Harmony Bloom replaced with Bitwig
Added 2024-03-15 01:21:50 +0000 UTCI attempted to replicate Harmony Bloom, a polyrhythm generator, in Bitwig Studio, and here's a brief overview of how it went:
- Harmony Bloom Overview: It generates notes with user-defined quantities and lengths, along with a loop length for timing cycles. Users can adjust note probability, offset notes for polyrhythms, and apply quantized or speed offsets to vary the rhythm dynamics.
- Harmony Boom (My Bitwig Preset): This is my attempt to recreate Harmony Bloom. While it mostly succeeds, there are limitations, such as a maximum of 60 notes (compared to Harmony Bloom's 82). It allows for note generation, pitch adjustments, and the use of voice stacking to create complex rhythms. Users can also specify note collections and adjust parameters like probability and note length to shape their rhythms.
- Differences & Features: Harmony Boom lacks the visual appeal of Harmony Bloom and has some feature limitations. However, it supports a degree of customization, such as free or quantized note offsets and pattern lengths. It also includes a pitch quantizer for scaling notes and offers a method to spread pitches across selected intervals.
- Availability: The Harmony Boom preset is available on my Patreon, possibly as a free download or at a low tier.
In summary, while not a perfect replication, Harmony Boom introduces a similar polyrhythmic capability within Bitwig Studio, albeit with some constraints and less visual flair compared to Harmony Bloom.
- Download Preset: https://bit.ly/3IyXyMN
- Original Plugin: https://marionietoworld.com/
Comments
Clever and useful! Had thought about getting HB. Might still do so, at some point (because research). As usual with your “Grid alternatives to third-party plugins”, an advantage here is in adapting the tool to our needs… and we're mostly missing UI niceties. There's a lot of potential from the “Use Chords” input, especially if we pair it with some kind of chorder. My experiments with this will likely focus on producing patterns with different note lengths. Basically, I'd like a kind of “groove generator” within this. And within BWS as a whole. One of the main features I miss from my limited experience with Live is groove pool.
Alexandre Enkerli
2024-03-17 01:48:16 +0000 UTCnever too late 😅
Polarity
2024-03-15 12:43:27 +0000 UTCIn college, I “changed my major” a few times. Now I see Musical Engineer would have been the ideal choice. 😁👍
roger booth
2024-03-15 12:21:45 +0000 UTC
