Description

NGEN is a unique 16-track MIDI sequencer design in São Paulo / Brazil that lets you combine multiple algorithmic / generative generators and MIDI FXs to sequence multiple hardware or software MIDI instruments. It offers a completely new way of creating and performing music by abstracting the composition process. Instead of writing sequences from scratch, NGEN lets you quickly generate a new sequence for your drums, basslines, melodies, and chord progressions with a push of a button.

Development of NGEN

After working on ACDGEN – Hardware Edition in 2019, I wanted to explore what else was possible in terms of hardware generative composition so I started working on a sequencer that was capable of running multiple instances of ACDGEN alongside other sequencers.

Before I started working on any MIDI generation, I spent the first couple of years of development working on all the different parts that would be needed such as MIDI implementation, a menu system, file management, and, most importantly, a way of switching between these algorithms in an embedded device.

After many PCB designs, firmware revisions, and prototypes, NGEN was released on January 19, 2023.

More information about NGEN development can be found on the following blog posts:

https://spektroaudio.com/blog/2023/1/19/introducing-ngen

https://spektroaudio.com/blog/2023/12/13/ngen-new-batch-hardware-revision-and-11-firmware-update