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Sequencers
Sequencers turn time into music: notes, rhythms, on/off pulses and movement that repeat in patterns. The nodes on this page do two jobs. Clock nodes keep the beat. They send out short "go" pulses (triggers), a smooth 0-to-1 ramp that shows where you are inside each beat (the phase), and a running count of beats you can pass on to other nodes. Sequencing nodes take that timing and turn it into a value for each step, into on/off pulses, or use the step number to pick and route values. Combine them with a Transport or Clock to build anything from a simple beat divider to a full pattern machine that follows your DAW (your music software).
CV OnChange
Keeps an eye on an incoming control signal and fires a short pulse whenever the value moves by more than the Threshold amount. Use it to turn smooth, continuous movement, like a turning knob or a wandering random signal, into separate on/off events.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threshold | 0 - 1 | 0.001 | Minimum change needed to fire a trigger. Lower is more sensitive; 0 triggers on any change. |
Inputs: In (CV to watch), Threshold (modulates the threshold). Outputs: Trigger (a short pulse, 1.0 for about 32 samples, then 0.0).
Clock
A beat clock with its own tempo and its own play, pause and stop buttons. It runs on its own, separate from your DAW, so reach for it when you want to be the one starting and stopping the beat for your sequencers and tempo-locked patches.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play | Event | n/a | Starts or resumes the clock. |
| Pause | Event | n/a | Stops the clock but keeps the current phase and position. |
| Stop | Event | n/a | Stops the clock and rewinds to the beginning. |
| Reset | Event | n/a | Returns phase and position to zero. |
| BPM | 1 - 999 | 120 bpm | Clock tempo. One beat is a quarter note. |
Inputs: Play, Pause, Stop, Reset, BPM (all can also be driven from other nodes). Outputs: Trigger (a pulse at the start of each beat), Phase (0-to-1 ramp over one beat), Position (continuous beat count).
CV Trigger Pulse
A button you press to send out a short pulse. Tap it on the front panel to fire an envelope, move a sequencer forward a step, or just test a patch by hand. You can also feed it an external signal to pass a pulse straight through. A handy way to make a gate or a one-off event yourself.
Inputs: Trigger (an external trigger; a rising edge emits a pulse. The button on the node does the same by hand). Outputs: Out (a short CV pulse).
CV Random Trig
Every time it gets a trigger, it picks a new random value inside a range you set and holds onto it until the next trigger arrives. Press the button by hand, or feed it a clock or trigger. Great for random melodies, random gates, or surprise movement that always lands right on the beat.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Min | unbounded | 0.0 | Lowest value the random output can reach. |
| Max | unbounded | 1.0 | Highest value the random output can reach. |
Inputs: Trigger (an event; a rising edge picks a new random value. The button on the node does the same by hand), Min, Max. Outputs: Out (the held random CV value).
Position Cycle
Takes a running beat count and turns it into a 0-to-1 ramp that repeats over and over, plus a short pulse every time the ramp jumps back to zero. You decide how many times it repeats per beat, which makes it a flexible way to drive sequencers, LFOs and gates from a Clock or Transport.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycles/Beat | 0.001 - 256 | 1.0 | How many full phase cycles happen per beat. 0.5 = one cycle every two beats, 1.0 = one per beat, 4.0 = a sixteenth-note rate. |
Inputs: Position (continuous beat position, usually from Clock or Transport), Ratio (the modulation pin that drives the Cycles/Beat rate; the slider is named Cycles/Beat). Outputs: Phase (repeating 0-to-1 ramp), Trigger (a pulse each time the phase restarts from 0).
Slider Sequencer
A step sequencer with a slider for each step, so every step holds its own value. Draw out melodies, slow-moving curves or sweeps across a parameter, then play them back. It can run on its own, follow your DAW's play position, or be driven by an outside position or ramp. Each step also has its own gate length (how long it stays on before it drops back down).
