Fugue Machine : MIDI Sequencer

Fugue Machine : MIDI Sequencer

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Fugue Machine: The World’s First Multi-Playhead MIDI Sequencer

Compose like Bach with a reimagined piano roll. Transform simple melodies into complex polyphonic patterns using four playheads to manipulate speed, direction, and pitch in real-time.

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Publisher

Alexander Randon

Category

Music

Downloads

246K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

2K+

Locales

1

Symmetry in Motion

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A screenshot of the Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer interface showing a dark piano roll with four colored playheads and musical composition controls

A screenshot of the Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer interface showing a dark piano roll with four colored playheads and musical composition controls

Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer interface showing a dark minimalist piano roll with four colorful playheads

Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer interface showing a dark minimalist piano roll with four colorful playheads

A minimalist dark interface of the Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer featuring four colored playheads on a piano roll.

A minimalist dark interface of the Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer featuring four colored playheads on a piano roll.

Interface of Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer with multi-playhead piano roll and pattern settings

Interface of Fugue Machine MIDI sequencer with multi-playhead piano roll and pattern settings

Master the Art of Generative Composition

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Multi-Playhead Architecture

Orchestrate up to four playheads simultaneously on a single sequence, each with independent control over speed, direction, and pitch for infinite variation.

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Pro Workflow Integration

Effortlessly sync with your professional gear through AUv3, MIDI Out, and Ableton Link to bridge the gap between algorithmic experimentation and your DAW.

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Mathematical Music Theory

Apply Baroque and Serialist techniques like inversion and retrograde in real-time, allowing you to solve creative blocks with Bach-inspired logic.

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Description

A music sequencer reimagined with multiple playheads. "How Bach would have made a sequencer." (Create Digital Music) "A musical feat." (Creator's Project) "A new approach to sequencing." (XLR8R) "A next generation music sequencer." (Ask Audio) Fugue Machine Classic is a tool inspired by composition techniques used in Baroque music and Serialism — e.g. Bach’s canons and fugues, and Schoenberg’s twelve-tone technique. The idea was to design a tool to manipulate a melody’s speed, direction, and pitch, as well as play multiple variations of the melody simultaneously. As it turned out, the best implementation for this was to reimagine one of the most fundamental building blocks of all music sequencers: the piano roll. Fugue Machine Classic is the world’s first multi-playhead piano roll. Create a music sequence and play it back with up to four playheads at once — each at various speeds, directions, pitches, and more. Watch the playheads dance, and hear the complex patterns that emerge. It’s mesmerizing. Fugue Machine Classic supports iPhone, iPad, MIDI, AUv3 MIDI, Ableton Link, Audiobus, Audiobus 3 MIDI, and Inter-App Audio. Thanks to the AUv3 standard, you can run multiple instances of Fugue Machine Classic on a single device when hosted in an AUv3 MIDI host app — like AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, and Cubasis.

Latest Version

1.5.23

Size

7.7 MB

First Released

Oct 10, 2015

Master the Art of Mathematical Composition

Join over 246,000 iPad musicians and creative technologists. Bring the logic of Bach to your modern AUv3 workflow and transform simple melodies into mesmerizing multi-playhead masterpieces today.

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