Xynthesizr vs ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer Usage & Stats

Xynthesizr is a streamlined yet capable 32-step matrix sequencer/monotimbral synthesizer with generative features and MIDI. "This really is a lot of fun and, hooked up to a synth like Thor or Z3TA+, there are plenty of creative options to be explored here." - John Walden, musicappblog.com "Xynthesizr is about the only tone matrix app that can keep up with my short attention span. There are so many ways to shape, and constantly reshape, your sound... There's a lot to play with here!" - Tim Webb, discchord.com "Overall, Xynthesizr is a very interesting instrument that is fun to play and lovely to look at." - Tom Flint, Sound on Sound "Xynthesizr holds a lot of creative potential, and between a user friendly interface, a practical onboard synth, inspiring generative features, and solid MIDI implementation, this is a useful tool that can really benefit a wide range of iOS musicians." - Chip Boaz, iosmusicandyou.com "...one of my absolute go-to apps" - Sean Garland, iosmars.com Create patterns and modify them in real time, or let Xynthesizr do it for you using its morphing algorithms. Change scale and key, or transpose within a scale on-the-fly. Tweak parameters of the internal synthesizer or output MIDI to your favorite apps and devices. Record and share your creations. General features: ◦ MIDI support for syncing and sending notes to synths, samplers and drum machines ◦ Notes to MIDI channel mapping for driving multiple apps or devices simultaneously ◦ MIDI input to control transposition with note messages and synthesizer/sequencer parameters with CC messages ◦ Ableton Link support ◦ Audiobus 3 support ◦ Inter-App Audio support ◦ 40+ bundled presets ◦ Save, export and import your own patterns and presets ◦ Record and export audio Sequencer features: ◦ Gestures to easily edit patterns on-the-fly ◦ [Conway's Game of] Life-like cellular automata and probability-based pattern morphing ◦ Limit pattern morphing to a selected area of the grid ◦ Variable tempo, step length subdivision and pattern length ◦ Variable velocity per step ◦ Selectable keys and scales with ability to transpose in real time ◦ An option to tie consecutive notes of same pitch to make longer notes ◦ Shift and flip patterns ◦ Create and use your own scales and Life-like cellular automata rules ◦ Color-coded octaves Synthesizer and FX feature: ◦ 32-bit floating point sound engine ◦ 16 voice polyphony ◦ 2 antialiased oscillators per voice ◦ 4 waveforms (sine, triangle, sawtooth, square) ◦ 4-pole (24 dB/oct) low-pass resonant filter ◦ 2 ADSR envelope generators (amplitude and filter cutoff frequency) ◦ 2 LFOs to modulate 4 selectable LFO targets (filter frequency, pitch, amplitude, second oscillator detune) ◦ Stereo delay, reverb and randomized panner

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ZOA — Living MIDI Sequencer

ZOA is a creative MIDI sequencer that is both immediate and immense. ZOA uses a custom, musical implementation of John Conway’s Game of Life to generate melody, harmony, and rhythm. Up to four voices move through an evolving landscape of living cells, playing notes as they go. Each voice can move in a unique way, with its own pace and rhythmic pattern. ZOA includes unique features, such as note values based on the golden ratio for maximum generative fun. Features: - Interact with the Game of Life by touching the grid to toggle cell states - Define your musical palette by configuring the grid settings - Create a complex dance between four independent voices - Free your hands to explore your synthesizers as ZOA plays them for you - Includes ten factory presets to give you a feel for what ZOA is capable of - Explore a focused, yet deep set of parameters - Grid Settings - Root note - Octave shift - Scale (see below for available scales) - Octave range - Game of Life Settings - Grid size (8x8 and 16x16) - Auto or manual generation advance - Rate of new generations (in beat time from 16 bars to 32nd T) - Auto or manual grid respawn - Voice Settings - Four voices with independent settings - Enable/disable - Rate of play (in beat time from 16 bars to 32nd T) - Includes unique note values based on the Golden Ratio for maximum generative fun! - Length of note (10% to 100%) - Variety of rules for moving through grid (see below for list) - Pitch offset - Unique pattern control for creating rhythms and polymeters, now with step options - Easily add holds, ties, accents (positive and negative!), ratchets, and trig conditions - MIDI velocity and channel - Flexible Connectivity - Use in a compatible audio unit host like AUM, or in standalone mode - Control multiple instruments at once with five MIDI outputs - One for all voices together, and one for each voice by itself - Set the key and octave shift on the fly with MIDI input - Sync to the tempo of other devices using Ableton Link or MIDI clock (standalone) - Send MIDI clock to external synths (standalone, experimental feature) - Connect to Bluetooth MIDI devices - Modulate ZOA's parameters in a compatible AUv3 host (audio unit) - Eight unique MIDI CC outputs derived from ZOA’s game of life simulation - Population density, fertility, mortality, stability, and per-voice random - Includes macOS app! IMPORTANT: ZOA can be used as a standalone app or as an AUv3 plugin. There are some important differences between the two. The standalone app features a simple, toggleable "Sidekick Synth" so you can quickly experiment with ZOA. Of course, you can also send MIDI from the standalone app. Meanwhile, the ZOA AUv3 plugin does NOT generate sound. Instead, you use it to send MIDI (note messages) to other apps, plugins, or hardware instruments that do the actual sound generation. AUv3 plugins must be used inside a compatible host. Available Scales - Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Major, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Minor, Locrian, Blues, Whole Tone, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Chromatic, Diminished, Whole Half, Spanish, Super Locrian, Bhairav, Hungarian Minor, Minor Gypsy, Augmented, Prometheus, Pelog, Major Hexatonic, Minor Hexatonic, Hirojoshi, In Sen, Iwato, Kumoi Available Voice Rules - Up, Down, UpDown, DownUp, First, Last, Random, Walk, Rise, Fall View manual: https://www.audiosymmetric.com/manuals.html View tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Uka-nFom-pgTB-DftgDvA