WoodStepper vs PocketAnthem

The WoodStepper is a sequencer/synthesizer/sampler having both audio and midi out. The audio sources can be the track audio, sampled audio (live/track recorded or from file) or the built-in VCO's. The VCO notes can also be set by the Chordulator which finds chord notes in a live stream or recorded track. It consists of 4 independent 8-steps sequencers which can be linked to a 16, 24 or 32 steps sequencer. Each sequencer can independently be set to Synth mode. So WoodStepper can be used in any combinations of sequencers, synths and looper/samplers. Each step can also send 4 midi messages (note on, CC, …) to 2 midi channels. The audio part for each sequencer has a pitch (down) shifter, (Moog lowpass) filter with A(D)SR envelope, saturator, amplitude A(D)SR envelope and delay line which can all be set independently per step. The VCO notes can be set by midi input and WoodStepper has a function to limit the notes produced by VCO + pitch shifters to a specified key and interval scale. The app can be used stand-alone (device audio input and output) or as a plugin in a DAW. The manual can be downloaded from : http://www.woodmansimmaculatemaplesyrupstudio.be/woodstepper/WoodStepperHelp.pdf - IOS plugin type : AUv3 effect, AUv3 instrument and stand-alone app.
 - Has 4 independent 8-steps sequencers.
 - Each of the 4 sequencers can be set to Synth mode, the steps can then be used to automate parameters while playing. - Sequencers can be linked to form 16, 24, or 32 steps sequencer(s).
 - Each sequencer can have a different timing.
 - Steps can be disabled for non 4/4 patterns.
 - Each step can send up to 4 midi messages (+ all previous notes off) on 2 midi channels
 - Audio sources can be the track audio, sampled audio or 3 VCO's (per sequencer).
 - Sampling (audio coming live or from the DAW track) can be armed (per sequencer) with a button or a midi in CC.
 - Samples can also be loaded from file (sample files should be in the WoodStepper iCloud folder) - Each sequencer has it’s own gain, clipping led and brick-wall limiter.
 - VCO’s have the usual waveforms and can be modulated in various ways. - Full polyphonic mode sends 4 subsequent note-ons to the 4 sequencers/synths. - Para-polyphonic mode (per sequencer) sends notes 2&3 to the sequencer/synth VCO's 2&3, giving max 12 voices. - Each sequencer/synth can set the range of receiving midi notes (which allows for up to 4 split keyboard regions). - Each step has a pitch down shifter (sequencer mode only). - Pitch shifters have a glide control.
 - Pitch shifters can be set to a random value (out of a list of scales).
 - Pitch values can be harmonically locked to the Just Scale or the Equally Tempered Scale.
 - VCO + Pitch can be limited to a specified key + interval scale (e.g. C Major Pentatonic) - Each step has a 4-pole Moog Lowpass filter with resonance and ASR (sequencer) or ADSR (synth) envelope.
 - Steps have an additional high-pass filter and a saturation control.
 - All steps have an ASR (sequencer) or ADSR (synth) amplitude envelope and a step gain.
 - Each step has its own delay line with independent timing, feedback, and filtering.
 - Step audio and delay can be panned independently per step.
 - Sequencers can be started manually, started with the DAW transport, start after receiving a midi note or start audio gated. - Sequencers can be stopped manually or after a number of bars have been played. - A “Play 1 Step” button allows to finetune step settings
 - An “All Steps” button allows to set the same parameter value in all steps.
 - Has a global Dry-Wet, Input gain and Output gain control.
 - Presets can be stored in iCloud Drive (makes them available on all your devices).
 - Presets can be switched with Midi Program Changes or with the "Next Preset" button when running. - Major controls can be set with Midi CC messages. - Ableton Link can synchronise tempo, phase and start-stop with other Ableton Link enabled apps.

PocketAnthem turns a sentence, a photo or your own lyrics into a complete song, melody, chords, vocals and accompaniment, generated on your iPhone, iPad or Mac. No server, no account: everything happens on the device. START WITH A SOUND, A PHOTO OR WORDS • One gesture to begin, then the app guides you: what you bring, the music, the lyrics, the proposal. • Hum, sing or whistle a tune: it becomes the score of the whole song. • Import a song or capture music around you: its melody is read and sung again in another style (Covers model, downloaded once). • Take a photo: the place and the mood become the subject, the photo the cover, and lyrics written on it can be sung. • Capture the moment: the icon, Control Center, Lock Screen, the Action button, Siri. • The format is guessed from your words: a 15-second jingle, a short video, a striking song, a full song, a song for someone, a lullaby. Each format asks its own question and drives the plan of the lyrics. • A style field that searches dozens of styles and learns your taste, a mood, ten lyrics languages, up to six minutes of song. • Apple Intelligence proposes a title, style, key, tempo and lyrics in sections, a different angle every time; you edit everything before anything starts. • Your own lyrics: paste a poem and it is cut into verses and choruses without changing a word; or write step by step, one passage after another. • Three quality levels: Light and Standard ship inside the app, Quality downloads once. LISTEN, READ, SHARE • The song plays with its waveform, keeps playing with the screen locked, and the lyrics follow the voice word by word. • The score as notation or guitar tablature, the cursor follows playback, export to PDF or ABC. Turn your iPhone: the song opens as a notebook. • A new version in one tap: another take, a variation, the rest redone from a moment, longer, in higher quality. • The workshop: keep the melody and change the rest, another style, other lyrics, another tempo, the instrumental alone or lyrics on it. Versions stay grouped. • The lyrics notebook: each line on its melody, one dot per note. Rewrite a line or hear it alone, "An idea" offers another one, the rest stays put. • On iPhone Duo opened flat, the song reads across the whole page: melody, lyrics and sound as three staves under the fold. • The library: listen from the list, hearts, tags, filters, playlists; find a song by title, style, a word of the lyrics or by meaning. WHILE IT GENERATES • Follow along from the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island. • Allow a few minutes (4 to 5 for 30 seconds on iPhone 15 Pro Max); stay in the app during the synthesis, or it resumes when you come back. EVERYTHING STAYS WITH YOU • No account, no upload, no tracking. The model ships inside the app, which works offline right after install; recordings and photos stay on the device. • What the app learns from you (your sounds, your formats, your listens) can be read in Settings, where it comes from and where it is reused. No profile: each use can be switched off, your listens can be forgotten. • Every export carries a machine-readable "made with AI" marker. ACCESSIBLE • VoiceOver and Voice Control everywhere, larger text up to the accessibility sizes, contrast checked in light and dark, the sung word marked without colour, reduced motion. PocketAnthem embeds the YuE2 models by Multimodal Art Projection (CC BY-NC 4.0 with individual creator permission): personal users and musicians may publish and monetize their songs; companies need a licence from the model authors. Details in Settings › Terms & licences. Requires an iPhone 15 Pro or later, an M1 iPad or later, or an Apple silicon Mac, and about 3.5 GB free (3.8 GB more for the Quality level, 1.5 GB for covers). Apple Intelligence serves proposals and cover art; without it, songs are written by hand.