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这款 Max For Live 琶音器、即兴演奏发生器和音序器甚至可以将最简单的 MIDI 模式变成不断发展的音乐连续体，并配备了一系列混合电子/原声乐器和效果机架，可捕捉电子音乐传奇 Coldcut 的经典和现代声音。
MidiVolve 由 Coldcut（又名 Matt Black 和 Jonathan More）设计，灵感来自 Steve Reich 的开创性“Music for 18 Musicians”，是一款 Max For Live 琶音器、即兴演奏生成器和模式音序器，可自动将现场或导入的 MIDI 模式“进化”成新的即兴演奏，旋律和凹槽。
进化和变异
音符可以从 Push 或 MIDI 键盘输入到 MidiVolve 的音序器窗口，或者只需在同一轨道上播放 MIDI 剪辑。在 Arp 模式下，它们会生成琶音；在 Riff 模式中，它们被用作自动生成的自由旋律模式的基础。序列到位后，单击 Evolve 按钮会立即改变音符音高、速度、持续时间、密度和水平位置（交换），以及两个可自由分配的映射参数，以创建新序列；并且激活自动模式会在每 1-32 个循环播放时重新演进当前或初始序列。每次进化所应用的变化的概率、范围、方向和数量都可以针对每个参数进行调整——因此您可以通过仅进化一个或两个参数、所有参数的彻底转换或介于两者之间的任何参数来选择微妙的有机变化。当然，您也可以直接在音序器中的任何阶段对所有七个参数进行自己的手动编辑，并单独或集体地发展每个参数。
许多全球行动也准备就绪，以进一步塑造序列。音符音高可以符合用户定义的比例或模式并限制范围，而序列长度（1-64 步）、播放方向、速度和摆动是可操作的，并且可以使用欧几里得时钟操作引入节奏的不规则性和填充。
序列的高度可定制化演进——通过点击或随着时间的推移自动进行——使 MidiVolve 成为一个如此强大的、创造性的系统，可以从现有剪辑或最少的实时输入中召唤出原始线条。将您的进化模式转移到 Live 的 Session View 就像点击导出按钮一样简单，它会立即将其打印到下一个空闲剪辑插槽。
听起来很鼓舞人心
还包括 11 种独特的乐器（具有 60 个预设）和 8 个专为使用 MidiVolve 触发而构建的音频效果架。与约翰内斯堡音乐家、采样列表和 Ableton 认证培训师 Emile Hoogenhout（又名 Behr）合作开发，他们使用各种非洲乐器和 Coldcut 个人档案中的各种样本作为起点，打造了一套声音工具，带来了精髓将 Coldcut 声音添加到您的 Live 库中。 “混合模拟和数字、人类和机器、新旧是 Coldcut 的宗旨，”Black 肯定道。
普遍的吸引力
MidiVolve 无需任何音乐理论知识和直观的界面，让您可以随心所欲地深入参与自动进化过程，MidiVolve 面向每一位制作人，从快速变化的节拍制作者希望快速变出新的低音线和riffs，面向寻求多媒体装置和工作室项目的生成组合系统的高概念电子艺术家。用布莱克自己的话来说：“它是用于创造和变异音乐创意的下一代曲速驱动音序器。”
This Max For Live arpeggiator, riff generator and sequencer turns even the simplest of MIDI patterns into an evolving musical continuum, and comes with a collection of hybrid electronic/acoustic Instrument and Effects Racks capturing the classic and contemporary sounds of electronic music legends Coldcut.
Designed by Coldcut (aka Matt Black and Jonathan More) and inspired by Steve Reich’s seminal ‘Music for 18 Musicians’, MidiVolve is a Max For Live arpeggiator, riff generator and pattern sequencer that automatically ‘evolves’ live or imported MIDI patterns into new riffs, melodies and grooves.
Evolve and mutate
Notes are entered into MidiVolve’s sequencer window from Push or a MIDI keyboard, or by simply playing back a MIDI clip on the same track. In Arp mode, they generate an arpeggio; in Riff mode, they’re used as the basis for an auto-generated freeform melodic pattern. With a sequence in place, clicking the Evolve button instantly mutates the note Pitch, Velocity, Duration, Density and horizontal position (Swap), plus two freely assignable Map parameters, to create a new sequence; and activating Auto mode re-evolves the current or initial sequence on playback every 1-32 cycles. The probability, range, direction and amount of change applied with each evolution are adjustable for each parameter – so you can opt for subtle, organic shifts by evolving just one or two parameters, radical transformation of all of them, or anything in between. Of course, you can make your own manual edits to all seven parameters at any stage directly in the sequencer, too, and evolve each parameter individually as well as collectively.
A number of global operations are also on hand for further shaping of the sequence. Note pitches can be conformed to a user-defined scale or mode and limited in range, while sequence length (1-64 steps), playback direction, speed and swing are manipulable, and rhythmic irregularities and fills can be introduced using Euclidian clock operations.
It’s the highly customisable evolution of sequences – at a click or automatically over time – that makes MidiVolve such a powerful, creative system for conjuring original lines out of existing clips or minimal live input. And transferring your evolved pattern to Live’s Session View is as easy as hitting the Export button, which prints it immediately to the next free clip slot.
Sounds to inspire
Also included are 11 unique Instruments (with 60 presets) and 8 Audio Effects Racks built specifically for triggering with MidiVolve. Developed in collaboration with Johannesburg musician, samplist and Ableton Certified Trainer, Emile Hoogenhout (aka Behr), they use a variety of African instrumentation and a diversity of samples from Coldcut’s personal archive as the starting point for a suite of sonic tools that bring the essence of the Coldcut sound to your Live library. “Mixing analog and digital, human and machine, old and new is what Coldcut are about,” affirms Black.
Universal appeal
With no music theory knowledge required and an intuitive interface that lets you get as deeply involved in the auto-evolutionary process as you want to, MidiVolve is aimed at every producer, from the fast-moving beat maker looking to quickly conjure up new basslines and riffs, to the high-concept electronic artist seeking a generative compositional system for multimedia installations and studio projects. In Black’s own words: “It’s a next gen warp drive sequencer for creating and mutating musical ideas.”
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