Prism
A vibrant 16 track MIDI sequencer built for beginners and professionals, software and hardware, iPad and iPhone, on and off the grid, dubstep and ambient, Lizard Kings and Space wizardS!!, and just the kind of thing that may one day land on your deserted island. At least, that’s the goal! Whether you're crafting intricate beats, harmonizing melodies, or exploring new sonic landscapes, Prism offers a spectrum of flexible and astonishingly powerful tools to bring your musical ideas to life.

Documentation [In Progress]
Prism has gone through an incredible transformation since it was first released and the original documentation still needs to play catch up. As the rest of the resources on this site are updated check out the below manual draft for the most up to date and complete details.

Prism Manual [Draft v1.2] 

New  to Prism?

1. Head on over to the "Getting Started" tutorial

2. Watch the demo series on youtube 

3. Check out the cheat sheets

Here to Learn More? 

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[Key Features]

• Creative Multi-track MIDI Sequencer

• 16 tracks all ready with unique drum and tone sequencing features

• Arp, Harmonizer, MIDI slicer, & Hue fx per track

• Freely flow between integrated and modular workflows

• 512-step sequencer

• Enhanced Navigation (uniquely designed for the massive step count)

• 3 × Chord input modes 

• Organize ideas with scenes, mute profiles, & patterns

• Customizable MIDI Profiles

[Sequencer Features]

• 8 x Patterns per track

  • Individual pattern length per track (up to 16 bars)

  • 1/32 step resolution

  • Individual time scale multiplier per track

  • Individual swing (per song, track, drum pad)

• 512 x Trig steps per pattern

  • 8 x Note polyphony per trig

  • Customizable trig conditions & trig chance

  • Micro timing and offset

• 3 x Methods to process trigs

  • Standard - play trigs as programmed

  • No Overlap - cut off any notes when a new trig is reached

  • Trig Legato - play all notes until the next trig

• Swing (song, track and drum pad granularity)

• Live-recording - multiple modes / quantize

• 1 x ‘Tape style’ MIDI Slicer per track

• 1 x MIDI Looper per track/pattern

[Tone Track Specific Features]

• 8 x Scale Modes 

  • all midi transformations, across every track, are warped to maintain the selected key & scale (more scale modes planned)

• 4 × Note input modes

  • Standard Poly

  • Chord Simple

  • Chord MutiMode

  • Chord Blocks

• 5 × methods to direct the flow of MIDI between tracks - [FUSE]

  • Standard 

  • Peek - Overlay a visual of another track’s sequence for comparison

  • Echo - play the sequence from another track

  • Melt - Program the rhythm in one track but but play another track’s note values

  • Mirror - Duplicate the output across channels (including MIDI fx transformations)

• 4 x creative tools to shape the MIDI (All applied post MIDI interchange [FUSE] to enable further differentiation of a common seed)

  • Filter

  • Harmonizer

  • Arp

  • Hue Sequencer

[Drum Track Specific Features]

• 16 x independent Prism sequencers make up a drum track 

  • Modular link options

  • Adv. layering between drum pads and tone tracks

• 6 × methods to direct and share MIDI between tracks - [FUSE]

  • Standard 

  • Peek 

  • Echo

  • Layer (Drum to Drum) 

  • Mirror 

  • Melt (Drum to Tone) - whenever a drum pad’s trig is hit play the note values from one tonal track across any number of selected tracks 

• Customizable drum profiles 

• 1 x Rapid Navigator to effortlessly move between even the longest sequences

[MIDI FX & Tools]

• 1 x Arp per track/pattern (tone only)

  • 16 x customizable steps

  • 6 x Creative Modes 

  • Swing 

  • Rapid Navigator

• 1 x Fuse Filter per track/pattern

  • Shift notes by steps and octaves

  • Apply mono or limited poly [1-8]

  • Filter on lowest, highest, middle, or alternating notes

  • Note, velocity, and random gates

  • Velocity Limiter

  • Choke - offset the length of all notes

• 8 x Sequential Harmonizers per song (tone only)

  • Filter any track through any of the 8 harmonizers at any time. Each contains:

    • 1 x Harmonic sequencer that controls the playback between

    • 4 x Harmony Pools with

    • 8 x Harmonic steps per pool

• 8 x Hue Sequencers per song

  • Filter any track through the Hue sequencer to shift the output in a shared fashion. Each Hue Sequencer is

    • 1 x Prism style sequencer

    • Each trig step sets the selected track’s output shift amount (always in key)

• 1 x MIDI Looper per track/pattern

  • Loop playback of a sequence page or select bars

• 1 x ‘Tape Style’ MIDI slicer per track

  • Cut, copy, paste and inject to mangle and remix a sequence pattern

  • Wield silence as an active tool

• 4 x Block stacks per song

  • 8 x Blocks per stack 

    • 8 x Notes per block

  • Generate random chords & inversions

  • Save and load collections of chords as block stacks

  • Optimized workflow for experimenting with & creating chord progressions

  • Chords added to trigs as blocks are by reference 

    • Change the block or load a stack and every instance of the block across any of the tracks will update to match

[General Specs]

• iOS AUV3

• iPhone & iPad

• MultiTouch Keypad Matrix and Sequencer

  • Slide to rapidly add trig steps or play notes

• Dark & light graphic themes

• External MIDI in/thruput

• Internal & External Host Saving

• Extensive copy, paste, mute, and select options & workflow optimizations

• 480 PPQN