K-Devices, developer of creative music tools, has released DRIV, a new Max For Live MIDI device. DRIV is a complex sequencer designed to expand a single monophonic pattern up to four melodic lines that can intercept one other across a vast number of combinations.
Starting from a monophonic single pattern, DRIV can generate counterpoint sequences spanning across a wide range of sonic realms. Voices’ playhead can easily be offset and constrained to only include snippets of the main idea, their content can be transposed, fine tuned and even randomized, their progression twisted using phase distortion tools.
All of these tools can lead users to experiment beyond grid and traditional time signatures, and DRIV can also tidy up everything in the sequence (for instance by resetting the playheads phases all together via hard sync, or by thinning out excessive notes via voices’ individual chance percentage).
DRIV’s routing capabilities are also a handy feature when it comes to spread the same idea across different instruments (and even hardware gears) and twist it accordingly.
DRIV requires Ableton Live version 11 or 12, and runs via MacOS or Windows.
Pricing and Availability. Regularly priced at €49, DRIV is available now at the introductory price of €29 until July 21 via the K-Devices website.
For 5€ I might would think about buying it
I bought it and did a quick playthrough. Its fun. I wish it had a simplier interface and less features actually. Its pretty much the Fugue machine app on IOS but with a bunch of unnecessary parameters. At least ones I dont need like Transforming the timing of the sequence and bend/warp. I do like the easy to set up recievers so you can have one instance going and set up recievers on 4 tracks with different instruments. With probability and velocity changes, it really created a orchestral symphony of ambience in a very quick session. Was only left recording the sequences and adding automation.