MidiStep for iOS - Aleatoric Step Sequencer - Preview

MidiStep is a powerful and inspirational polyphonic step sequencer, and a dream for lovers of complex rhythms and generative music creation tools. The program uses sophisticated, user-controlled randomization to generate notes with a variety of parameters, including note values, note length, chords, patterns, velocity, gate, dividers, repeats, swing, and many more.
You have complete control over what, when, and how much is randomized on a step-by-step basis. You can easily create patterns that have little to no variation, patterns that maintain a recognizable pattern but have some degree of variations to the notes, velocity, etc., all the way to patterns with extreme randomness with every pass - the degree of randomization is completely under your control for every parameter and for every step of a pattern.
Features include per-step polyphonic chord playback, variable step sequence lengths for all parameters such as pitch, octave, velocity, note duration, beat divisions, and the capability to create multiple patterns which can be linked together in various ways.
MidiStep also features 8 additional modulation lanes with independent play speeds. These can be used to automate parameters within your favourite synths.

[@Silent_Stillness]

Paul! MASSIVE congratulations for this incredible achievement, I cannot wait to see where MidiStep is going to go from there. You are a true pioneer for the iOS music community. Your productivity and dedication despite the serious challenges you've faced is nothing short of astounding to me. I applaud you sir and you have my utmost respect and gratitude!😊

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Thanks for the kind words, I really appreciate everyones enthusiasm for my apps. Thankfully I have made a lot of great friends while developing these apps, and it wouldn't be possible without their help (shout out to David for all the work on my manuals). We already have a lot of great ideas for the first update which I think will set this apart from the rest of the pack.

[@iosmusicman]

@@PaultheMusicManI won’t be the first to second that (see what I did there there?). Many thanks Paul as always. Lee

[@smooth7689]

It looks like a awful lot of hard work. Well done. It raises the game for everyone.

[@dacat101]

This is fantastic Paul instant buy for me love your work.

[@kentaccordionist]

TOTAL GAME CHANGER

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Yes, I think so too... and so much fun!

[@kentaccordionist]

@@PaultheMusicMan very fun will work great from my accordion bass. Or even from my midi guitar

[@gm-kp8is]

Thanks Paul that was flipping mind blowing! Can’t wait for the next video and the release of this amazing app. 👍😁

[@Francesco-L]

Wow, a awesome app that really changes the game. Thanks for your great work Paul!

[@CarbonatesOnMars]

This is an instant purchase for me. Great work great tutorial Paul. Thank you. 🙏

[@dr.rabbitfoot7421]

Really looking forward to this Mr. Paul!

[@grahamsherlock4904]

Stepic for IOS AMAZING!! Thanks Paul.

[@TheSemtexCow]

Wow, looks very much like Stepic. Can’t wait for this one.

[@dacat101]

Yes I thought that steric for iPad

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Does look fab and sound good, not sure what it’s triggering first min, external app or built in engine. Good to see your back at what you best at midi magic.

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Thanks mate, it is triggering SynthMaster 2 I believe in the intro. This is purely a MIDI sequencer so no internal audio source.

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Cheers still watching great app going to get a lot of use out of this. Looking fwd to the release.

[@MeerkatMuzic]

Just for info Arthur Kerns has an app called MidiSTEPS very similar name just so your aware the function and layout is different it’s been out quite a few years now. People are bound to mention it at some point.

[@suntanbear4763]

This looks awesome

[@seniorbeatbox]

hmm a challenger to Piano Motifs perhaps.. very cool 😊

[@JadeStarr]

As always ahead of the curve and outside the box! Wonderful

[@3stig]

Thank you very much Paul for this fantastic app 😎👍

[@michaelnervOus]

Very cool Paul!! 🎉

[@johanvangestel6952]

Looks alot like Devicemeister’s Stepic… but for iPadOs…

[@djba]

Paul …this looks great! Thanks for all you do.

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Thanks Bill, I appreciate you taking the time to comment.

[@kitschbreeder8546]

Thank you

[@eddyjacobs3062]

Indeed, a must have again. Paul, I see that you added save as pdf in the help manual, it would be great to have that option in Helium, Neon (and some others) too. 😊

[@PaultheMusicMan]

I'm already ahead of you on this one, it actually renders the HTML manual directly to a PDF, and I intend to add this to all my apps as they are updated. Oh, and congratulations for making it to the end of the video! lol

[@eddyjacobs3062]

Thanks and 😂😂

[@PeterPrism]

silence, the genius has created!

[@PaultheMusicMan]

I'm not sure about genius, more of a obsessive crackpot I'd say! lol

[@edzielinski]

Genius or wizard or fill in the blank - any way you slice it, the man has created an entire collection of apps that cover almost every music related category - audio editor, MIDI control, multi-track recorder, effects, automation, multi-function instruments, drum machines, and more. If labeling Paul a genius will encourage him to create more apps (and sometimes tweak existing ones), then I'll say super-duper-genius-wizard-star-goat!

[@issiewizzie]

There's a rumour going around that you don't sleep. 😀😀😀😀

[@PaultheMusicMan]

I will have plenty of time to sleep in the afterlife! lol

[@issiewizzie]

@@PaultheMusicMan well said

[@jamesbastani4295]

Hi Paul, Are you testing your new apps with Logic Pro for iPad? Also have you reworked all the great apps you created before LP was introduced for iOS? So far the only two that seem to be working with LP are Strummer FX and Harmonic Exciter. TIA

[@PaultheMusicMan]

I've been using MidiStep inside of Logic Pro and confirm it is working fine. I know I had issues with my last app MeloVox in LP but this is down to an actual bug in LP which attempts to load it as a mono effect and fails. Still waiting for their developers to fix this issue! There isn't an issue with this app and I've been testing it periodically. Other than that my newer apps (since LP) should work fine. If not let me know as I'm not a big LP user.

[@n.k.turley2496]

Just take my money...👍

[@robthequiet]

Are the manuals available other than through the app? I would like to know more about which parameters are available to mod internally and which might be exposed to modulate from other AUv3 apps or hardware controllers.

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Not currently, but I will go over these in the next video.

[@zolakaya]

How is this different from stepic? Aside from random?

[@PaultheMusicMan]

I've never used Stepic so I can't tell you, but I guess most step sequencers look kinda similar. I've written lots of sequencers over the years, and this one is just an amalgamation of everything I like about Euclidean and its polyrhythms/polymeters etc. and put them into a more user friendly interface.

[@gen-amb]

Absolute noob to this: I can’t find it. Is it a VST? Does it work in Windows? Maybe a link in your description would help.

[@iosmusicman]

The obvious clue (no disrespect) is in the title. It’s for iOS (Apple phones and iPads). I hope that helps.

[@Punk_Mayhem]

Wherever here 8s i t

[@PaultheMusicMan]

It's pre-release preview!

[@oskultrecord1731]

Nice but the interface look like 2000 apps really 😅

[@PaultheMusicMan]

Yeah your right, should have focused more on the interface than actual functionality because thats what counts right? I will add more flashing lights on my next app for you!

[@iosmusicman]

@@PaultheMusicManhow about some bells and whistles too Paul? Preferably in sync with the flashing lights!