Free Audio Sequencer Software

LaunchPad App

LaunchPad App is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by Novation. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

The Novation Launchpad is an easy to use app for iPad that is designed to have you making beats and music instantly. It comes with eight ready-to-perform sessions that span different musical genres. You can re-combine the loops and sounds included in these sessions within the multi-colour Launchpad grid to make and remix your own music. The built-in time stretching always keeps you locked into the beat so your loops don’t go out of time.

The app follows some of the key features from the renowned ‘Launchpad’ hardware, now used by many of the worlds famous DJs, producers and performers, but brings it to a new level of simplicity and fun.

8 volume sliders allow quick volume changes and simple FX modes offer cool DJ effects such as repeater and filter effects, adding fun ways to remix your music and make your performance unique.

Features:

8×6 Launchpad grid for triggering up to 8 loops and sounds at a time.

8 volume sliders and 8 filter sliders.

FX section for adding repeat and synced filter effects.

Premium content library from Loopmasters.

Load new complete sessions and sounds.

Global Tempo change.

Edit mode for loading samples.

Autosave – never lose your sessions.

The Launchpad iPad app is designed to work alongside the Novation Launchkey iPad app. A powerful and unique synthesiser which uses interactive, hands-on graphics to give you a fast and fun way to add synth lines to your music.

Novation Launchpad is for iPad 2 and above (including iPad Mini) and requires iOS5 or later.

Novation Launchpad is an iPad app and is not compatible with iPhone or iPod Touch.

http://www.novationmusic.com/

Kristal Audio Engine

Kristal Audio Engine is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by Kreatives.org. Compatible OS(s): Windows.

Kristal Audio Engine is a powerful multi-track recorder, audio sequencer and mixer – ideal for anyone wanting to get started with recording, mixing and mastering digital audio.

It is designed as a modular system. The main application provides a mixing console, while the audio sequencer, live audio input and so on are loaded as separate PlugIns.

Kristal Audio Engine is FREEWARE for personal, educational and non-commercial use.

Features:

16 audio tracks.

32 Bit floating point audio engine.

44.1 to 192 kHz sample rate*.

Downmix to 16/24/32 Bit audio files.

3-band parametric EQ &

2 VST insert slots per channel.

3 VST master effect slots.

ASIO low latency audio driver support.

4 Kristal PlugIn slots.

Load/Save Kristal project files.

Supported file formats: WAVE, AIFF, FLAC, OGG Vorbis.

The following Plug-ins are included in the Kristal package:

Kristal Waver

The sequencer PlugIn for Kristal.

Multi channel hard disk recording via ASIO/MME.

ASIO input monitoring.

Audio clip arrangement.

Audio clip fade-in/fade-out/cross-fade.

Unlimited undo/redo.

AES31 Export.

Kristal LiveIN

Connect your mic/guitar and play thru Kristal using VST effects in real-time.

http://www.kreatives.org/

Inspiration

Inspiration is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by Musical Entropy. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Inspiration is an application developed to stimulate the creativity of music composers.

Influenced by Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies, and techniques described in several books about songwriting, Inspiration allows its users to get random, more or less abstract advice that can provide ways to handle the blank page syndrome, new “cooking recipes” to create music in general, ideas to develop or finish your last song, write a lot of music in a short time, take different musical paths…

Considering Inspiration as another software adaptation of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies is wrong:

Indeed, those advice items are gathered together like the Oblique Strategies, but also other thematic sets like the Horizontal Strategies from -musicalentropy for example, the Frustrated Songwriter’s Strategies, the Advancing Guitarist strategies, and others.

The advice items are classified and can be filtered with numerous tags, allowing the users to target specific needs at specific moments. Some examples of these tags : musical instruments like the guitar, the drums or keyboards, various abstraction levels, themes like motivation, harmony, rehearsals, sampling, the development of existing ideas etc.

Moreover, a special editor is included, allowing users to create their own sets, with an efficient and ergonomic interface. With this functionality, you can :

Create your own advice sets, corresponding to your needs, your personality, and the way you work.

Share your own advice sets with all the users of Inspiration.

Fill a list of composition ideas, new tracks or concepts you would like to work on in the future.

Have a work plan for your preferred musical instrument, full of random exercises to do or existing songs to include to your musical repertoire.

Optimize your 20-songs game sessions, as described in the book “The Frustrated Songwriter’s Handbook” by Nicholas Dobson and Karl Coryat.

Anyway, be careful about the various things Inspiration can not do :

Write some music for you.

Play any musical instrument for you.

Take all the credits of the music you have created thanks to its advice.

Fill a lack of technical competences and/or a lack of musical knowledge.

Replace experimented musician’s advice.

Replace experimented musicians.

Force you read how to use Inspiration before having any opinion on its concept.

Bring the beers for the rehearsals.

