Composing

MV’s MIDI Choir

MIDI Choir is a free audio to midi VST plugin developed by MVs Plugins. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

This Application will take a single-pitched audio source and transpose it in real time according to the supplied MIDI notes. The main motivation to create MIDI Choir was to be able to sing harmonies live, however the product may also be used for studio work. Below are some of its key features:

Reliable ASDF pitch tracker with voiced/unvoiced recognition.

Pitch tracking indicator.

Separate processing of voiced vs. unvoiced input, thereby preserving a natural, intelligible sound.

Voiced input will be re-pitched according to the keys pressed.

Polyphony with unlimited number of voices.

Octave, semitone and fine tunig controls.

Built-in noise gate with indicator.

Built-in soft knee limiter with color-coded LED indicator.

Built-in stereo reverb with controls for room size, damping, stereo width and dry/wet mix.

Master volume control with output clipping indicator.

Effects may also be used without MIDI input.

Option of VST plugin or stand-alone executable.

New features and improvements in v2.0:

Completely new rendering engine.

Improved quality for extreme pitch modification.

Improved sibilant processing.

Stereo output with adjustable width.

Limiter with natural frequency response.

MIDI input indicator for easier trouble shooting.

Version info.

Minor bugfixes.

New features and improvements in v3.0:

Completely new rendering engine (again).

Improved quality for extreme pitch modification.

Improved sibilant processing.

New soft-knee lookahead compressor replaces limiter.

New reverb.

Minor bugfixes.

http://vicanek.de

major sketch pad

major sketch pad is a free chorder and step sequencer VST plugin developed by af Kreativt Darhus. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

major sketch pad is ideal for musicians with writer’s block or knob twiddlers who easily get distracted by fine tuning soundscapes and ending up not getting any music done. No, this is not some pseudo-random-crap, you are in control of your music all the time when using the sketch pad. This is an arrangement utility rather than a music production tool.

major sketch pad is basically a step-sequencer combined with a chorder. Each time it gets triggered by a MIDI note the step-sequencer steps forward and each step can contain a new, different chord. The chords aren’t locked to a predefined pitch. This means that you can try out chord combinations and see how your melodies will sound with different chords applied to them, or just jam away.

The main idea behind the sketch pad is to make it easier for people who are having a hard time coming up with songs to at least get a “rough” arrangement sketch that they can continue to work with. It is, after all, often the beginning of a song that is the hard part to come up with.

http://www.2storstark.com/afdarhus/

KTDrumTrigger

KTDrumTrigger is a free audio to midi VST plugin developed by Smart Electronix. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

By Koen Tanghe @ Smart Electronix.

KTDrumTrigger is a VST plugin with a custom editor that triggers MIDI notes based on the sound level of the incoming audio stream in different frequency bands. It allows you to “detect” occurrences of percussive sounds in an audio stream and send out a MIDI event whenever that happens.

Incoming (mono) audio is split up into different frequency bands using three tweakable filters. The signal in each of these bands is sent through an envelope follower. When the envelope reaches a specified threshold level, a MIDI note on message is generated. The trigger module has some built-in hysteresis and minimum inter onset time settings to avoid fast successive triggers due to noise on the envelope curves. Visual feedback of the filter and trigger settings is available.

http://www.smartelectronix.com/

Kirnu

Kirnu is a free arpeggiator VST plugin developed by Kirnu Interactive. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Kirnu is a VST MIDI arpeggiator plug-in which is designed with real-time tweaking and usability in mind.

Main features include:

Ultra precise MIDI engine.

Clear user interface with easy to use controls.

Hold mode.

Scale engine with many scales to choose from.

Keyboard split.

The soul of Kirnu: 16 step pattern view from where user can tweak each step values separately.

Two independent step level MIDI CC controls with teach mode.

http://www.kirnuarp.com/

kawaChord2 free

kawaChord2 free is a free chorder VST, VST3 plugin developed by kawa. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

the Free Version of “kawaChord2“.

This plugin is handy for quickly entering chord tones (MIDI notes) without the knowledge of every chord tones of each chord.

Features:

4 Editing Mode (Default Mode, Circle Of Fifth Mode, Chord Analysis Mode I and II).

MIDI notes are sent as chord tones by pressing a chord name button.

Place chords to Daw as MIDI Clip Item. (As of today, this function has been confirmed with the following Host applications: Studio One, Reaper and Bitwig Studio).

Diatonic chords are highlighted based on the main key and chords’ root you set.

Examples Uses:

Quick play and check chords tones.

you can also use it for a rough sketch of chord progressions.

Useful when writing chord progressions according to tonality.

Price: A Free version is available, which only offers Triads chords.
More Documents : Here.
PDF Manual: English (direct link)

http://kawa.works

Helio Workstation

Helio Workstation is a free arpeggiator Stand Alone plugin developed by Peter Rudenko. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Helio is a lightweight free music sequencer for OS X, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android.

Aimed to be a perfect sketching tool, Helio features high-performance core, linear-based sequencer with clean interface, integrated version control providing intelligent synchronization between devices, saved undo history, translations to many languages and more.

And it’s free and open-source.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wDp6rpRXks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7yEOJAQRdM

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Peter_Rudenko

Gatefish

Gatefish is a free audio to midi VST plugin developed by Mokafix Audio. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Gatefish is an envelope follower that outputs MIDI CC.

http://www.mokafix.com/

E-Kit Trigger

E-Kit Trigger is a free audio to midi VST plugin developed by TbT. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

E-Kit Trigger is designed to work with trigger mic’s such as the Redshot trigger from Clavia(Ddrum) or any Piezzo based drum pad.

It will work with pre-recorded tracks but the performance depends on the recording (the plug only analyze the amplitude,not the content).

You’ll need a soundcard that can go down to ca 3-6 ms latency if you want to get “realtime” action. The more inputs you got on your soundcard the more drums you can connect to your PC.

http://hem.bredband.net/tbtaudio/

DSP Trigger FREE

DSP Trigger FREE is a free audio to midi VST plugin developed by AudioFront. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

DSP Trigger FREE is an Audio to MIDI plug-in specifically designed to work with drum pads, offering extremely fast and accurate triggering. This feature reduced version only supports single zone pads and can only output up to two separate articulations. For full support for dual zone pads and positional sensing watch out for the soon to be released full version.

Features:

Easy to use.

Both sensitive and dynamic.

Fast and accurate triggering.

Designed specifically for drum pads.

Multiple articulations from a single zone pad.

Low CPU usage.

http://www.audiofront.net/

D-Arp

D-Arp is a free arpeggiator VST plugin developed by WOK. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

D-Arp is a double power arpeggiator to trigger your plug-ins or external synths.

Two arps can run parallel or serial (the first triggers the second). Extras like a “force2scale” function and the ability to run by manual stepping triggered by incoming MIDI notes on a different channel make this plug-in stand out from other arpeggiators.

Special features: host-sync, shuffle, adjustable note length with overlap at max point (for mono glide sounds), velocity adjustable or input pass thru. Clock divider for speed control includes settings for dotted or triol – also there is a manual control for step thru by sending MIDI notes on channel 16 to the plug-in (for example from a drum machine).

http://www.wokwave.com