lq-12 / 1.0
More room for the music.
lq-12 1.0 is here: playable pads, a clearer sampling workflow and a new €9 price.
The idea behind lq-12 has not changed. Load something interesting, take it apart and see what you can make from the pieces.
What has changed is the instrument around that idea. Version 1.0 brings the new Flow interface and a sampling workflow built around playable pads.
Start with the sounds.
Chop a recording at its transients or divide it into equal sections, and the pieces appear on 16 playable pads. You can audition them, find the useful bits and leave the rest alone.
Each pad has its own pitch, volume, pan, reverse and DIRT settings. A tiny fragment can become a different sound before it ever reaches the pattern.
Then make a rhythm of your own.
Pads are sounds. Steps are where those sounds happen. You can repeat one chop, skip another entirely and build something that has very little to do with the recording you started with.
There are eight audio tracks and up to 64 steps per track, with individual step overrides for variation. When you have something you like, resample the pattern or mix and use the result as fresh material.
A clearer place to work.
The Flow interface gives the waveform, pads and sequence more room. Important parts are larger and easier to read, and the creative loop stays together inside one standalone application. No DAW is required.
I want the interesting part to be what happens to the sample, not how much setup it takes to get there.
A smaller price.
I have also brought the base price down to €9. Affordability is part of why I am making lowquo in the first place; I want lq-12 to be something you can try without treating it as a major purchase.
The initial 1.0 release is for macOS, on Apple silicon and Intel Macs. Windows and Linux are not included in this release. The final price is shown at checkout.