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Noatikl V1.5 Now a Trans-generative Music Engine

First in New "Fluxer" Category for MIDI Controlled Generative hyperinstruments

Feb 12th 2008, UK: Intermorphic Ltd today announces Noatikl V1.5, its new and unique trans-generative music engine, simultaneously establishing a new "fluxer" category for MIDI controlled generative hyperinstruments. Fluxers are excellent for generating new ideas, or even adding another dimension to live performances.

Noatikl logo With the release of V1.5, noatikl's generative music engine has been transformed into a powerful trans-generative music engine through the addition of functionality allowing it to be totally controlled by a combination of Lua scripts and external MIDI events, either live e.g. from MIDI keyboard, MIDI guitar or other MIDI instrument, or from a MIDI file. This major extension means that Noatikl (pronounced "noh-tickle") can now harmonise and flux around an overall external musical structure, creating MIDI notes and events which can be used to drive samplers, synths and FX units.

As a fluxer (or "MIDI-fluxer"), Noatikl generates musical output that can be in a state of constant generative flux. Fluxers have a trans-generative music engine at their core because they need to be easily and externally directed via scripting and/or MIDI control. A trans-generative music engine can of course freewheel completely standalone like an ordinary generative music engine, creating rule-bassed music without external input, but that is like driving a high-performance sportscar at 10 mph!

The Intermorphic website has links to a number of tutorial videos and examples : here.

Noatikl Use Cases :

  • Generate new MIDI musical ideas.
  • Break composer's block.
  • Augment an existing musical work.
  • Create ambient sound tracks.
  • Experiment with generative music systems.
  • Noodle with music sculptures.
  • Generatively change synth, FX and sampler settings.
  • Build your own fluxer / hyperinstrument.
  • Get creative with scripting.
  • Simply have fun creating music!

Noatikl V1.5 Key Feature Additions

  • Fast, flexible, easy-to-use scripting system (Lua).
  • Response to MIDI input events.
  • Incorporation of internally generated structure.

Noatikl can now be controlled from within, with (optional) Lua trigger scripts that fire while a Noatikl piece is playing: the effect on Noatikl is quite incredible, and it totally transforms what the tool can now deliver. It is rather like going from a "flat" 2D world to a contoured "3D" world full of interesting undulations and topology.

Noatikl can now also be controlled in real-time in response to incoming MIDI controller events. Noatikl automatically harmonises with incoming MIDI note events, and those note events can be used to trigger various responses within Noatikl using the scripting engine.

Availability and Pricing

Noatikl V1.5 is available for both Windows and Mac macOS, and variants include plugin versions for e.g. Apple Logic (AU), Cakewalk Sonar (VSTi), Steinberg Cubase (VSTi), Ableton Live (AU, VSTi) etc. as well as a standalone version, very useful in its own right, and also for where there is no suitable plugin variant, e.g. Pro Tools.

Prices range from $99 for a single version Non-Commercial Licence, through to $189 for a Commercial Licence Suite which includes all variants for that OS. The Intermorphic web store has full details. Academic pricing is available for Educational institutions. There is a full save 30 day trial version available for download from here.

Links for Reviewers

  • Fluxer / Hyperinstrument :
    here.
  • Scripting in noatikl:
    here.
  • User Guide:
    here.

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About Intermorphic (press contact):

Intermorphic Ltd was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Cole and Pete Cole. It develops music creativity & relaxation ("creative relaxation") apps that use generative, text-to-music & cut-up techniques.

The Cole brothers ("the Coles") have a history in music software innovation: they co-founded SSEYO in 1990 and from then to 2001 they created and worked on the BAFTA Award-winning "SSEYO Koan Interactivity Platform" which included the "Generative Music" engine used by Brian Eno for his seminal 1996 "Generative Music 1". SSEYO Koan software was available for Windows, Mac and Windows Mobile and in a range of variants from Standalone to Audio Plugin to Web Browser Plugin.

Following Tao Group's acquisition of SSEYO in 2001, the Coles created the intent Sound System (iSS) and BAFTA Award-winning "SSEYO miniMIXA", one of the world's first mobile music mixers. In 2007 it released both "Noatikl: Generative Music Composer" (the evolution to SSEYO Koan) and "Liptikl: Cut-Up Text Writer". In Q2 2008 Intermorphic secured the IP rights to the iSS and SSEYO software and in December 2008 released "Mixtikl: Generative Music Mixer" followed in 2012 by "Tiklbox: Generative Music Player".

After many years of updates to the forgoing apps and after much deliberation on the next step forward for Generative Music, the Coles decided that it was "Reflective Music". And so in 2014 along came the first of the releases of the "Wotja®: Generative Music System", an all-in-one 'Creator, Mixer, Lab & Player'. By 2017 the key authoring capabilities of Noatikl, Mixtikl and Liptikl had been fully consolidated into Wotja for iOS and macOS, including the playlisting of Tiklbox.

February 2018 saw the first release of "Wotja X", a cross-platform UI variant that finally allowed Wotja to be available for all of Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. By 2019 this had become the cornerstone of all further Wotja apps, including the Wotja interface for TV. In 2021 Wotja for iOS/macOS became a single App ID and an AUv3 Audio Unit Plug-in was added, as well as support for Apple silicon.

In 2022 support for AUv3/VST3 Plug-in Hosting was added and a Wotja VST3 Plug-in was created in addition to a new "Euclidian" Generator Type. Ever since its first release Wotja and its WME (Music), WAE (Audio), WSE (Script) and WTE (Text) engines have continued to be extended with many new features and improvements.

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