Chrysalid Sequencer VST with step randomizer

Small demo of what my sequencer can do. I show mainly the function of Step order randomizer and the Pattern of step pauses. The VST plugin is free at my bandcamp page:
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The plugin is in bonus section of the album. You must download the album and you get everything in one package.
You can also download it on Vstplanet:
www.vstplanet.c...

[@SaifSameer]

Quote unique approach, I salute you for implementing such concept & making a useful tool out of it :)

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Hi, interesting VST. I get it working triggered by my LPK25 arpeggiator, but I can't get it synced with the Ableton clock. Other sequencer VSTs (HY, B-Step) do. What might be the reason?

[@interstellarsequence5859]

Hi, it is designed to sync fully with DAW, it doesn't have its own clock. But it must be properly connected, which may be the reason. Chrysalid needs MIDI input (let's say the keyboard) and this is transformed to MIDI output. This output must be send to VST synth, because Chrysalid doesn't produce any sound itself. For example, let's say Chrysalid has MIDI output channel set to 3, and you must have VST synth which has MIDI input channel set to 3. Hope this helps to get it working.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@interstellarsequence5859 The issue is in the first part of your answer. The plugin will only give MIDI output to the VST synth (and create sound in the synth) when I keep a key pressed on my MIDI-keyboard (which feels silly). The other sequencers I mentioned respond to the play button of Ableton 10 and work fine, so I think my connecting is OK.

[@interstellarsequence5859]

@@fritsvanzanten3573 I see. Quick answer is Chrysalid doesn't support internal clock mode. It is a matter of how you want to use the plugin. VST sequencers (and beat machines for example) often support both options - internal clock and midi input (the host mode). And I always turn on the host mode, because that's the way I want to use it, to have full control through MIDI. Take a look for example at Arturia ARP 2600 - you have the keyboard, the sequencer and sound generation part. It's the exact way how I use my sequencer, connected via MIDI channels.
I didn't spent time on internal clock mode because I don't use it. I guess you need it in Ableton in Session view (the one i don't use). It may be an option for future improvements, but I can't promise when I get to it.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@interstellarsequence5859 OK, Thx. Now I know I was chasing something that wasn't there (trying multiple DAWs) ;-) I do like the functionality (and I'm interested in the Berlin school) but still don't understand how you use it (my fault, I apparently lack the knowledge). Maybe you could do a video not demoing the functionality, but how you got it to work. When I use the arpeggiator from my MIDI-keyboard (LPK25), I believe it interferes with your VST. But I would fully understand you have better ways to spend your time ;-) Anyway, I wanted to use a sequencer to experiment with the sounds of the synth, without using the same bars from a piano-roll over and over again, so some randomness would be welcome, and your VST promised me that. By now I found some alternatives that do the job (B-step, HY-SEQ, Full Bucket sequencair)(weirdly enough and contrary to many a synth type, these were hard to find). Kind regards.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

@@interstellarsequence5859 OK, by now I figured out what it does and what it doesn't. There apparently are multiple ways sequencers are used in ;-) Thx!