I just want to share my deep love for the Newschool plugin which lives inside of NIs Reaktor.
To me this is an extremely powerfull and underrated plugin and I have never seen anyone talk about this!
As the "generator" it uses the "Conway's Game of Life", which is so cool since it makes it so easy to create and modify a evolving sequence. Depending on what background a tile falls, decides what kind of tone is triggered. What these tones are can be controlled in the lower section. On the left is the sound source and on the right the effect section. So many parameters can be controlled, modulated and or muted. There are some videos and blogs with more detailed information.
In this short demonstration I'm just playing with the macros on the bottom but the possibilities are endless. And it is sooooooo easy to get started. Just play with it, randomize stuff and you will very quickly get something interesting.
Its greatest potential is mostly in perc-loops, foley and sound design but with the right midi setup, one could easily hold a complete minimal-techno set only using this plugin.
And it is FREE!!!! (as far as I know)
I hope some of you can use this in future projects and maybe someone shares my love for this.
Have fun!