SquaredHeads - Nora

Amazingly detailed arpeggiator with  a myriad of options which are not available on the majority of arpeggiators.. This is almost like a DAW in its own right where you can chain sections together to create complete sequenced arrangements. 

THE NATURAL EVOLUTION OF AN ARPEGGIATOR ADAPTED TO OUR TIMES

Nora is a groundbreaking arpeggiator with DAW technology that employs advanced editing tools to create phrases with ease.
It allows the creation of quality solo melodies, rhythmic bass lines or stabs, instantly.


SAMPLE ACCURATE PREMIUM MIDI ENGINE
The engine has been re-designed from scratch to offer precision at sample-level. This way, we obtain output that is loyal to the input, without any kind of latency.

ALL THE POWER OF A DAW IN ONE PLUG-IN
We employed the workflow of a cutting-edge DAW for a creative, simple and quick edition with a complete integration among the modules. Nora can be sequenced by either a linear manner or by patterns triggered by MIDI.

IT INCLUDES:
· 8 tracks, 8 independent arpeggiators and 64 patterns per track
· Real-time quantizer with user-defined patterns
· Hundreds of presets
· Complete real-time edition
· Simple and fast workflow
· 2 random phrase generators & 2 mutators
· Very low cpu usage
· Highly customizable interface with over 400 parameters

Regroover Pro - Accusonus

Very interesting and fun to use but does seem to have varied results, mainly dependent i suppose on the kind (quality) of audio loop chosen. Nice to be able to split your drum grooves into layers though and mess around with them, although there are limited effects to apply here and layers really need to be routed out onto different outputs of your DAW . Quite easy to do though and well worth the effort. The expansion grid is cool too,where you can drag and drop sounds to create your own expansion kits. Quite a unique plugin then, which is the only one of it's kind as far as i know and great if you have a large loop library!

Discover the magic inside your drum loops which you’ve wanted to extract for years. Create new sounds from old or simply adjust the volume of individual elements inside a loop. Regroover uses Artificial-Intelligence to extract layers from within your previously recorded beats and samples. Once Regroover analyzes the file, you are able to make your own drum kits and combine them with external sounds to make new beats, loops and your own unique Expansion Kits. Use Regroover to:
Unmix your loops into distinct sound layers.
Get previously unheard sounds from inside your loops.
Craft the isolated beat elements and form your unique rhythmic signature.

Regroover Pro Only Features:
Grab the magic kick, snare or clap and place it on its own trigger pad.
Or Build your own Expansion Kit with any element inside your loop which makes for rapid-fire MIDI triggering of samples to make new beats and grooves.
Create Regroover Projects with both external and found sounds from inside your loops.

Who's It For?

Regroover is for music producers, beatmakers and DJs who use sampling, drum programming, and beat slicing to remix and compose.

Who should never use Regroover?

Musical snobs who don’t like fun sample manipulation tools and new ways to work with samples.

Blue-Cats MB-7 Mixer

Astonishingly powerful multiband EQ with features i have not seen elsewhere in an EQ! You can actually host VST plugins on each band which can be more than 4 and each one has 2 slots This opens up enormous possibilites when mixing and mastering your songs. As if that's not enough you can also automate any parameter of said VST. Absolutely awesome!! This makes most EQ's seem pretty basic. Lots of fun to be had here for sure!

Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer is a unique plug-in that splits the signal into several frequency bands and lets you mix and process them as if they were separate tracks.

Each band proposes controls that can be found on a mixing console, and more: bypass, mute or solo each band separately to isolate frequencies you want to work on, adjust the gain, the "stereoness" and the position in the stereo field. When manipulating the stereo image, a master mono switch also lets you check mono compatibility.

The plug-in can also operate as a multiband VST, VST3 and Audio Unit host: you can process each band independently with your favorite VST, VST3 or Audio Unit plug-ins! Up to four plug-ins can be loaded on each band, pre or post fader. Latency compensation, presets management, undo/redo integration, and individual plug-in bypass are included for optimal operation.

The plug-in also proposes unique linking and grouping options thanks to our multi-instances technology. You can link bands together within a single instance or between several instances of the plug-in on different tracks. This lets a simple fader control as many bands on as many tracks as you want. This is particularly useful when adjusting the placement or the balance of several competing tracks.

And as usual with Blue Cat Audio, the plug-in provides comprehensive visual feedback to let you know what's exactly going on: for each channel, monitor the spectrum, the in/out levels and the frequency response.

Thanks to its advanced MIDI and automation input capabilities, when combined with our other plug-ins, Blue Cat's MB-7 Mixer is capable of advanced side-chaining features that really unveils its potential. Check out our MB-7 Mixer Tutorials for more details.

