Bumping this thread again to mention that I’ve been using this for a month and it’s amazing. This will probably become my main DAW. It allows you to use a standard timeline-based structure if you want, but you can also free yourself from that rigid structure and trigger groups of sequencers whenever you want. Also, the ability to use radical aleatoric techniques is way beyond anything I’ve seen before – eg, there are multiple flavors of random data/MIDI generation (uniform distribution, normal distribution, beta distribution, Bernoulli distribution) and you can route these random sources to any aspects of the sequencers that you want (note pitches, per-step probability, note lengths, etc). You can also route any data manipulation to VST parameters or external CV. This thing is mind-blowing!
The only downside is that, since it’s still in beta, there’s no instruction manual and no tutorial videos. That means the learning curve is steep, and there are some things you might want (LFOs, envelopes, etc) that aren’t there yet. However, the developer is super nice and responds quickly to emails or posts on the KVR subforum. He’s said that once this leaves beta he’ll have a full instruction manual. And it’s easy to code whatever you want – I’ve built my own LFOs, random walk sequencers, and envelopes with no trouble.
Anyhow, Loomer is the most inspiring thing I’ve used in a long while. I can’t recommend it enough.
