Nodal 1.8

Nodal is a generative software application for composing music that uses a novel method for the notation and playing of MIDI based music.

This method is based around the concept of a user-defined graph. The graph consists of nodes (musical events) and edges (connections between events).

You interactively define the graph, which is then traversed by any number of players who play the musical events as they encounter them on the graph.

The time taken to travel from one node to another is based on the length of the edges that connect the nodes.

Here are some key features of "Nodal":

· simple but powerful interface
· change your composition while it is playing – great for improvisation and quickly creating new musical ideas
· compatible with any MIDI synthesiser and major Digital Audio software
· can run stand alone using the built-in synthesiser
· live performance tools: trigger complex sequences within the network using any MIDI keyboard or MIDI input device
· define your own interactive continuous controller curves (e.g. Volume, Pan, Modulation) for greater musical expression
· built-in examples and tutorial information to get you started and making music quickly

Requirements:

· A MIDI synthesiser to hear the output that Nodal is making. Nodal is compatible with any MIDI synthesiser.

Limitations:

· Save disabled.
· 30 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New Note entry programming: nodes play chords, sequences and more!
· Improved cut/copy and paste
· Improved UI, editing and MIDI entry features
· Alternate colour palettes and many other improvements
· Mac OS X Lion (10.7) compatibility (Nodal also works with Mac OS 10.5 and 10.6