Change history

1.1.0 (05-Aug-2014):

Added a link to copy and paste the current piece of advice.

Added a timer to pick a new piece of advice every N seconds.

Added a feature to mark a piece of advice as a favorite, and to access to all the favorite items only.

Fixed various bugs.

1.0.4 (16-Jan-2013):

The application saves its state when it is closed, and recall it at start-up.

Fixed an issue with the justification of labels.

The text editors in the editor tab are now multi-line.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.3 (29-Nov-2012):

Added new advice sets, included with the application and available on the downloads page.

Fixed an issue with the randomness of advice items drawing.

Fixed an issue with the tag selector control in the edition tab.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.2 (14-Nov-2012):

Added new advice sets, included with the application and available on the downloads page.

Fixed an issue with the use of the mouse wheel on any control in the edition tab.

Fixed an issue with apostrophes in the edition tab.

Fixed an issue with the randomness of advice items drawing.

Fixed colour change issues in the main tab.

Fixed various bugs and English translation issues.

1.0.1 (09-Nov-2012):

Fixed size of the author description font.

Fixed various English translation issues.

1.0.0 (05-Nov-2012):

Initial release for DC-12.

https://musicalentropy.github.io

HY-SeqCollection2

HY-SeqCollection2 is a free sequencer VST, Audio Unit developed by HY-Plugins. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

Version 2 of HY-SeqCollection (free update for ver1 user).

It’s a multimode sequencer plugin.

There are 6 sequencer modes available (Acid, Dark, M5816, Step16, Hexa, Euclid).

There are 4 modulation signal generators and 8 macro controls available for parameter modulation.

You can also insert MIDI effects after the sequencer engine output.

There are 9 MIDI effects available (Octave, Transpose, Scale, Harmonizer, Velocity, Note Chance, Note Echo, MIDI Ctrl, MIDI CC).

Finally you export the results as a MIDI file using the MIDI recorder.

Main Features:

6 sequencer engines (Acid, Dark, M5816, Step16, Hexa, Euclid).

4 modulation signal generators and 8 macro controls.

Drag and drop modulation assignment.

MIDI FX (9 effect type).

MIDI Recorder.

Sequencer pattern snapshot.

Randomizer.

Re-scalable interface.

Midi learn.

Free version:

One sequencer mode (Hexa) + 3 MIDI effects + one modulation generator unit.

https://hy-plugins.com/

HY-MPS2

HY-MPS2 is a free step sequencer VST, Audio Unit plugin developed by HY-Plugins. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

HY-MPS2 is a block based step sequencer.

There are both free/commercial versions:

Full: 8 sequencer blocks + 4 modulation units(5 modulation engines).

Free: 3 sequencer blocks.

Main features:

8 sequencer blocks.

4 modulation units.

5 modulation engines.

Re-scalable plugin window.

Randomizer.

Preset manager.

wide window mode.

https://hy-plugins.com/

HATEFISh RhyGenerator One

HATEFISh RhyGenerator One is a free sequencer VST, VST3, Audio Unit, AAX developed by HoRNet. Compatible OS(s): Windows 64b, macOS.

RhyGenerator One is the simplified version of RhyGenerator, an Euclidean step sequencer made by HoRNet Plugins together with the electronic music artist HATEFISh. The sequencer is designed to distribute as evenly as possible a certain number of “beats” in given number of “steps”.

Simply put, with RhyGenerator One you can create a rhythm, consisting of up to 32 steps, it comes in the standard VSTi for VST and VST3, as an instrument for AAX and a MIDI effect for the AU version.

RhyGenerator One outputs the specified note following the rhythm generated by the Euclidean algorithm and allows you to control the number of steps and beats separately, the velocity and the length of the note. You can also shift the sequence of any number of steps to create upbeats and movement, every parameter in the sequencer can be automated for a more interesting effect.

Features:

Euclidean step sequencer.

Up to 32 step.

Shift option.

Automatic euclidean rhythm generation.

Midi effect in Logic ProX.

Resizable vector GUI.

Mac OS X (>=10.7) and Windows support.

64-bit compatibility both on Mac and Windows.

Audio Units VST2.4, VST3 and AAX format.

http://www.hornetplugins.com

GUid Machine

GUid Machine is a free step sequencer plugin developed by unbearable devices. Compatible OS(s): macOS.

GUid Machine is a stand alone Step Sequencer combined with a sample player. The Step sequencer has 4 X 16 steps while the sample player can load 4 samples simultaneously.

Features:

Step Sequencer with 4 X 16 steps.

Easily shift any of the sequences up and down by any number of steps – you can decide the length of each row.

Randomize these modifications so the beat will never be constant.

Velocities can be randomized so the accents will also change during time and make the loops more interesting.

The 4 sequences can play at 4 different BPMs.

