Nularseq 0.9

Nularseq is a polyphonic step sequencer which uses user input rather than a fixed-frequency clock to advance sequence position. It can hold multiple sequences and makes it easy for the user to specify trigger conditions, i.e. which pads or keys and velocity levels on their MIDI controller advance a specific sequence to the next step. Nularseq can store 8 banks of 8 presets, each of which holding its own sequences, trigger conditions and other settings. Switching between presets is MIDI-mappable, so that it can be done quickly mid-performance.

The core idea of Nularseq is simple yet extremely powerful, which I hadn’t seen implemented anywhere else when I started working on it (since then I saw another Max for Live device implementing the same idea in a different way).

Nularseq allows the user to assign different sequences to various MIDI-capable virtual or physical instruments and perform with them in a way that’s not possible with other tools: they can conduct an entire virtual band or orchestra completely live without using a pre-recorded backing track, loops or even a metronome. To my knowledge, free-form improvisation that sounds like a complete band is not possible with any other means.

Improvised one-person band performances which sound like a full band playing together. Some examples from my YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/JZVY78oi5Cw
https://youtu.be/0drp_9tKXE0
https://youtu.be/_WkWgYD54Zk