AL9 Melodic Paintbox

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿/𝗔𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿

Melodic Paintbox lets you draw your sequences instead of program them. Like a painting, the drawn sequence is an approximation that artistically represents a melody or musical phrase. 

This sequencer is not about precise note-by-note sequences, it is about contours and shapes and not-quite-exact repetition. The "grid" model that most sequencers are built on is completely gone from this device.

The device achieves that by running a rhythmic clock against a hand-drawn line. The contour of the melody or sequence is independent of the rhythm, so the rhythm can interact with it freely and in many different ways.

Melodic Paintbox gives you a new way to create rhythms, completely different from how they are usually built (goodbye, grid!), leading to surprising, out-of-the-box rhythmic phrases that are easy to interact with and sculpt.

Take a look at the video overview: https://youtu.be/kR8g24kmu44

𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝘁

• 4 independent tracks for pitch, velocity, control, and rhythm

• Each track has its own graphic space where the track's shape can be drawn

• The phrase length of each track can be set to even or uneven divisions or multiples of the bar

• Pitch track is filtered to a given key and scale or can be chromatic

• Supports Live 12 Scale Aware

• Arpeggiator mode so the pitch track note selection can be set according to MIDI input

• Rhythm track gives you a new graphical way to create rhythmic patterns

• Control track maps to any parameter or MIDI CC number

• Fully automatable and externally controllable for use in generative music

• 12 presets to remember your "paintings"

• Includes a detailed, 11-page user guide.

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀

1.1 

Fixes multiple midi notes output when starting transport 

1.2 (May 2025) 

provides several compatibility fixes for Live 12

adds Scale Aware support in scale mode

1.3 (June 2025)

New Diatonic Offset control

Range scaling for the control track

Several significant improvements to timing

New detailed 11-page user guide