Today I'm announcing the first Iron Ether Eurorack module. I'm calling it a "probabilistic rhythm generator." It can be used to create rhythms that evolve over time rather than repeating the same loop endlessly (although you can freeze a loop if you so choose).
Here's the demo video. The first half of the video explains how it works, but in case you just want to see it doing its thing, skip to 4:47 where I use it to improvise a full composition in real-time. No other sequencers or pre-written material are involved. The rhythms (including drum samples), melodies, and even timbre morphing of the oscillators are all controlled by the Pithoprakta.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z2FY7tDqH0[/youtube]
Prototype demo focusing on drums. Notice the way the module adds subtle changes to the loop each time around, like a real drummer would while jamming.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4syxtx9-JNs[/youtube]
You can also use it to generate audio (pitched noise):
http://soundcloud.com/ironether/pithopr ... noise-demo (Can't get the Soundcloud tag to work here - is there a trick to it other than removing the "s" from https?)
And, it's available right now.
http://ironether.com/modules/pithoprakta/
Let me know what you think!
