MIDI Motif Maker vs Harmonitron

MIDI Motif Maker is an idea generator that writes short melodies from music theory, not AI. Tap New for a fresh idea and Vary to take it further. MAKE • Built-in motifs to start from: trap, drill, acid 303, rock riffs, ostinatos, pop, classical, cinematic and more • Or draw your own, or import a MIDI file SHAPE • 15 scales, 9 song forms, 17 development techniques • Triplets, swing and odd meters like 5/4 and 7/8 • Slice and remix any idea, or fine-tune notes in a DAW-style piano roll PLAY IT ANYWHERE • AUv3 MIDI plugin for hosts like AUM and Loopy Pro • Sends MIDI to hardware synths and to music apps on the same device • Export .mid files to Files, AirDrop or your DAW iPhone and iPad (iOS 17 or later) • Mac with Apple silicon

Harmonitron is a harmonic tremolo. The rich, swirling amp "vibrato" made famous by early-1960s brownface amplifiers. A normal tremolo just pulses your volume up and down. A harmonic tremolo goes deeper: it splits your sound into a low band and a high band, then sweeps them in OPPOSITE phase. As the lows swell, the highs dip and back again. That contrary motion is what gives Harmonitron its lush, watery, almost phaser-like character that an ordinary tremolo can't reach. Turn the Voice control and the effect morphs smoothly from a classic in-phase tremolo all the way to a full harmonic swirl. Drop it on guitars, keys, synths, pads, drums, or a whole mix. Standalone, or as an Audio Unit (AUv3) effect inside GarageBand, AUM, Logic, and other hosts. THE SOUND • True harmonic tremolo: anti-phase modulation of a low and high band • Voice: morph continuously from classic tremolo to full harmonic swirl • Split & Tilt: place the crossover and balance the two bands • Tube Drive and tone shaping for warmth and grit MOVEMENT • Rate from a slow tide to a fast flutter, shown in BPM • LFO Shape: sine, triangle, square, and ramp with adjustable edge Slope • Tempo Sync that locks to your project and lands on the beat, with musical note divisions from 1/1 to 1/32 (dotted and triplet) • Stereo Spread for auto-pan and rotary-style width HANDS-ON • A living hero orb whose two halves breathe in opposite phase — drag it to set Depth, tap to bypass • Grouped, color-coded controls: Motion, Sync, Harmonic, Stereo, Drive, Output • Factory presets: Brownface, Rotary Swirl, Slow Tide, Sync Chop, Wide Harmonic and more — plus your own saved presets PLUGIN & STANDALONE • Full AUv3 audio-effect support with host presets and parameter automation • Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Standalone mode with a built-in demo pad, live microphone input, or import a song and export the processed result