This program turns the Atari ST into a musical instrument with complete control in the hands of the performer.
It takes mouse movements inside a grid on the screen (above) and transforms them into four moving voices that can be assigned to different MIDI channels and sounds depending on what you do on the QWERTY keyboard. Other QWERTY keys are live in realtime as controller faders and for playing with tempo, transposition, and a host of other features.
Musicians as well as non-musicians can benefit from this simple-to-use, yet deep, program.
Specifications:
High Level Realtime Musical Controls:
Chromatic, diatonic, pentatonic, middle eastern, octatonic, and quartal harmony
Transposition, and interval of transposition controls for harmonic modulation
Parallel and contrary motion, voicing, and grouping switches
Loudness and tempo faders
4 rhythmic treatments: chord, arpeggio, line, and "improvisational"
Mute / Punch In keys for each of the 4 voices
Global sound on/off Staccato / Legato /Half-Legato switch keys
Display user input (mouse position) or musical output (notes being played)
10 preset melodic-harmonic patterns, with realtime adaptation to harmony type, scale degree, transposition, voicing, and tonal or modal inversion
Realtime MIDI Controls (via keyboard faders):
Velocity
Preset (sound number) Control
Global Channel Loudness
Portamento Rate
Breath Controller
Aftertouch
Modwheel
Foot Controller
User selectable MIDI output channels
MIDI Through (MIDI Merge for live input from an external source)
Realtime on-screen display of all values