midiGATEs midi probability is an Audio Unit v3 MIDI Effect and CoreMIDI capable app. midiGATEs listens to MIDI input and based on random chance mutes some of the incoming notes to make a busy, repetitive stream of notes a little more interesting and sparser. It has four modes: Gate Mode - One set percentage to be muted for all notes. Also includes Gate On Repeats (when a note passes through unmuted, also pass through X more notes after) and Gate Off Repeats (when a note does not pass through the gate, also mute the next X notes) to make things a little more interesting. Note Mode - Each note in the scale (C, C#, D etc) has its own percentage chance to mute incoming notes. Sequencer Mode - Every eight notes has a different percentage chance to be muted. Can also change the sequence length to be less than eight. Thru Mode - Nothing is muted, normally not used but there if you need it. If midiGATEs is inserted as an AUv3 MIDI effect in a supported host such as Audiobus or AUM it should setup and work automatically. If you wish to use it without an Audio Unit host you can toggle the CoreMIDI input and output and use it that way.
Awesome if you know how
Awesome if you know how to use it. Adds a great deal of humanization to self-generative MIDI.
United StatesPlease update this app to 16 to 32 gates
I love this app. It is an essential part of my compositional process but 8 gates are not enough. If this app can be updated to 16 or 32 gates and have CC control on the parameters it would be PERFECT!!!
United StatesExcellent
Very useful, works great, light on CPU, visually stunning/elegant, easy to use/intuitive. What more do you want? Only thing better would be if it gave you a foot massage while you peck away at the old ivories but that’s not very realistic (or is it only a matter of time?!). Anyway, top notch app here. Thinking about buying a volca just so I can buy the few apps I don’t own from this dev!
United StatesAUM force multiplier
20200327: If I open a midi channel in AUM, then I just automatically add at least two instances of midiGATE to it after the midi-generator. It works great to daisy chain midiGATEs too. Never seen more than a minuscule accretion to the DSP percentage from stacking these things in multiple midi channels. A.K. makes good stuff. Wonder if midiSTEPs is going to get some update love soon as well?
United StatesGreat app! Essential for sequencing
Since I bought this app I have used it daily. I usually have five or six instances going in AUM. Works great, no crashes. Perfect for taking complex midi phrases and filtering out notes to make it more sparse and random. This is such important little app, opens up a ton of possibilities.
United StatesFantastic, but a little bit buggy!
Lots of crashes on ApeMatrix, and usually in complex project that utilize the AUv3, loading the project after creating it leads to the plugin crashing and unable to reload automatically, forcing you to add another instance manually and reconfigure it. Tedious. As for the rest? What can I say? This is just magical, I use it a lot in the same way other comments describe. It’s particularly amazing when combined with a sequencer, as it can lead to fantastic “procedural” variation of a loop. Fantastic for drum tracks, but can be used on anything really, especially also for ambience stuff. Since apparently the dev is focusing on AUv3 support now, I’m sure stability will increase. When it does, i will give this the damned 10 stars it deserves, out of five that is.
United States5 stars!!
Edit sept 2019 Au v3 support added! Get this thing already. Thanks developer! This app is now vital and indispensable in my workflow. Highly recommend! To the developer, any plans for making this an Audio Unit (au v3) for use directly with AUM?
United States
Changed app name to "midiGATEs probability" to distinguish from my midiFILTr volca apps Added a time sync option to the sequencer gate, so it can work based on time step (all notes treated the same during that particular 1/8 note step in time) rather than note step (each note treated separately) Added an animation to show the current active step in sequencer mode Added a color animation to the current gate type button to show when a note is passed through (white) or muted (black) Added AU user shared presets Fixed weird font change Misc other fixes and improvements
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