Fugue Machine Rubato

Time-bending MIDI Sequencer for iPad, iPhone, and Mac

Description

Bend time. Automate notes. A single grid as a multi-dimensional musical canvas — for iPad, iPhone, and Mac.

Fugue Machine Rubato dives deeper into the multi-playhead piano roll concept of Fugue Machine Classic by adding time-bending playheads, parameter automation, and much more.

At the heart of the sequencer is a nonlinear time engine that lets playheads move with a natural — or surreal — feel. Unlike conventional sequencers, where time advances at a constant rate, time in this engine can expressively accelerate, decelerate, freeze, and change direction. Playheads are now free to swing, strum, bounce, move elastically, and more.

Built upon the time engine is a robust parameter automation system with time-bending automation playheads and envelopes sculpted with points, curves, and shapes. Nearly everything can be automated — even the notes.

Eight years in the making, Fugue Machine Rubato is rock-solid and absolutely packed with features.

Highlights

Bend time with curves, rates, and offsets
Automate notes and nearly everything else
Sculpt envelopes with curves and shapes
Position playheads anywhere on the grid
Play up to eight playheads at once
Apply note echoes per-playhead
Arpeggiate notes from multiple playheads
Blend notes from multiple playheads
Offset, stack, spread, and invert pitches
Clamp, compress, and expand velocities
Program drums via per-note Drum Trigs
Route notes to up to eight MIDI outputs
Organize patterns in nestable folders
Launch patterns quantized to the beat
Revert state via auto-saved Snapshots
Learn contextually via popovers
Explore ~150 built-in patterns
Control via touch, keyboard, and cursor
Resize Mac window at native resolution

Compatibility

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Fugue Machine Rubato supports iPad, iPhone, Mac (Intel & Apple Silicon), Ableton Link, MIDI, and AUv3* MIDI.

With the included AUv3 MIDI plugin, you can run multiple instances of Fugue Machine Rubato within AUv3 host apps like AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, Loopy Pro, and Cubasis.

* The AUv3 MIDI plugin currently supports iPad and iPhone — plugin support for Mac coming soon.