12DECODE

The first public beta version, which is time-limited until 1st of may can be downloaded here.

Wave Control Table editing is still missing, and so are some parameters like the Free Envelope of the Microwave II. But besides that, the software is considered stable.

Harry Gerber Kybernetik proudly presents: arpXT, a reverse engineering of the famous Microwave II’s Arpeggiator.

It can be downloaded either as a standalone (23.7MB, Mac only) or a collective (1.3MB, Mac/Windows), which requiresMax 5.0.7 Runtimefrom cycling74.com). The Max Patch itself can be found here.

For the curious, here is a screenshot of the software.

Version 0.7 is still unfinished, there’s one shortcoming:

– Direction alternate/random is only working in hold mode.

Possible Bonus features planned (from Blofeld with love):

– Additional “One Shot” – mode for Active parameter.
– Additional “Alt Down” for Direction parameter.
– Length parameter for arpeggiator notes [1/96 .. 48 bars / Legato]
– Overlap: optional noteoffs for notes with same pitch.
– Timing Factor: optional time shift (“shuffle”) the arp timing of individual arpeggiator notes [0..127]
– Additional “Velocity Each Note” / Fixed Velocity [fix 32 / fix 64 / fix 100 / fix 127]
– Additional Pattern Parameters:
– Step (position -> [off, on, prev, first, last, first+last, chord, random
– Accent [silent, -96, -64, -32, +0, +32, +64, +96]
– Glide sends channel message 65 [off / on]
– Timing [random / -3…+3] (if Timing Factor == 127 -> a 1/16th note is delayed up to a 1/32th, pos or neg.)
– Length [legato / -3…+3]

Happy sequencing, Michael

Download, unzip and put into

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