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The ultimate arrangeable automaton, HY-RPE may leave you scratching your head, even while tapping your toes
Modern electronic musicians seem utterly obsessed with the sequencer in all its forms. From simple arpeggiators that play back a handful of notes to complex algorithmic contraptions that self-compose entire musical passages, there is no shortage of methods for pressing the play button and kicking back while the machines do all the work.
HY-Plugins are offering a brand new take on the sequencer in the form of HY-RPE, available in both commercial and free variants. The approach is somewhat confusing, and frankly, the cut-down free version is enough to boggle our brains!
As a sequencer, HY-RPE doesn’t generate any sound on its own – it’s designed to drive other plugins.
Like so many others, HY-RPE allows the user to enter notes on a grid. There are – in the free version – three ‘Grid Tracks’ used to control four SeqBlocks. Each SeqBlock is a sequence with its own play direction and step size. These SeqBlocks are freely arranged using a Block Chainer on the right side of the interface. The free version offers three Block Chainers to play with.
HY-RPE is far too complex to describe in detail within the confines of Freeware News, but suffice it to say that this is the sort of flexibility that sequencer lovers dream of.