Low on inspiration? I was too.
Good News: I’ve compiled it into an application with a gui so you don’t have to edit any code or use an online version.
Bad News: It’s currently for windows only, if you are a python dev on mac or linux, msg me and we might be able to change that
What is it?
Mod Matrix Randomizer will take a .vital file, and create a random mod matrix inside of it with a few customizable options.
How do I use it?
There is a list of instructions and tips in the README file*, I suggest you read all of it before use. It also goes way more in-depth on how to use it. You will also need to delete the ‘DELETE_THIS_FILE’ files in both of the ‘final_presets’ and ‘presets_here’ folders.
Where is it?
Press download as ZIP and your good!
If you run into any trouble using it or need clarification, feel free to message me, or comment, and I will try to help.
*README contents
Welcome to MOD MATRIX RANDOMIZER! By me, SlavaCat
How to Use:
STEP ONE,
- Put your preset(s) to randomize in the “presets_here” folder.
- I would recommend only putting 1 or 2 because the amount of presets that you input to create will be multiplied by the amount of presets in this folder.
- ex: having 5 presets in ‘presets_here’ and inputing 10 into preset creation amount, will result in 50 new files; be careful.
- I would also recommend starting with some of the already provided templates
STEP TWO:
- Run the “Mod Matrix Randomizer” application. (should take about 5 seconds to boot up)
- Fill out every input box/menu correctly or else errors will occur.
STEP THREE:
- Press “Generate”
- The program will close, and depending on how many presets you wanted to create, they will appear in the “final_presets” folder quickly.
Parameter Help:
“Enter in the amount of new presets you want”
- Determines the amount of new randomized presets that are created by running the program.
- It will limit you to 10 to make sure you don’t destroy your system.
“Enter the amount of modulations you want (1-64)”
- Determines the amount of modulations that will be found in the mod matrix, recommended to be between 10-30
“Source restrictions?”
- Determines how the sources are restricted.
- “restrict to macros” will restrict all modulation sources to macro controllers
- “no source restrictions” will have all sources be available for use
Tips for Use:
- For the types of presets you put in to be randomized, I would recomend having most things filled out, but disabled. If your confused as to what I mean, just looks at some of the default templates provided.
- This is meant to be a source of inspiration and not a sound design factory. Generate smaller batches of presets and modify them to fit your liking.
If you have any questions: https://forum.vital.audio/u/slavacat/
If you like this or want to help create things like this, join the Vital Tools discord server: https://discord.gg/EDFum6zAUv it’s a bit empty at the moment 
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