The Sample Player section is a straight forward 4 voice sample player with a good envelope section and the possibility to change the pitch, length, and start point on the fly.

4 tap delay section.

Master VST insert.

http://www.unbearablerecordings.co.uk/devices/

Groove Pads – Make Beats and Mix Music

Groove Pads – Make Beats and Mix Music is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by FSP Devs. Compatible OS(s): Android.

Make your own amazing music track. Take advantage of the great library of high quality sounds in different genres of music. Make beats, mix music and use studio quality effects. Record your performance or compose song from scratch.

Key Features:

24 colorful pads.

make music by tapping pads.

use step sequencer to create unique beats.

16 patterns for each of the pads with 16, 32 or 64 steps length.

high quality sound packs.

studio quality effects:

reverb.

flanger.

phaser.

low pass filter.

band pass filter.

high pass filter.

bitcrusher.

and more soon…

control effects by touching XY pad.

freeze XY parameters by ‘hold’ function.

24 channel mixer: volume, panning, mute and solo for each of the pads.

reset mute or solo for all of the channels.

record your music track.

save and load your work at any time.

song mode – create your own unique song by drag and drop patterns.

favorite features at your fingertips – press and hold function button to change its mode.

high performance audio engine.

absolutely free.

Your thoughts, feedback and suggestions help us make our app the best it can be. Write us:
[email protected]

http://fspdev.usermd.net/

Giada

Giada is a free sequencer and drum machine and looper stand alone application developed by Monocasual Laboratories. Compatible OS(s): Windows, macOS.

Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians. How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as a plugin/effect host. Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac and Windows for production use and live sets.

See Giada in action!

Features:

Ultra-lightweight internal design;

multi-thread/multi-core support;

32-bit floating point audio engine;

ALSA, JACK + Transport, CoreAudio, ASIO and DirectSound full support;

high quality internal resampler;

unlimited number of channels (controllable via computer keyboard);

several playback modes and combinations;

BPM and beat sync with sample-accurate loop engine;

VST and VSTi (instrument) plugin support;

MIDI input and output support, featuring custom MIDI lightning messages;

super-sleek, built-in wave editor;

live sampler from external inputs;

live action recorder with automatic quantizer;

piano Roll editor;

portable patch storage system, based on super-hackable JSON files;

support for all major uncompressed file formats;

test-driven development style supported by Travis CI and Catch;

under a constant stage of development;

100% open-source GPL v3, hosted on GitHub.

https://www.monocasual.com/

GeoComposer

GeoComposer is a free sequencer stand alone application developed by sonicPlanet. Compatible OS(s): iOS.

sonicPlanet GeoComposer is location based soundscape composition platform in form of an iOS app. It lets the artists, museums etc. freely create location based 3D soundscapes with the 3D sonic augmented reality technology of sonicPlanet.

Sound recordings for any purpose can be placed easily as sound objects at GPS coordinates with the GeoComposer editor interface and then can be uploaded with additional piece information to sonicPlanet server space.

You can navigate/walk on a physical space augmented with the 3D soundscape which contains the virtual sound objects. The interaction of the listener (you) with his location and orientation to these sound objects renders the 3D soundscape in realtime.

GeoComposer presents full augmented reality with its interactive 3D soundscape and Google Street View visuals embedded. You can teleport yourself to the piece environment and enjoy the audible and visual venue hosting the performing piece.

Each creator can have many pieces and he/she can see and edit only their submitted pieces. The users of GeoComposer can share their creations with the community by making their final editions available on the sonicPlanet GeoPlayer.

The GeoPlayer app which will list all the available works according the creator, genre or work name. Anyone who uses the sonicPlanet GeoPlayer app will be able to enjoy these Geo compositions.

Main Features :

High quality 3d sound engine by sonicPlanet.

You can import your sounds as stereo mp3 files to the app directory.

The number of sound objects which you can place on the map is limited with the CPU of your iPhone.

Interaction behaviour, volume, bass support and object position height parameters can be edited individually for each sound object.

Solo and All edit modes for the sound objects.

Glitch free operation during orientation and position change data flow from the iPhone.

Unique integration with Google Street View, for the first time Google Street View and 3D soundscape are seamlessly integrated.

You can navigate on Google Street View and visit the soundscape virtually.

Unique GeoMapping mode allows the listener being teleported to the original soundscape venue; the listeners position and orientation will be mapped to the venue virtually and becomes visible via the Google Street View. (See the video).

Your files and composition data will be stored encrypted on sonicPlanet server space and can be edited later only by you.

You can make your compositions public by using “Final” version before uploading.

Links:

www.sonicplanet.com
www.sonicplanet.com/GeocomposerManual.pdf

Hardware: A minimum iphone5S or higher model is needed along with stereo headphones.

{See video at top of page}

http://www.sonicplanet.com