Standalones

Spig is a small but useful utility that enables you to do 3 things:
1. Play whatever is currently going to Sound Manager (or from QuickTime) through your sound card (Digi 001 etc.)
2. Record the above directly to your hard drive.
3. Play audio CD's (and record them) via a digital connection to your sound card.
This means that amongst other things, you can use older audio software which has no ASIO support, monitor it through your 001 (or whatever) and record the output to disc. You can play QuickTime movies through your sound card, and for the less scrupulous of you, you can also record from record-disabled demo's and Real Audio streams.

VSTi shell allows you to use VST compatible soft synths without having to open Cubase etc. The main benefit of this is that it allows you to use VST instruments in Pro Tools . The latest version also includes it's own arpeggiator..

MultiVST Shell is a four-part multitimbral version of the above, with a number of other improvements, such as assignable midi input and audio output and a 4 way matrix of VST plug-ins. The latest version also sports a built-in arpeggiator and external input. OS X version here.

Seq16 is back as a standalone application. Seq16 is a versatile 16 step sequencer and arpeggiator, that can be used to create midi sequences or to drive any of my softsynths (Spectrum, Ephemeris & PolyIII, so far). This version does much more than previous versions and does it all in one window. It also contains a single VSTi slot, so it can be used to drive a VST compatible soft synth/sampler/drum machine directly.

Arpeg is the arpeggiator bit of Seq16 with a few improvements. It can also be used to play any of my standalone soft synths. .

Elephoids (previously LFOids) will shortly be making an appearence here. Elephoids is my attempt at algorithmic composition; it makes music by simply counting in a number of different ways and combining the results. It can actually produce music that is pleasant to listen to, (but it can do nasty too, if that's your bag). The background music on this page was created with an old version of Elephoids - this one is much more sophisticated.

Spectrum, PolyIII and Ephemeris will also be available a standalones. and collectives.

Drum16 is a 6 voice, 16 step drum machine with a host of groovy features, including: