Introducing Frankenloop: Free Reaktor-Powered Step Sequencer with a Twist
My main interest in Reaktor is implementing lateral thinking and “musical leverage”, you might call it. Like what Steve Jobs called computers – bicycles for the mind. So I built this bicycle for your music.
It’s a step sequencer with a twist. Each step has a probability that it will trigger. This can create never ending variations on a synth line or percussion pattern. Here, I have it sending midi to a simple subtractive synth, the SimpleXore. It has some neat features too, including filter feedback and a set of recordable XY controllers that add some movement and variation to the sound. Plus, it uses the great sounding Core oscillators and filters that were introduced with Reaktor 5.
Introduction to Frankenloop from Create Digital Media on Vimeo.
Have fun with it and stay tuned – coming soon we’re going to look at using Frankenloop to control synths and percussion in Kore, and also continue learning about Reaktor internals by modifying and dissecting it.
Also available at the Reaktor user library. Vote up the instrument if you like it!
Frankenloop by Peter Dines is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
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Leave a Commentjosh hinden
Thanks for this sequencer Peter!
For those interested and using Logic Pro 8, you can use Kore to get MIDI out of Reaktor to control outboard synths (or internal Logic synths via IAC or other such MIDI router). This means using sequencers like Frankenloop as an instrument within Logic (via Kore). Just download the ‘MIDI I/O’ plug-in from a company called ‘retroware’. A quick google will turn up the link…
June 20, 2008 @ 11:46 am
Dave
Beautiful idea Peter – simple, probabalistic, very useful. Nice work!
June 20, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
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June 20, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
BirdFLU
An idea that’s long overdue. Thanks for doing it!!
June 21, 2008 @ 3:01 am
ignacio abé
amazing tool especially live
thanks !
June 26, 2008 @ 5:15 pm
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July 29, 2008 @ 7:49 am
dsp
dsp…
In other cases government policies have been introduced to encourage the switch-over process, especially with regard to terrestrial broadcasts….
August 18, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
hj
great tutorial!! just wish i could get it working properly, having trouble using it to trigger different synths, have selected them in the midi out of frankenloop but getting no sound, i am missing something? thanks a lot
September 26, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
hj
sorry fixed it, i’m an idiot, forgot to route the audio out!! thanks again, really great tool!!
September 26, 2008 @ 12:54 pm
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December 26, 2008 @ 11:02 am
A
I need a step sequencer with no twist. Where each step has a 100% probability that the note will trigger.
February 14, 2009 @ 11:16 pm
Peter Dines
Just click the “all” button and every step will trigger.
February 15, 2009 @ 3:09 pm
Robert
re>For those interested and using Logic Pro 8, you can use Kore to get MIDI out of Reaktor to control outboard synths (or internal Logic synths via IAC or other such MIDI router). This means using sequencers like Frankenloop as an instrument within Logic (via Kore). Just download the ‘MIDI I/O’ plug-in from a company called ‘retroware’. A quick google will turn up the link…
Hi Josh,
Can you please tell how exacly you made a routing for triggering logic synths..i simply cant find midi out in reaktor inside kore for triggering logic synths..i have install retroware midi io but im new in logic..in live works well..
please for help on email..
October 17, 2009 @ 4:06 am
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