New Virtual Instrument Turns Gestures Into Orchestrated Musical Phrases

Sampleson has introduced Twinkle, a virtual instrument for Mac & Windows that turns gestures into short, orchestrated musical phrases.

Twinkle is designed to create cinematic musical passages by just dragging your mouse. It generates short, fast, and decorative phrases — arpeggios, trills, runs, and sparkling bursts of notes.

Twinkle features 32 modes, each with its own unique set of ornaments. You can choose from a wide range of scales and root notes to craft the emotional tone of your gestures.

Features:

  • Generate expressive musical ornaments with a single gesture.
  • Interactive canvas for intuitive phrase creation.
  • Two independently assignable scales and root notes.
  • Full MIDI Out to control external instruments.
  • Includes mockup instruments.
  • Retina- and 4K-ready user interface.
  • No musical knowledge required.

Pricing and Availability:

Twinkle is available now for $29 (normally $49).

3 thoughts on “New Virtual Instrument Turns Gestures Into Orchestrated Musical Phrases”

  1. It’s a pretty clever idea. Kind of expands on the whole MIDI strummer-strip, but with more complexity– and more randomness.

    I think it will be interesting for less-experienced players to have a feeling of “agency” as they rub those strange notes and phrases out of nothingness.

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