Which is the world's best arpeggiator/step sequencer? (And why?)

Well, it does not have to be the best in the world. ;)

But I would really like to know which arps/step sequencers you use and why you like them

 

Last edited: Oct 7, 2016

I don´t know if it´s the best of the world, but is the one that I use. http://www.7aliens.com/catanya-arpeggiator

 

it can be you

 

It's the one that is part of Adam Szabo's new synth Viper, that is to be released very soon:

Why? Because I programmed it (the arp, not the whole synth)

 

Cthulhu here, and it's very good.

https://www.xferrecords.com/products/cthulhu

 

Wow! Cool stuff here! Never heard of Catanya... Seems really, really nice...

 

For straight up arpeggiation Kirnu Cream 'coz it's simple but capable.

I've been using step-sequencers more than arps recently like Sugar Bytes Thesys/ERA and Consequence. You can achieve the same types of patterns but they allow much more subtle control of parameter automation as well as tones.

Then there's the Reaktor stuff. Not really an arp but check out Nod-e. So insanely cool. And Free.

 

A combinaison of Soul, Brains and Ear should nail all these plug + better Originality

But... if you need one there is a plethora out there to sound like all others
Chtulu, ABleton Arpegiator and any other hardware or soft version...is just like

not switching on Bach

PeaceR

 

I like Cthulhu when I need a complex arpeggio pattern
But, mostly I just use the one in Ableton because Its easier and faster to dial in what I want.

 

I forgot about this oldie but goodie. Used to use this alot before EZKeys came out

 

There are several good arpeggiators but a very good one which is even free (even a small donation will be much appreciated though!) is BlueArp from Oleg Mikheev.
Oleg is also very responsive on KVR forums and fixes possible bugs very fast en adds new features every now and then.

His KVR thread https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=361311

His website http://graywolf2004.net/wp/

Some of Oleg's video demos on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9pV7s-kk6fnuVwOkOA_3AQ

 

This reminds me that I still haven't demoed Nora2 by Squaredheads
It's like a little 8-track Sequencer within your DAW and should be very powerful with Arpeggios as well as Chord Progressions.

 

Free and it also has Modes.


https://codepen.io/jakealbaugh/full/qNrZyw/

 

BEST is subjective and also depenz on what your DAW supports/has. Which DAW do u have?

 

I am using Studio One 3.

 

My favourite ever arpeggiator [and it could do much, much more] came bundled with Cubase when I was using it on the Atari 1040ST.

It was called Phrase Synth and myself and a colleague miss using it to this day. We both audibly sighed when we messed around with an Atari emulator on a PC last year and managed to fire it up within Cubase.

I've never found another piece of software that was as powerful or that allowed you to do really complex things musically, not just monophonically but polyphonically and by setting up really complex scales and progressions for it to follow.

As it was run on an Atari with 2mb of RAM, it can't have taken up much processing power or memory to run and I dearly wish there was a VST version or something similar to this day. Cthulhu is similar in some ways, but even that isn't nearly as powerful.

 

I almost forgot hypercyclic. Free.
mucoder also develops tonespace a pretty nifty (and educational) chord generator. Also free.

So basically Cthulhu's main functions split into two separate plugins.

Try routing MIDI out from hypercyclic through to tonespace (TRIGGER: MIDI triggers note | MIDI In: MIDI track) and then out again to your favorite VSTi; some gorgeous Kontakt library like Una Corda; a heavily processed/bit-reduced Battery kit; or maybe that SoundBits Just Gore sample pack I saw on the other site.

You can even modulate the number of steps in a sequence and amount/type of groove with one of it's two LFOs.
And you can assign parameters to your mouse wheel.

 

arperggionome is prolly the best one i ever used but it's ipad/iphone but damn those options are awesome

and this is the pro version

review by evolver

 

This not a plugin...

 

And it has MIDI-out. Most awesome option of all.