Set your musical world.
Choose a key and scale, edit the available notes and set a base triad. Control how often those core notes appear.
KEY · SCALE · TRIAD
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A world of sound.MOTIF 2 / GENERATIVE MUSIC INSTRUMENT
Turn a musical idea into a progression. Shape three layers of melody, explore new variations and bring the MIDI into your own instruments.
FROM MOTIF USERS
“I cannot live without Motif now that I've started using it. Brilliant plugin.”
“Amazing tool to get inspiration when getting started with a track. Must have...”
“Cool software. I was hesitant about it because I much prefer the joy of making everything on my own but I am not a music theory expert and it showed me this is a good way to learn new techniques. Powerful tool.”
“Motif offers what is missing, predictable generative melodic music.”
LISTEN FIRST
Watch the engine at work, explore its presets, or take a closer look at the tools introduced in Motif 2.
FROM MELODY TO ARRANGEMENT
Choose the notes and relationships. Let Motif generate ideas within them. Keep what works, change what doesn't.
Choose a key and scale, edit the available notes and set a base triad. Control how often those core notes appear.
KEY · SCALE · TRIADWork with bass, middle and high parts. Adjust their rhythms, note probability, velocity and sound independently.
THREE LAYERS · NOTE CHANCEShape how the music develops in the Compose screen. Regenerate an idea, explore a variation, or drag the MIDI into your DAW.
COMPOSE · REGENERATE · MIDIINSIDE THE INSTRUMENT
A clear view of your notes, with deeper controls close at hand. Explore four parts of the Motif workflow.
SCALE PANEL
Select a key and scale, or build your own note set. Set a base triad and adjust its influence on the generated melodies.
The Note Screen keeps the three layers visible in their own colors, so you can follow the relationships as they play.
COMPOSE PANEL
Harmonic mode relates the layers to the main melody. Multi generates a melody for each layer. Solo lets one layer play at a time. Chord mode brings chord generation into the process.
Use the Compose screen to develop your melodic progression across an arrangement.
SHAPE PANEL
Import a loop with Beat Follow and guide the rhythm of your melody from its pattern. Adjust the threshold and influence to decide how closely it follows.
Geometric Shapes guide the melodic contour. Persistence, Proximity and Swing give you more control over variation, pitch movement and feel.
SET & FX PANELS
Adjust attack and release, pitch, pan, sample start and curves for each layer. Add delay and reverb in the FX panel.
Factory presets change the generative behavior as well as providing a starting point. Save your own setups and use Undo as you explore.
YOUR DAW. YOUR SOUNDS.
Drag your generated MIDI from the Note Screen into your DAW and play it with the sounds you already love.
Hold Cmd on Mac or Ctrl on Windows while dragging to export the layers as separate MIDI files. Motif also plays imported MIDI and can send MIDI out.
Runs in sync with your DAW's tempo. Standalone version also available.
Three layers, ready for your arrangement.
BEFORE YOU START
Try Motif in your own setup with the free 15-day demo.
Read the Motif 2 manual ↗A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS
By default, Motif starts and follows the project tempo when you play your DAW. You can also play its sounds from a keyboard, or use your own MIDI files.
Yes. Drag from the Note Screen into your DAW. Hold Cmd on Mac or Ctrl on Windows while dragging for separate MIDI files for each layer. Motif also supports MIDI output.
Yes. The free 15-day demo lets you try Motif in your own setup.
Contact us with your existing purchase details for the available upgrade option.
Yes. A standalone version is available from Motif 2.1.
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