MusicDevelopments RapidComposer

• Manufacturer: MusicDevelopments
• Model: RapidComposer
• Category: Other Sequencers
• Added in our database on: 05/04/2010

RapidComposer is a rapid music prototyping software designed for composers, song-writers and musicians of all musical styles.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or simply ready to take your music to the next level, RapidComposer is the complete solution you need for faster and more productive music composition.

RapidComposer features

• Advanced tools for phrase editing, phrase generation, phrase morphing, phrase grouping, motif development, chord progression editing
• Master track with chords (note names or universal notation) which all phrases automatically conform to 
• Chord suggestions, chord progression generation with optional borrowed chords, chord progression rules editing, chord voicing editing and assigning to tracks and phrases 
• Easy chord entry from Chord Selector, Circle Of Fifths chart, MIDI keyboard, or computer keyboard. Chord Selector offers 'Chord List', 'Scale Degrees', 'Palette', 'Chord Builder', Tonnetz' and 'Circle Of Fifths'.
• Included rhythm generators: Schillinger's Interference, Polyrhythm, Subdivision, Generic Rhythm, Probabilistic Rhythm, Euclidean Rhythm, Smooth Rhythm, Bass Rhythm, Simple Intervals, Toggle Intervals
• Included phrase generators: Arpeggiator, Bass Generator, Chord Generator, Dyads Run, Generator, Fingerpicking Generator, Generic Generator, Phrase Container, Piano Run Generator, Strings Staccato Generator, Piano Chord Pattern Generator, Strum Pattern Generator, only in the full edition: Melody Generator, Motive Generator, Random Melody Generator, Phrase Morpher
• Included variations: Add Chord Notes, Add Interval, Adjust Note Lengths, Apply Rhythm, Audio Gain, Delay Notes, Double Note, Double Phrase, Expression, Extract Rhythm, Humanize, Join Notes, Limit Note Range, MIDI Echo, Make Monophonic, Mirror Horizontally, Mirror Vertically, Permute Chord Notes, Quantize, Remove Note, Remove Short Notes, Rests, Rotate Notes, Simplify Phrase, Spread Out Chord Notes, Staccato-Legato, Strumming, Swap Chord Notes, Swing, Transpose, Triple Phrase, Velocity, Velocity Generator
• Melody generation, melody auto-harmonization using 2 methods
• Melody Editor tab: Melodya functionality integrated (full edition only)
• Piano roll with scale and chord notes shading, and smart arranging of overlapped notes in two styles.
• In-place non-destructive phrase-level and note-level editing
• Editing percussion tracks using drum maps
• Sophisticated MIDI CC editing and recording. Editing with events or curves (exponential or exponential S-curve). MIDI CC's can be attached to tracks, phrases and notes. 
• Articulations can be assigned to phrases or even individual notes. Articulations are stored in easily editable text files. Free articulation editor (R-Tic) is available.
• Extensive scale, chord, guitar chord, chord progression databases.
• Rhythm drag-and-drop between phrases or from rhythm browser, applying a rhythm pattern on a phrase,
• Taggable instrument browser of all MIDI, VSTi, VST3 and SF2 presets in one place
• Integrated Idea Tool that can generate a multi-track composition, offering 3 different workflows (full edition only)
• Unlimited undo (simple list or version tree with branches)
• Fully customizable user interface (all colors and font size) with preset themes
• Fully customizable keyboard shortcuts
• MIDI drag-and-drop tracks or composition to DAWs. Batch convert MIDI files to phrases, rhythm patterns or chord progressions
• Virtual instruments (VSTi v2.4 and VST3 plug-ins) support
• SoundFont (.SF2) support
• Standalone, VST, VST3 versions (32-bit and 64-bit) provided for Windows, standalone, VST, VST3, AU synth, AU MFX versions (64-bit Intel and Apple Silicon) provided for macOS. The plug-in versions of RapidComposer is usable in DAWs that support plug-ins with MIDI output.