If you are looking for a simpler plug-in to host VST, VST3 and Audio Unit plug-ins, please try Blue Cat's PatchWork. If you are looking for a multiband dynamics processor that can be combined to this plug-in for side chain effects, check out the Blue Cat's MB-5 Dynamix plug-in. Also, any Blue Cat Audio plug-in is compatible and can be hosted by this plug-in.

Ploytec ISM AROMA

A vert cool little processor plug in to add spice to your mastering. Works really well on seperate tracks as well as whole mixes. Deceptively simple GUI but quite effective!

Aroma is a newly developed Harmonic Processor creating analog charm in an unprecedented musical way. The four valve or tape like units add elegance to your audio material. Primarily designed for mastering, Aroma can also create astonishing changes to the character of vocals and instruments.

The additional Mid/Side processing options allow a decent and smooth fine tuning of the stereo base you won't get from any other software or hardware. We refrained from names like "tape simulation" or "valve" for the processing units.

Though Aroma's refinements are loosely related to such analog models - Aroma's variety is far beyond. The flavour controls relate to a wide variety of beauty, warmth and attractiveness. Aroma not only adds elegance to your music, Aroma makes it shine, sounding simply sensational.

HY-Plugins HY-MPS

Cool step sequencer for bass lines and arps. Lots of these types of plugins out there as far as sequencers go, but many can have a steep learning curve, whereas this one is very intuitive and easy to get to grips with Nice use of two sets of 4 sequencer blocks which you can set your key and alter randomly or set your own with pitch,octaves, gate, velocity etc. Resizeable GUI is good to have and it looks great too! Well worth checking out!

block base step sequencer.
8 sequencer blocks + 2 LFO units.

Main futures:
• 8 sequencer blocks
• 2 LFO units
• scalable plugin window
• preset manager
• undo/redo
• value randomizer
• 8 snapshots per seq block
• bipolar swing amount.

SPC Plugins - ArcSyn

Amazing analogue synth that does not use samples in its architecture. Just scratching the surface at the moment with this plug in , but no doubt this thing goes very deep and from what i can make out the modulation possibilities are quite staggering and unique with it's 16 step times 8 sequencing. WoW!! The sounds are awesome and probably one of, if not the best , i've heard when it comes to ambient styled drones. Oh! and it's very low on the CPU too!

ArcSyn is a 16-voice polyphonic virtual analogue synthesizer plug-in with many unusual features.

No samples—all oscillator waveforms are generated from scratch.
Many unique waveforms including Sub-harmonics, Bit-Noise and FM Crossfade.
Unique LFOs feature wave sequencing and hundreds of unusual waveforms including many random types.
Powerful, self-oscillating filters based on the Oberheim Matrix 12.
Many unusual filter types like Frequency Shifter, Scramble and Multi-Alias.
Smooth, natural sound quality throughout—Oscillators and filters are 4X oversampled, all audio processing is done in 64-bit arithmetic and control signals are updated at 5500Hz or higher.
Comes with over 400 programs.
MIDI controller learn.
Easy program organisation—rearrange programs and folders using your computer's file system.

Patter v1.1 for Ableton Live v9.7.1

A pretty cool generative machine for Ableton Live! I love this kind of thing and have tried most of the similar plug ins to create random non repeating music.This ones partcularly nice in  the respect of being able to create loops  and the stringing together of several instances of Patter to create even more complex polyrhythmic structures which bounce back and forth. Great stuff! Another one of those instances where it can be as simple or as complex as you like!  

Get to grips with Patter, a creative MIDI effect for Max for Live that creates truly surprising musical ideas. Its ability to generate unique rhythms and melodies, and deft control over randomization elements make it an exciting tool for those looking for inspiration and experimentation.

Patter can help you create wild and experimental MIDI patterns for use with any synth or drum machine. It’s a highly flexible tool that can be used alone for musical inspiration and improvisation, or chained together for real free-flowing creativity. And since it's built in Max For Live, every parameter can be mapped to MIDI hardware for hands-on control.
How it works

Patter generates MIDI a few notes at a time, in “segments”. A segment is made up of one or more notes and rests of equal duration. You control the number and duration of the segments, and with each rhythmic parameter, you can create different amounts of randomization and variation.

Once you’ve created your rhythm, you can add dynamics by tweaking accent parameters and use the pitch control to introduce levels of note randomisation. Then, to narrow down the options, you can select notes spanning three octaves. You can use your MIDI keyboard to input notes on the fly and create a truly unpredictable yet responsive music generator.