Syntien 2 vs Metronodes

Syntien 2 recognizes a variety of input sources, including touch, movement, and sound, and converts them into data for your creative work. Syntien 2 can connect to other devices and software via MIDI, OSC, and BLE. It comes with all the standard controls you'd expect -- buttons, labels, sliders, knobs, etc. -- plus a unique set of tools that go far beyond the basics. • Use an adjustable, resizable Keyboard control to send MIDI note and velocity data, in addition to pitch bend, expression, and more. • The Touch Pad control takes full advantage of your device's multi-touch capabilities. Track multiple touches independently. Use a stylus like an Apple Pencil to send highly-expressive data with pressure and tilt sensitivity. • The IMU control uses data from your device's accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer to transmit your device's acceleration, rotation, or nearby magnetic field strength. • Use the Level Meter to track audio input levels, and use the Pitch Detector control to detect pitch. • Transform and scale outputs directly in Syntien 2 without any complex scripting! • Connect controls to each other using Macros. Use buttons to toggle a Keyboard's sustain pedal, set up a Slider to modulate the frequency of an LFO, and more! • Create your own interfaces and modify the behavior of controls in-app, on any iPhone or iPad, without the need for a separate desktop editor! Place and resize controls exactly how you want them using intuitive drag-and-drop gestures. • Modify controls mid-performance by sending data from your computer to Syntien. Incoming OSC messages are displayed on the screen and color-coded, so you'll know exactly what messages Syntien is receiving and whether or not they're being interpreted. Works with Ableton, Max/MSP, SuperCollider, TouchDesigner, and any MIDI- or OSC-compatible software.

Metronodes turns counting into a machine you can build. Drop a counter on the canvas. Give it a range, a step, and a tick. Then draw a line from one counter to another and write the rule that joins them — "when this loops, add one to that", "when this goes past 5, reset that". Press Run and the whole thing comes alive. That's the entire idea. Counters are the nodes, rules are the wires, and everything you build is made from those two pieces. WHAT YOU CAN BUILD • A working clock — seconds rolling into minutes, minutes into hours • Polyrhythms and drum patterns that drift in and out of phase • A binary ripple counter, one bit per counter • Generative music, where counter values become notes and a patch plays itself • A dot-matrix sign spelling whatever you like, one counter per pixel MADE FOR TINKERING • Edit mode for wiring things up, Play mode for a clean view of the machine running • Rules fire on transitions — a crossing, a loop, a limit reached — not on every tick, so signals stay musical instead of storming • Colour pulses, background flashes and notes you can attach to any counter or rule • Decimal, binary, octal and hexadecimal counters • Snapshots to freeze a state and come back to it later • Ten worked examples to pull apart and rebuild YOURS, ON YOUR DEVICE No account, no sign-up, no network. Every project lives on your iPhone. Export any project as a file to back it up or pass it to someone else.