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dadamachines announces grid based midi performance sequencer composer pro

composer pro is the new hub for electronic musicians, a missing link for sketching ideas and playing live. It’s a standalone sampler and live instrument, and connects to everything in a studio or onstage, for clock and patterns. And it’s open source and community-powered, ensuring it’s only getting started.

Edit patterns by step, play live on the pads and touch strip, use external controllers – it’s your choice. Sequence and clock external gear, or work with onboard instruments. Clock your whole studio or stage full of gear – and sync via wires or wirelessly.

Finally, there’s a portable device that gives you the control you need, and the big picture on your ideas, while connecting the instruments you want to play. And yes, you’re free to leave the computer at home.

composer pro will be shown to the public the first time at superbooth in Berlin from 9-11th of may. Sales start is planned for late summer 2019.

Play:

Use a massive, RGB, 16×12 grid of pads
192 triggers – 261 buttons in total – but organized, clear, and easy
Step sequence or play live
Melodic and rhythmic/drum modes
MIDI looper
Work with quantization or unquantized
Play on the pads or use external controllers
Touch strip for expression, live sequence transformations, note repeat, and more

Stay connected:

MIDI input/output and sync (via USB-C with computer, USB host, and MIDI DIN)
Analog sync (modular, analog gear)
DIN sync support (for vintage instruments like the TR-808)
USB host – with a built-in 4-port hub
Abeton Link support (USB wifi dongle required for wireless use)
Stereo audio in
Stereo audio out
Headphone, footswitch

Onboard sounds and room to grow:

Internal instruments and effects
Powered by open source sound engines, with internal Raspberry Pi computer core
Includes ORAC by technobear, a powerful sequenced sampler
Arrange productions and set lists:
Full automation sequencing (via MIDI CC)
Trigger patterns, scenes, songs
16-measure sequences, 12 scenes per song
Unlimited song storage (restricted only by SD card capacity)

Meet composer pro

Composer is a Performance Sequencer that can be the ControlCenter of a Live Music Setup or can be included as a Performance Controller Instrument in existing Electronic Music Setups or Simple (MIDI-)Looper in a Studio Jam Session

Composer can store several Songs which consist of up to 16 Machine Slots. There are 12 Pattern Slots per Machine which can be used to Structure a Song

A Machine can be a simple Drum-Step Sequencer, a mono/polyphonic Melody Sequencer, a MIDI Looper and an Automator for MIDI CC Control and automation of Performance Functions of Compose

views

The Interface offers different View Modes for different Performance Scenarios:

Song View: the Matrix shows all available Songs, each Button represents one Song. You can use it to choose the next Song to play, or start a New Song. You can also audition the new Projekt via Cue select

Scene View: the Matrix shows all available Machines and their Pattern Slots. Scenes can be triggered individually or all at once via the trigger buttons on the right side

Machine View: the Matrix represents the content of one Machine’s Pattern Slot, Steps can be set and edited, you can arm individual Notes and Record musical Input

Performance View: Manipulate the existing pattern without changing the original Information, Beatrepeats, Manipulation of Velocity/Notelength/Looplength via Touchstrip, Rythm Trigger

composer pro specifications

Sequencer
• 16 × MIDI/Audio tracks (Machines)
• up to 12 Patterns per Machine
• Up to 16 Bars per pattern
• Individual track lengths
• Individual clock multiplier/divider per track
• Custom Chord Pads, Custom Trigger Views
• Parameter per Step
• Unquantized/Quantized Recording
• Step-Repeat and Phrase-Repeat
• Real-Time Note correction (Autoscale)
• Record Automation
• Full real-time control

Processing
• 2 x 120Mhz ARM Cortex M4F Microcontrollers with FPU
• 1 x FPGA – Lattice ICE40UP5K
• Compute module 3+ SoC. quad core 1.2ghz, 1gb RAM, 8-32gb eMMC.

Storage
• Micro SD-Card storage
• unlimited amount of Projects*
• 8-32 on Board RAM

Hardware
• 261 backlit RGB Buttons
• 1 x Menu encoder with switch & 4 x Parameter encoders
• 2-dimensional Touchstrip (for Manipulation)
• 128 × 64 pixel OLED screen, 16-level bright white huge pixels.
• Footswitch input to control start, stop, and record
• USB MIDI Host
• USB-C MIDI Device – USB 2.0
• 2 x DIN MIDI In
• 2 x DIN MIDI Out
• 1 x Sync In / 1 x Sync Out
• 1 x 1/4” stereo headphone jack with gain
• 2 x 1/4” impedance balanced audio out jacks
• 2 x 1/4” impedance balanced audio in jacks
• HDMI Out
• 4 x USB Host ports for devices
• Power inlet: Center positive 5.5 × 2.5 mm barrel jack, 12 V DC, 5 A

Physical specifications
• Frontpanel – anodized black aluminium
• Bottom Shell – powder coated black aluminium
• Dimensions: W 330 × D 280 × H 40 mm (13.3” × 7.2” × 2.5”) (including knobs, jacks, and rubber feet)
• Weight: approximately 2.5 kg (5 lbs)

https://dadamachines.com/products/composer-pro/