Mario Nieto has released an update to his MIDI plugin that is designed to effortlessly create magical sequences while letting users add their personality. Version 1.3.1 of Harmony Bloom comes with new features, performance enhancements, and various workflow improvements.
Harmony Bloom is a MIDI generator merging polyrhythmic patterns with beautiful visuals. Send MIDI data to any device that accepts it, unlocking a range of musical possibilities.
Changes in Harmony Bloom v1.3.1
- New: Significant UI performance enhancements, resulting in faster load times, smoother scaling, and more fluid navigation through the presets list.
- New: Added patterns (states) that can be saved quickly. These patterns are stored together with the presets.
- New: Option to Randomizes the colors of the interface. The colors can be excluded/included from randomization by right-clicking on the color and selecting ‘IGNORE RANDOM COLOUR ACTION’ or ‘ENABLE RANDOM COLOUR ACTION’.
- New: Quantize Notes Duration: It is now possible to quantize the duration of notes relative to the loop time, allowing notes to be held for precise intervals. When active, the duration is measured relative to the loop and quantized instead of in seconds. For example, setting QUANT. NOTE DURATION to 1/1 will trigger and hold the note for the entire loop cycle, enabling detailed control over note timing and duration in your compositions.
- New: When MIDI Learn is active, a text message is displayed in the window to notify us that we are in MIDI Learn mode. A new function has been added to stop MIDI Learn via right click on a parameter.
- New: Now the presets or looks files exported from the iPad version can be imported into the desktop version and vice versa.
- New: Added midi learn for notes actions random active notes ,select all notes, etc…
- New: Show the notes that are being played on the keyboard.
- New: Copy / Paste colors options.
- New: Color changes can now be undone or redone.
- New: Added reset for midi output channels and retrigger oct options.
- New: Harmony Bloom Icon and UI Changes.
- New: A new button in the Library panel allows preset imports without right-clicking (long press on iOS).
- Fixed: When loading the presets in Standalone version the midi out was disconnected.
- Fixed: Harmony Bloom can now read imported presets directly by adding the preset folder to the root preset folder.
- Fixed: Occasionally did not save the window size correctly.
- Fixed: Small corrections…
Harmony Bloom (VST3/AU) is available to purchase for 29 EUR / £25 GBP at Isotonik Studios, Loot Audio, and from Mario Nieto‘s website. The update is free for existing users.
