Stochas multi-layered step sequencer with easy scale and probability input

[glowrak guy]

Stochas sequencer will be getting help from the same great team of coders that brought Surge synth to new prominence. As it is, Stochas is easy to use, and several youtube videos point out features and example workflows, which I put to good use. In the photo, the different colored steps designate the probability of steps being triggered as the sequence loops. When you place a step, drag up or down to modify the probabilty, low, medium or high.

To aid quick useful input, you can choose from a dozen scales, so you can speedily fill in patterns that ignore notes outside the musical boundary. There are four layers of patterns if desired, so combined with the probability choices, lots of complexity is available. And using the multi-timbral Yoshimi means you can have pluk, pad, lead, and rythmic sounds each playing out their varied envelopes on each step. Left-click adds a step, right-click deletes it. The sundry youtube videos cover a lot more capabilities.

I set reaper to record live audio output, and let the experiments begin, changing settings and steps on the fly, for later editing.

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[LAM]

A slight variation on the default Stochas color theme I made a couple of months ago:



For those interested, you can download it here.

[sysrqer]

A slight variation on the default Stochas color theme I made a couple of months ago:

What are the connections between notes? Looks like they are conditional triggers, ie note will only play according to probability if linked note is triggered?

[LAM]

What are the connections between notes? Looks like they are conditional triggers, ie note will only play according to probability if linked note is triggered?

Yes.

They are called chains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mynZdAyXIWQ

[sysrqer]

Nice, very Elektron but better.

[bulevardi]

I see in the Patch Options at the bottom, you can set the randomization to stable.
It can be an interesting idea that once you have a nice sounding pattern, you can hit a button to stabilize it and export this pattern to midi, and drag the midi around in your DAW, so you can edit it there in piano roll too.
Idea for the developers

P.S. from the video below, I'm wondering how he imports the different drum parts in each line. It's not so clear for me:
https://youtu.be/YUYL3jesf7w?feature=shared&t=742

[LAM]

P.S. from the video below, I'm wondering how he imports the different drum parts in each line. It's not so clear for me:
https://youtu.be/YUYL3jesf7w?feature=shared&t=742

The Drums track contains some drumkit plugin of some sort, so different notes are triggering a different sample.

He sets the Drums track to receive input on MIDI channel 3:

He then sets Layer 3 in Stochas to output MIDI on channel 3:

[bulevardi]

Super, that worked ! Thanks.