Comments on: Nodal: Generative Music Software for Mac (Free for Non-Commercial Use)

By: WEEK THREE: some generative links « Class blog for THS L5 New Technologies

WEEK THREE: some generative links « Class blog for THS L5 New Technologies — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:46:41 +0000

[...] Nodal, generative music software for the Mac. [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Free Nodal Generative Sequencer: Now on Windows, Too; Live Improvisation Video

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:07:50 +0000

[...] Nodal: Generative Music Software for Mac (Free for Non-Commercial Use) [...]

By: Richard

Richard — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:00:46 +0000

I just read the latest CM and was outrage that such an amazing program was apparently PC only.

Fortunatly it is not!! Go PC :P

Now if only they could release a VST version to :)

By: writer software

writer software — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:45:31 +0000

writer software…

Most software is nothing but bloated vaporware.. :))…

By: Grant Nestor » Blog Archive » Generative music, huh?

Grant Nestor » Blog Archive » Generative music, huh? — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:46:05 +0000

[...] Nodal @ CDM Nodal website [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Alternative Sequencers: Elysium Generative Mac App and the Joy of Hex

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:09:30 +0000

[...] Nodal, like Elysium, is Mac only, free, and uses a graphical interface to create interactive rules. Interestingly, it uses square grids to Elysiumâ€™s hex grid and provides schematic-like flow diagrams of movement. Each approach, I think, has some advantages and tradeoffs. [...]

By: Nodal - generative music software | thekevinpipe.com

Nodal - generative music software | thekevinpipe.com — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:49:03 +0000

[...] Nodal is a free OS X application which allows one to design their own note generating system – outputting data to any MIDI synthesizer software such as Garageband. – Nodal is a generative software application for composing music. It uses a novel method for the notation and playing of MIDI based music. This method is based around the concept of a user-defined graph. The graph consists of nodes (musical events) and edges (connections between events). You interactively define the graph, which is then traversed by any number of players who play the musical events as they encounter them on the graph. The time taken to travel from one node to another is based on the length of the edges that connect the nodes. – Nodal generative music software [via Create Digital Music] [...]

By: Create Digital Music » Hands-on with Bloom, New Generative iPhone App by Eno and Chilvers

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:58:16 +0000

[...] coming later this week.) See also full-featured generative software on PC/Mac, including the free Nodal, the excellent and deep Intermorphic offerings (from a team that has collaborated with Eno in the [...]

By: Theo den Brinker

Theo den Brinker — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:45:19 +0000

In Nodal each instrument is allocated to a separate MIDI channel.

From a brief play with Nodal and Garageband I believe that in Garageband all midi channels are summed to one track.So all the notes from all the active instruments from a Nodal sheet are recorded into one track.

In Logic a track can be assigned to each Nodal channel to record midi. The”R” record button must be active to hear the track. (Note. In the Settings panel, Recording tab – MIDI section you need to activate “Auto demix by channel…” to actually record the separate Instrument MIDI)

In Reason a midi channel can be assigned to an instrument or combinator in the Advanced MIDI device. Rewire can be used to record the audio. Reason does not record the MIDI

In Live each track can be assigned to Nodal MIDI output and the channel however only 1 track at a time can be recorded as midi. The output from the tracks can be recorded but again only 1 at a time.
But audio output can be combined.

Don’t hesitate to make any corrections.

By: migelius

migelius — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:39:08 +0000

I can’t get Nodal to play multiple tracks with software instruments in GarageBand (the way SimpleSynth can do) If I play in Nodal I can hear through GB but only on the selected instrument. I’d like to record across multiple instruments. Any advice?