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport Source | Internal / Transport (DAW) / External Position / External Phase | Transport in plugin, Internal in standalone | Where the sequencer gets its timing. |
| BPM | 20 - 300 | 120 | Tempo used in Internal mode. |
| Cycle | musical divisions (64 Bars to 1/128) | 1/16 | Length of one step. |
| Steps | 1 - 128 | 16 | Number of steps in the pattern. |
| Swing | 50 - 99 | 50 | Delays every second step for a shuffle feel. 50 is straight. |
| Gate Length | 0 - 1 | 1.0 | How much of each step the value is held before dropping to 0. |
| Loop Start | 0 - 127 | 0 | First step of the loop. |
| Loop Length | 1 - 128 | 16 | Number of steps in the loop. |
| Retrigger | on / off | on | In Internal mode, restarts the sequence from the start on Play. |
| Play | Event | n/a | Starts the sequence (Internal mode). |
| Stop | Event | n/a | Stops the sequence (Internal mode). |
| Complexity | 0 - 100 | 50 | Amount of variation used when generating a random pattern. |
| Generate | Event | n/a | Fills the steps with a generated pattern. |
| Clear | Event | n/a | Clears all steps. |
| Emit Pattern | Event | n/a | Sends the current pattern out of the Pattern Out pin. |
Inputs: Position, Phase, Transport Source, BPM, Cycle, Swing, Gate Length, Steps, Loop Start, Loop Length, Retrigger, Generate, Complexity, Play, Stop, Clear, Pattern In, Emit Pattern, Appearance. Outputs: Current Value (the active step's value), Current Step (the active step index), Pattern Out (the full pattern as data).
Toggle Sequencer
A step sequencer where each step is a simple on or off switch. Build patterns of pulses and gates for drums, rhythms or step-by-step logic. Just like the Slider Sequencer, it can run on its own, follow your DAW's play position, or be driven by an outside position or ramp.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transport Source | Internal / Transport (DAW) / External Position / External Phase | Transport in plugin, Internal in standalone | Where the sequencer gets its timing. |
| BPM | 20 - 300 | 120 | Tempo used in Internal mode. |
| Cycle | musical divisions (64 Bars to 1/128) | 1/16 | Length of one step. |
| Steps | 1 - 128 | 16 | Number of steps in the pattern. |
| Swing | 50 - 99 | 50 | Delays every second step for a shuffle feel. 50 is straight. |
| Gate Length | 0 - 1 | 1.0 | How much of each active step stays high before dropping to 0. |
| Loop Start | 0 - 127 | 0 | First step of the loop. |
| Loop Length | 1 - 128 | 16 | Number of steps in the loop. |
| Retrigger | on / off | on | In Internal mode, restarts the sequence from the start on Play. |
| Play | Event | n/a | Starts the sequence (Internal mode). |
| Stop | Event | n/a | Stops the sequence (Internal mode). |
| Complexity | 0 - 100 | 50 | Amount of variation used when generating a random pattern. |
| Generate | Event | n/a | Fills the steps with a generated pattern. |
| Clear | Event | n/a | Clears all steps. |
| Emit Pattern | Event | n/a | Sends the current pattern out of the Pattern Out pin. |
Inputs: Position, Phase, Transport Source, BPM, Cycle, Swing, Gate Length, Steps, Loop Start, Loop Length, Retrigger, Generate, Complexity, Play, Stop, Clear, Pattern In, Emit Pattern, Appearance. Outputs: Current Value (1 or 0 for the active step), Current Step (the active step index), Step Trigger (a pulse when an active step begins), Pattern Out (the full pattern as data).
Phase To Step
Takes a 0-to-1 ramp, splits it into a number of equal steps, and tells you which step you are on right now. Feed it any ramp, from Position Cycle, Transport, or even an LFO, and you get back a step number that can drive sequencers and gate patterns. Add a little swing for groove.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steps | 2 - 128 | 8 | Number of steps the phase is divided into. |
| Swing | 50 - 99 | 50 | Delays the second step in each pair. 50 is straight timing. |
| Gate Length | 0 - 0.99 | 0.5 | Fraction of each step the Gate stays high. Caps at 0.99 so steps stay separated. |
Inputs: Phase (0-to-1 ramp, wrapped automatically), Steps, Swing, Gate Length (all modulatable). Outputs: Step (current step number, 0 to Steps-1), Step Phase (0-to-1 ramp within the step), Trigger (pulse at each step boundary), Gate (high for the configured portion of each step).
