called «Tragedy» made by K-Devices for Joshua Eustis.
[FUNCTIONS]
Two modes of repeat interval length selection (Step):
1) Free - step/interval length is set in milliseconds;
2) Sync - step/interval length is set as note duration.
Two modes of random delay (RndDel):
1) Fixed (ms) - random delay value is drawn from fixed interval in milliseconds;
2) Relative (%) - random delay value is drawn from the interval relative to repeat interval, set in percentage of interval length.
Random notes drop (RndDrop): select probability of note drop out. Feature: chords will be dropped out in full, not just a single note.
Retrigger switch (RT):
On: repeating timer is reset when new note is played;
Off: repeating is not retriggered when new note is played.
Bypass swith (BP): will turn repeating on/off. If keys are still pressed after switching off and on, it will pick them up and continue repeating.
[RECIPES]
– modulate step and random delay, that's where all fun is;
– sounds really cool with m4l envelope linked to step length;
[COMMENTS]
– «mite» is an anagram of «time»;
– please review the device and send feature request / bug reports here.
[CHANGE LOG]
June 16, 2017 - Version 1.0
July 6, 2017 - Version 1.5: added random note drop out
Comments (15)
I have stuck a probability of midi note passing though device after this, with interesting results. Maybe a good addotion for your version 2?
Good suggestion for the feature. It actually make sense to include it in the device, because when you play chord, you want to be able to randomly skip any/all notes in the chord. If one would use random gate after the device, is would be impossible to skip full chord, since it will gate randomly selected midi notes. Will try to add!
I tried your recommendation, works really well. Another tip: put Ableton MIDI Chord after MIDI Random.
Wow to Uzi, haven't seen this one. Really nice device!
Mite is going to be great because it's going to add straight up aleatoric style to stuff. at high rates it's almost in the granular synth arena. When you turn random off and leave it at free, you can do some great ascending/descending builds with the speed knob. So simple, but so great.
Do you see any improvement to it yourself ?
I like the fact that in tragedy you can draw the steps
In other words, a button you have to be holding down to activate the repeat. This is how the function operates on MPCs / Push / Isla S2400, etc. and allows live performance of the repeats but also the original full length notes to play when you release the repeat button. Without it, this is a cool compositional MIDI effect, but not a jamming / live performance tool. Which is a shame and a waste of a great device.
At the moment the best workaround I have is to assign a button to the device bypass switch, but that's not at all the same thing at all as you have to perfectly time the tapping-to-bypass-the-device with the other hand which is playing notes. Instead, the repeat function needs to activate only when a button / key is pressed (perhaps an assignable MIDI key?) and the deactivate the moment the button / key is released.
Thanks!