mKer vs polybeat Usage & Stats
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Although mKer can run as a stand-alone app, the recommended way to use it is as an AUv3 plugin from inside a suitable AU Host app that supports MIDI Processors such as AUM, Audiobus, Cubasis etc. Please also note that mKer is a MIDI app/plugin. That means that it does not produce sound itself - it needs to be connected to an audio source that can receive MIDI.
mKer is a versatile, multi-output MIDI step sequencer with an extensive range of features. These include:
- 8 MIDI outputs
- 64 Patterns
- 16 Lanes (aka tracks) per Pattern
- Independent number of Steps (1-32) and Step Size (1/64-256 beats) per Lane per Pattern
- Every step can play either a single note, an interval (2 notes) or a chord (3 or 4 notes)
- Lane Step parameters: Play Cycles, Skip Cycles, Play Offset Cycles, Pitch, Velocity, Probability, Offset (can be used for ‘swing’ like effects) and Gate
- A flexible Editor that includes a step entry keyboard, parameter sliders and a variety of options and utilities designed for to make the workflow intuitive and fast
- 32 Clips with 1-8 Steps per Clip, 1-128 repeats per step (every clip step has one pattern)
- 3 Play Modes: Pattern, Clip, Sequence (all Clips)
- A Performance tab with 10 fully assignable MIDI sliders, a 12-snapshot bank and morphing function between the snapshots...
- MIDI step input
... and more!
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polybeat is an advanced and extremely flexible drum and percussion sequencer able to generate complex polyrhythmic and polymetric rhythmic patterns.
nb: polybeat does not make sound by itself, you will need to load it in an AUv3-compatible host (such as AUM, Audiobus, ApeMatrix, Nanostudio 2, etc.) or connect it to an external drum machine, synthesizer, computer or any other sound generating device.
features:
- independently configurable sequence length per drum voice (ranging from 1 to 32 steps)
- independently configurable step length per drum voice (ranging from double whole notes to 64th notes, including tuplets and dotted notes)
- every sequencer step can be modulated by the following attributes:
- accent on/off
- ratchet (note repeats)
- skip (note every *n* loops)
- chance
- timing offset
- sample-accurate sequencing engine
- slick and responsive native UI
- undo/redo
- individual drum voices can be muted or solo'ed
- sequences can be instantly transformed by the following actions:
- shift left/right
- rotate
- randomize
- mirror
- reverse
- double
- bisect
- full AUv3 preset- and state-saving
- ability to copy and paste patterns between instances of the plugin
- mapping presets for popular AUv3 drum apps and hardware drum machines
- includes musical scale presets for polybeat to be used as a melodic sequencer
- responds to MIDI input for switching and selecting patterns, as well as performing pattern transformations
- works offline
- no push notifications
- no ads or in-app purchases
- no third-party behavioural tracking tools
ongoing development and support, many new features on the roadmap
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mKer VS. 
polybeatDecember 15, 2024