I saw this on Ben Jordan's YouTube channel. I'm always on the lookout for fun music tools that do things in new ways and this one definitely checks that box. Midinous is a tool with a low barrier to start and a high ceiling of potential. Within about an hour I had a stream-able space-music loop.

* There are no clear guidelines when you start... however, there are several example presets that really helped me. I built 4 loops by taking 4 different presets and building on them, initially.

* I recommend taking your time and making simple loops first even though after a couple of simple tests I started going crazy adding lots of channels and loops.

* You do need a DAW and I found that not every instrument I had took the MIDI signals the same way. A few I have not got to work, as yet. I've run into this when I've used outside sequencers. Often I feed signals out of my DAW rather than in. However, I had sufficient instruments that did work easily enough that I don't feel limited.

* It is fun to tie Midinous into lots of instruments. I set up Reaktor wire-simulators as well as MIDI instruments in my DAW and pumped the timing and the MIDI signals into actual rack-mounted instruments.

* At the moment MIdinous is an idea loop machine. Because your timings are based on positions on a grid the patterns start looking insane and hard to manage if you try to sequence an entire song in it. Also, at the moment I don't think you can trigger Midinous from your DAW.

* Even so, I've already created hooks and loops that I then recorded into my DAW's piano roll, sometimes accompanying it. At that point the composition process goes back to normal. This is, in a sense, what Midinous is for -- to spark ideas.

At this point I have already put Midinous into my composition process. It's just another instrument now, but one that is fun and makes me think differently. I highly recommend it. Don't feel too frustrated if it seems weird or confusing at first, just look at the UI and check the preset examples until it clicks.

I look forward to seeing what this program becomes as it grows.

I saw this on Ben Jordan's YouTube channel. I'm always on the lookout for fun music tools that do things in new ways and this one definitely checks that box. Midinous is a tool with a low barrier to start and a high ceiling of potential. Within about an hour I had a stream-able space-music loop. * There are no clear guidelines when you start... however, there are several example presets that really helped me. I built 4 loops by taking 4 different presets and building on them, initially. * I recommend taking your time and making simple loops first even though after a couple of simple tests I started going crazy adding lots of channels and loops. * You do need a DAW and I found that not every instrument I had took the MIDI signals the same way. A few I have not got to work, as yet. I've run into this when I've used outside sequencers. Often I feed signals out of my DAW rather than in. However, I had sufficient instruments that did work easily enough that I don't feel limited. * It is fun to tie Midinous into lots of instruments. I set up Reaktor wire-simulators as well as MIDI instruments in my DAW and pumped the timing and the MIDI signals into actual rack-mounted instruments. * At the moment MIdinous is an idea loop machine. Because your timings are based on positions on a grid the patterns start looking insane and hard to manage if you try to sequence an entire song in it. Also, at the moment I don't think you can trigger Midinous from your DAW. * Even so, I've already created hooks and loops that I then recorded into my DAW's piano roll, sometimes accompanying it. At that point the composition process goes back to normal. This is, in a sense, what Midinous is for -- to spark ideas. At this point I have already put Midinous into my composition process. It's just another instrument now, but one that is fun and makes me think differently. I highly recommend it. Don't feel too frustrated if it seems weird or confusing at first, just look at the UI and check the preset examples until it clicks. I look forward to seeing what this program becomes as it grows.