Five12 has announced version 4.1 of Numerology, a music sequencing and audio plugin environment which uses an innovative approach to electronic music composition based on modular step sequencing.

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Numerology 4.1 adds a MIDI file import, support for the Novation Launchpad MkII and Launchpad Pro, some critical fixes for OS X El Capitan compatibility, and many other fixes and updates.

Changes in Numerology v4.1

  • MIDI Import: You can now drag-and-drop MIDI files into the MonoNote, PolyNote and DrumSeq modules. Each MIDI file will be imported as appropriate for each sequencer’s capabilities.
  • The Novation Launchpad MkII and Launchpad Pro are now supported.
  • The DrumSeq module has two new Evolve operations: “Change Velocity Some For All Tracks”, and “Change Velocity A Bit For All Tracks”.
  • There are now 4 output ports for MIDI Sync in Numerology 4 Pro.
  • Keyboard : the ‘poly’ setting is now on by default.
  • Several updates to Numerology’s Grid Controller Mapping, which covers the Ableton Push and all Launchpad variants:
    • On the Presets (a.k.a. Session) page, you can now toggle “exit loop” for a Stack’s Playlist by holding down the Session button and pressing any key in the column for that stack.
    • On the SeqCtl page, for all sequencers, the button on row 4 (from top) and column 5 (from left) will trigger ‘double seq’
    • The ‘Alternate Edit’ mode for the DrumSeq module, velocity edit, now supports up to 16 tracks. Use the ‘Range’ buttons to pick tracks 1-8 or 9-16.
    • DrumSeq: Updated colors for muting on the SeqCtl Page: Green Low for active, Yellow for playing, Red for muted.
    • DrumSeq: The SeqCtl page now supports mutes for all 16 drum tracks.
  • Various bug fixes.

Numerology 4 requires an Apple Macintosh computer with an Intel CPU running Mac OS X version 10.6.8 or later, 4GB RAM, and a screen resolution of 1024×768 or better. The Numerology 4 AU MIDI Effect requires LogicX and Mac OS 10.9 or later.

Numerology Pro is on sale for $169 USD through December 31st, 2015 (regular $199 USD) and Numerology SE is $109 USD (regular $129 USD). All upgrade options are on sale as well, with discounts ranging from 15% to 25% off.

In addition to the holiday sale, customers in Europe, U.K., Canada and Australia can now purchase Numerology (and upgrades) in their native currencies.

More information: Five12