Berlin.
Four sequences that drift apart and meet again.
Hypnotic sequences that keep moving: four lanes in one key that drift against each other and meet again, played on your own synths.
Four roles
Floor, Cycle, Haze and Glint: each lane invents its notes differently when you press Roll, from the bass to the high notes.
Lengths that drift
Steps, Hits and Rate per lane, hits spread evenly over the steps, rates from 1/16 to 1/2. Berlin shows when they meet again: Meet in 39 bars.
Eight styles
Pulse, Drone, Modal, Polymeter, Gallop, Swell, Sparse and Ostinato set all four lanes in one go. Lanes with Keep stay, Back undoes per lane.
Gallop and Swell
Gallop adds echoes of every note on the dotted eighth. Swell is a slow wave per lane: with Map on Receive it moves any parameter, the filter of your synth for example.
Harmony
Static: you play the chords. Follow: the lanes move with one of six chord progressions. Keys: the key you play sets the root. Six scales, from Minor to Modal (1·4·5).
Four synths, one sequencer
Berlin itself is silent. Put Thoow Berlin Receive on up to four tracks with your instruments, pick the lane, set the octave. Mutate, Ratchet and Swing keep it alive.
Get Motion for free.
Four slow modulators that never repeat. Map them to anything in your set and let the track breathe. Texture and Shapes for every DAW come with it.
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Four roles. One key.
Your synths. Your sound.The ground.
The bass: roots and fifths, now and then a third or one note out of line.
The loop.
A tight little loop of chord tones that never changes by itself. Everything else turns around it.
The air.
Haze plays high fifths, sevenths and ninths. Glint wanders slowly around the fifth.
Let it drift.
Every lane has its own length, so the four patterns slide against each other and only meet again after many bars. Mutate changes a note now and then, Keep holds what you like.
Explore the controls ↗Questions.
What do I need?
Ableton Live 12 with Max for Live: Live 12 Suite, or Live 12 Standard with the Max for Live add-on. Mac and Windows.
How do I set it up?
Put Thoow Berlin on a MIDI track. On up to four more tracks, put Thoow Berlin Receive in front of a synth and choose a lane: Floor for the bass, Cycle, Haze and Glint for the rest. Press play.
Which instruments work?
Any instrument that plays MIDI: Analog, Drift, Wavetable, Operator or your plugins. A round bass for Floor, a short pluck for Cycle and something soft with a long echo for Haze and Glint is a good start.
Can I keep the MIDI?
Yes. Each Receive track plays plain MIDI, so you can record it like any other part: create a MIDI track, set MIDI From to the Receive track, arm it and record.
Can I automate everything?
Yes. Style, Harmony and every lane control are Live parameters: automate them, map them to a controller or let Thoow Motion move them.
Does it work with Push?
Yes. On Push 2 and Push 3 the knobs control Berlin in banks: one for the whole ensemble and one per lane. Turn on Push Takeover and the pads play it as well.
Ready to start the sequence?
Get Berlin · €24Thoow Berlin, our own sequencer. Two devices: Berlin and Receive. Recorded in Ableton Live with four synths on Receive tracks. Berlin generates MIDI; the sound comes from your instruments. Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com, the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Terms and refunds.