I’m looking for some compositional tools to help spark some ideas?
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Fugue Machine on iOS probably worth a look. Don’t think it’s actually generative but good as with multiple playheads on the same sequence?
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I’m looking for something that works in Ableton. Fugue looks kool I’ll have to give it a try! Thanks
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Five12 Numerology is not exactly generative, but modular enough that you can get interesting results pretty quickly, and has enough tools that you could use it self-contained, or with whatever you’d like. I will admit I’ve only used it a little bit a long while ago, but I always thought it was interesting.
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I’ll check out some vids on it. Thanks!
I like Euclidian (iOS) by 4 pockets. It’s not an NDLR and you can’t run it standalone. You have to run it in AUM or similar. But it’s really nice when you need some inspiration or if you just want to sit there and listen to some random polymeter/polyrhythmic/euclidian weirdness and tweak the sounds instead of figuring out new melodies. You can choose scale, chord, randomize and select time signature in polymeter mode and a lot of other things. Did I say that I like it? 
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As long as I can get midi out and record it that might work for me. Thanks 
If you use Ableton Live then Strokes is incredible and very good value:
https://www.congburn.co.uk/strokes
There’s also the wonderful creative Roulette from our very own @Ess:
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I’ll second Strokes. The Probability Pack available on the Ableton store provides a few nice sequencers with probability features. I think Creative Extensions is a free pack (again via Ableton directly that contains (if I’m remembering correctly!) Melodic Steps: another great sequencer with ‘chance’.
MaxForLive sequencers I enjoy:
Euclidean Pro
MIDI Drone - sequencer with probabilistic features aimed at long, drawn-out sounds/drones as the name implies
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I’ve been wondering the same thing. … … … Darn chip shortage.
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Check out Riffer. I know it’s an iPad app, there might be a desktop version.
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There’s a huge amount of M4L stuff out there, but you can do some serious generative stuff just using stock midi plugins and follow actions. I’ll save you a few years: generative stuff is best used as a springboard rather than a endpoint. I usually create some behemoth midi structure that spits out ever-changing patterns, then chop and tweak those into an actual piece of music. It’s a ton of fun either way.
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Absolutely! I’m just looking for some fire starter material. Something to get the creative juices flowing.
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Slink Devices pack is great. The Slink MIDI sequencer device is fantastic for generative type stuff, can get lost in it for hours.
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Designed from a quite a different mindset than NDLR, but may be useful as an idea starter
IOS-only though.
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This sounds really interesting! I guess it could be used to sequence motifs on the Digitone via camera connection kit…hmm!
I guess worth noting that while it is iOS only, you can export the resulting MIDI files for use elsewhere. Nice!
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Euclidean Pro from Alkman is really good! I use it a lot to generate music in Ableton Live. Recommended for only €19,-(or more if you want…)
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Whilst we’re discussing things in this realm, possibly helpful for original topic rather than a derail: does anyone know of anything in that iOS realm that contains, is, or utilises a Turing Machine for generating notes?
Hey guys, you should have a look at Reason‘s Players. There is a whole lot more you can do with them.
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