Heap MIDI Tools One

This pack of 6 MIDI transformation tools focuses on rhythmic experimentation. The different tools can help you unlock polyrhythmic, polytempic, non dyadic, and generative rhythms and from your existing rhythms and melodies. 

There are 4 different tools that start with the word “Weird”, each of these tools helps you work with polyrhythmic, polymetric, tuplet and non dyadic grids. These tools have very similar interfaces and are meant to be used together. These include:

• Weird Quantizer: Quantize your MIDI to polyrhythmic, polymetric, and non dyadic grids. Great for generating off tempo beats and for rhythmic experimentation.
• Weird Swing: Unlike a normal swing, this device allows you to swing polyrhythmic, polymetric, tuplet, and non dyadic note values. It can use linear swing or swing based on an exponential curve. Though based on traditional swing, it can generate a large variety of unexpected rhythms.
• Weird Duration: Allows you to set your notes to fixed durations based on a polyrhythmic, polymetric, tuplet, or non dyadic time values, or to round your notes’ durations to the closest multiple of that time value.
• Weird Shifter: Allows you to shift notes along polyrhythmic, polymetric, tuplet, or non dyadic grids. This allows you to more easily edit the rhythms you create with the other devices.

The other devices each have their own different functions and interfaces. These include:

• Clip Manip: Generate variation in your MIDI notes by using a variety of different algorithms to switch around different parameters of notes. This allows you to generate different musical material while maintaining the rhythm of the clip.
• Fractional Stretch: This device allows you to stretch your MIDI in a variety of different ways. You can stretch by fractional amounts, do BPM shifts, and stretch by wider decimal numbers than are built into Live’s default stretch function. 

The combination of all these devices can help you get inspiration when you feel stuck by generating variation out of your existing material.

Compatible with Live 12+