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Data Path: Data Sonification MIDI Plugin, VST3 AU CLAP

DATA PATH

Transform Any Data Into A Sequence

What if you could transform any data into creative musical patterns?
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Data Path is a data sonification MIDI plug-in that turns real-world information into melodies, chords, and complex sequences. Fetch a year of rainfall, a currency price, a year of earthquakes, a spreadsheet column, or a live sensor stream, and Data Path transforms it to a compelling MIDI sequence for any instrument. Microtunable and 8-voice polyphonic, it runs as a VST3, Audio Unit, or CLAP MIDI effect, and runs in Ableton Live as an instrument, or as a MIDI effect via the included Max for Live VST wrapper.

Save even more with our Sonification Bundle v3 - or purchase Data Path with confidence: if you upgrade to our Sonification Bundle v3 later, the full price you paid for Data Path v3 will be deducted from the bundle price. Just complete this form for your upgrade code when the time comes.

DATA SOURCING

  • Choose a Type, a Source, and a Series: weather, environment, finance, health, and more
  • Math: 47 generative algorithms in seven families, from chaotic maps to physical systems, calculated instantly with no fetch
  • Your own data: Spreadsheet, Image, Text, Numbers, Draw, Audio, and Video
  • Stream: live Open Sound Control from a phone, a controller, or other software, including Data Tap for iPhone and iPad, coming soon to the App Store
  • A world map with place search for every location-based source
  • Fetched data is saved inside your project, so a session reopens offline exactly as you left it
  • Hover the source badge to see the credit line for whatever data is loaded
SAMPLING AND SCALING

  • Narrow the time window under the graph to the stretch of data you want to hear
  • Sample keeps every Nth point; Shift moves where the loop begins
  • Bias tilts the values up or down and Clip pushes them toward the extremes, both drawn live on the graph
  • Key and Scale quantize every note, including full remappings such as Inverted and Negative Harmony
  • Unique mutes repeated pitches; Hold joins them into sustained notes
  • Scala microtuning with any .scl or .ascl file
  • Tuning is sent as MPE, so chords are truly microtonal on any MPE-capable instrument




GENERATE AND PROCESS

  • GENERATE: the data writes its own notes, one data point per step, as a loop locked to your transport
  • PROCESS: the data reshapes the notes you play, live, as a MIDI effect
  • Pitch, Velocity, Length, Chance, Rate, and Gate can each follow the data or hold a fixed value
  • Chance re-rolls every pass, so a probability-gated loop varies instead of repeating exactly
  • Gate mutes notes above or below a threshold you drag directly on the graph
  • Up to seven extra chord voices, set in scale degrees so the harmony stays in key
  • Drag the loop onto a track as a MIDI clip, or export a standard MIDI file


RHYTHM, PERFORMANCE AND OUTPUT

  • Euclidean Pattern with Steps, Fills, Rotate, Invert, and Read, then Count to thin it further
  • Six playback modes: Sequence, Arpeggiator, Gate, Sidechain, Gate-Pause, and Sidechain-Pause
  • Three clocks: tempo-synced BPM, free-running Time, or Trigger, one data point per incoming note
  • Swing, Transpose, and five read directions: Forward, Reverse, Elliptical, Random, and Snake
  • Reset restarts the data every set number of bars, with the rhythm following or running free
  • Three OSC streams and three MIDI CCs follow the data alongside the notes, each with its own range and Slew
  • Switch NOTES off and Data Path becomes a pure data modulator, with incoming MIDI passing straight through
  • Every control below the graph is an automatable host parameter

Tooltip Annotated
Learn all you need to know directly in the plug-in - just open the Tooltips and hover your mouse over any parameter.
Adaptive Interface
Easily customize your color scheme.
Accessibility Support
All parameters ready and available for screen reader compatible hosts.
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Included in: Sonification Bundle

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Requires: macOS 11 or later, Windows 10 or later, or Linux (64-bit x86, glibc 2.35 or later); a host that loads VST3, AU (macOS only), or CLAP audio effect plug-ins; an internet connection for activation and for online data sources.

Includes: Data Path VST3, Audio Unit, and CLAP, MFA Data FX VST.amxd, which keeps Data Path in step with your Ableton Live set's scale and key (Live Suite or Max for Live), 10 example presets, 32 Scala tunings, manual.