Product information
Mucoder: LFO-Driven, MIDI-Mangling Arpeggiator
What is Hypercyclic?
- An LFO-driven MIDI arpeggiator, gate effect and step sequencer
- For mangling sustained MIDI input chords
- The output of which can then drive other MIDI instruments
- Acts either as a VST or Audio Unit plugin for your DAW, or as a standalone application
- The original hypercyclic won 2nd place in the KVRAudio.com Developer Challenge ‘07
- The sweetspot for hypercyclic is the narrow border between chaos and regularity. Or, in other words, how to induce a certain pleasant randomness and syncopation, yet forcing everything to align again on the bar or beat boundaries
How do you use it?
- The main use for hypercyclic is to generate midi that can be recorded and/or sent to other plugins. However it also features a simple built-in synth for testing purposes
- You can use two tempo-synced LFOs to modulate various parameters for creating interesting rhythmic effects and chord variations
- A unique feature is the possiblity to modulate the sequencer step size itself, which is useful for creating glitchy stuttering effects
- Another thing you can use is a groove function for playing slightly off the beat. The groove parameters can also be modulated over time by the LFOs, adding to the rhythmic variation
System Requirements
- Available as VST, AU or standalone app
- For Windows, Mac and Linux
- Now with 64-bit support
Installation Instructions
Installing on Windows
1. First extract the windows .zip archive to a directory on your file system.
On Windows you can use either the:
- Sandalone 32-bit version (tonespace.exe) or 64-bit (tonespace_64.exe). This needs no installation, just run it and you are set.
- VST plugin 32-bit version 32-bit (tonespace.dll) or 64-bit (tonespace_64.dll). Copy this dll into your VST directory of your DAW host and run your VST host.
Please Note: if you plan on using the older 1.0 VST version of tonespace side-by-side with tonespace 2, it is recommended to rename the VST dll of one of these versions. This is only an issue for Windows users, as tonespace 1.0 was Windows-only.
How?
- Rename the v1.0 tonespace.dll to tonespace1.dll if you have no old projects that depend on that plugin version
- Or (less preferred) rename the v2.0 tonespace.dll to tonespace2.dll if you have old projects that depend on tonespace 1.0
Installing on Mac OS X
1. First mount the OS X .dmg archive on your mac by double clicking it
On OS X you can use either the:
- Standalone version (tonespace.app). This needs no installation, just run it and you are set. This is a universal binary containing both 32 and 64-bit versions.
- Audio Unit and VST plugin version (tonespace.component). This is a universal binary containing both AU and VST versions, in both 32 and 64-bit versions.
- Setting up the AU version: Copy the tonespace.component file into your AU directory (/Users/yourname/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components) and run your AU host.
- Setting up the VST version: Copy the tonespace.component file into your VST directory (/Users/yourname/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST) and rename it to tonespace.vst. Then run your VST host.
Installing on Linux
First extract the Linux .zip archive to a directory on your file system.
On Linux you can use either the:
- Sandalone version (tonespace). You first need to set the executable bit on this binary using the command 'chmod +x tonespace'. Then just run it and you are set.
- VST plugin version (tonespace.so). Copy this file into your VST directory of your DAW host and run your VST host.
- All binaries for Linux are currently 64-bit only.
