{"id":152126,"date":"2026-02-02T17:39:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=152126"},"modified":"2026-02-02T17:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:39:27","slug":"woodpecker-midi-sequencer-2-5-brings-new-sequencing-options-midi-cc-learn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/02\/02\/woodpecker-midi-sequencer-2-5-brings-new-sequencing-options-midi-cc-learn\/","title":{"rendered":"WoodPecker MIDI Sequencer 2.5 Brings New Sequencing Options, MIDI CC Learn"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WoodPecker Presets\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y_6bV1FERlk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Woodman&#8217;s Immaculate Maple Syrup Studio<\/strong> has released <strong>WoodPecker v2.5<\/strong> both on MacOS and iOS.<\/p>\n<p>WoodPecker has 4 sequencers, which can send to 4 different MIDI channels (and\/or MIDI V2 groups). Each sequencer has up to 64 steps and 4 variations (resulting in max 256 steps). The app can be used stand-alone or as a plugin in a DAW.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s new:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>New features :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; Added Variation selection by keyboard note-on.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added Quantised Variation switching (at start of new bar, cycle).<br \/>\n&#8211; Added sequencer name (like bass, lead, \u2026).<br \/>\n&#8211; Added Midi Learn for CC controls.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added Stop keyboard note for the \u201cNote On\u201d start modes.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added C3\/C4 middle note selection.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added 1-shot start mode (auto stops after 1..8 cycles).<br \/>\n&#8211; Added Multi Note On mode : each subsequent note on starts the next sequencer.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added column nudging : horizontal drag on note button will move the column with all step parameters.<br \/>\n&#8211; Start\/Stop note is not changing the key note any longer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">v2.1 :<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8211; Added Fader flip : new dropdown selects which values are displayed and set\/drawn by the Volume faders.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added KeyNote modes in Sequencer Settings : First Step , Follow Sequencer 1 or Set in Sequencer Settings.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added new Start (Stop) mode : Start-Stop with specific note.<br \/>\n&#8211; Sustain pedal now works with Start mode \u201cWhile Note On\u201d.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added \u201cCommon Variation Switching\u201d button to the Variation Settings.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added red blinking led to \u201cSet in All Steps\u201d and \u201cSet in All Sequencer\u201d buttons.<br \/>\n&#8211; Arrow keys to go to steps &gt; 16 are now visible when any of the sequencers has more than 16 steps.<br \/>\n&#8211; Added On\/Off button in Sequencer Settings panel.<\/p>\n<p>See Woodman&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/wimsstudio.com\/\">site<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WoodPecker v2.5 is now available for both MacOS and iOS.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2026\/02\/02\/woodpecker-midi-sequencer-2-5-brings-new-sequencing-options-midi-cc-learn\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WoodPecker MIDI Sequencer 2.5 Brings New Sequencing Options, MIDI CC Learn<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13958,32,7],"tags":[16673,21408,28106,30601,34685],"class_list":["post-152126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-ipad","category-software-effects-processors","category-software-sequencers","tag-ios","tag-macos","tag-midi-sequencers","tag-software-sequencers","tag-woodmans-immaculate-maple-syrup-studio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/woodpecker-preview.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152126"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152135,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152126\/revisions\/152135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}