Position Cycle Musical
Just like Position Cycle, but instead of typing a free number you pick the cycle length from a menu of musical note values. It takes a running musical position and turns it into a ramp locked to bars, beats, and dotted and triplet values, with a short pulse each time the ramp restarts. Perfect when you want cycles that stay in perfect time with your DAW.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle | 64 Bars down to 1/128 (31 musical lengths, including dotted and triplets) | 1 Bar | Musical length of one phase cycle. |
| TS Num | 1 - 32 | 4 | Time signature numerator (the 4 in 4/4). |
| TS Den | 1 - 32 | 4 | Time signature denominator (the 4 in 4/4). |
Inputs: Position (continuous musical position, from Transport), Cycle, TS Num, TS Den. Outputs: Phase (0-to-1 ramp at the selected cycle), Trigger (pulse on each cycle wrap).
Step Select
Sends out a value you choose, along with a short pulse, but only when the incoming step number matches its target Index. The rest of the time it sends out 0. Because it stays quiet whenever the step does not match, you can line up several Step Select nodes on one sequencer to give each step its own value.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 0 - 1024 | 0 | The step to match against the incoming Step. |
| Value | unbounded | 60.0 | The value sent out when Step matches Index. |
Inputs: Step (the incoming step index), Index, Value. Outputs: Value (the value when matched, 0 otherwise), Trigger (a pulse on the rising edge of a match).
Slider Pattern Step
Builds a tiny package of data describing one step's value and gate, ready to send into the Slider Sequencer's Pattern In or into a Pattern Step Accumulator. Use it to set or automate single steps from somewhere else in your patch.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 0 - 127 | 0 | Which step this patch targets. |
| Value | 0 - 1 | 0.0 | Slider value for the step. |
| Gate | 0 - 1 | 1.0 | Gate length for the step, carried as pattern metadata. |
| Emit On Change | on / off | on | When on, edits auto-send the patch. |
| Emit | Event | n/a | Re-sends the current one-step patch. |
Inputs: Index, Value, Gate, Emit On Change, Emit. Outputs: Pattern Out (one-step pattern JSON).
Toggle Pattern Step
The on/off version of Slider Pattern Step. It builds a tiny one-step package of data with the step set to either 0 or 1, ready for the Toggle Sequencer's Pattern In or a Pattern Step Accumulator.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Index | 0 - 127 | 0 | Which step this patch targets. |
| On | on / off | off | Step state. Non-zero becomes 1, zero becomes 0. |
| Gate | 0 - 1 | 1.0 | Gate length for the step. |
| Emit On Change | on / off | on | When on, edits auto-send the patch. |
| Emit | Event | n/a | Re-sends the current one-step patch. |
Inputs: Index, On, Gate, Emit On Change, Emit. Outputs: Pattern Out (one-step pattern JSON).
Pattern Step Accumulator
Gathers up one-step packages by their step number and puts out one complete pattern. Feed it from Slider Pattern Step or MIDI Pattern Step nodes, build up a whole sequence one step at a time, then send the finished result to a sequencer. It only collects and sends back the fields that show up in the incoming packages.
| Parameter | Range | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steps | 1 - 128 | 16 | Length of the accumulated pattern. |
| Clear After Emit | on / off | off | When on, clears the buffer after emitting the full pattern. |
| Clear | Event | n/a | Clears the accumulated pattern buffer. |
| Emit Pattern | Event | n/a | Outputs the full accumulated pattern. |
Inputs: Patch In (one-step patch JSON), Steps, Clear After Emit, Clear, Emit Pattern. Outputs: Pattern Out (the full accumulated pattern as data).