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Unleash Your Musical Creativity with Manhattan: The Hybrid Music Sequencer and Programming Language

Manhattan is a revolutionary hybrid music sequencer and programming language, blending traditional MIDI editing with the power of procedural generation. Whether you're a seasoned composer or a coding novice, Manhattan offers a fresh perspective on music creation, turning musical ideas into dynamic patterns and processes. Dive into a new way of making music and coding, where composition becomes faster, easier, and more intuitive, whether you're crafting pop anthems, orchestral scores, or exploring the realms of live coding, algorithmic music, and procedural audio generation.

Learn Music and Code Interactively

With its extensive library of interactive tutorials and practical examples, Manhattan is the perfect gateway to coding for musicians and music for coders. Explore core programming concepts through the lens of music, mastering essential principles like variables, loops, and conditional statements. Delve into advanced coding techniques like iteration, functions, and even explore cutting-edge concepts such as parallel threads and self-modifying code. Understand fundamental coding concepts from musical perspective, learn music theory by code and vise versa!

Features that Empower Your Music Creation

This free version of Manhattan functions as a standalone application or a VST/AU plugin, supplying you with everything needed to compose music with or without code. Features include:

• Advanced MIDI Sequencer: A pattern-based sequencer compatible with MIDI devices, offering both tracker and score notation views, complete with mixing and effects processing for creating stunning digital audio workstations projects.
• Comprehensive Instrument Library: A built-in instrument library consisting of over 100 sampled presets, along with analogue and physical modelling synthesizers and external MIDI input/output connectivity for virtually limitless sonic possibilities.
• Powerful Formula System: Embed live code directly into your music using our powerful formula system, allowing you to manipulate and generate music in real-time, opening up endless possibilities for generative music.
• Interactive Tutorials: A complete set of interactive tutorials, enhanced by video demonstrations, delve into musical and coding concepts through familiar musical pieces by renowned artists like New Order, John Williams, Max Richter, and OutKast for easy learning.
• Extensive Demos and Examples: An extensive collection of demos and examples provides inspiration and guidance, including numerous "études"—familiar pieces of music reshaped as code, spanning from Pachelbel's Canon and Mozart to Jimi Hendrix and Fatboy Slim, with generative ambient jazz to Debussy to expand your sonic palette.

About Manhattan and Nash.Audio

Manhattan is developed by Dr. Chris Nash under nash.audio, a UK-registered not-for-profit dedicated to advancing learning and creativity in digital music. Learn more about algorithmic composition with the students on UWE Bristol's music technology degree programs, where Manhattan teaches computational thinking. Manhattan has also driven public artworks, including BBC Music Day 2018 and BBC Digital Cities 2020, pioneering crowd-driven music experiences. Contact us to integrate Manhattan into your art, software, or teaching initiatives, for a new way to express music innovation with real time audio.