Catalogue

Plugins.

Every plugin in the line, what it does, what it runs in, and what it costs. They share one notation, so learning one is learning all of them.

  1. Strand's editor: a drum loop folded onto one bar under a clave gate pattern

    Strand

    Rhythmic gate

    Type a rhythm. Hear it gate.

    Strand is a rhythmic gate you program with one line of pattern notation. Euclidean rhythms, alternation, probability and subdivision are one symbol each, and the display draws the real gate envelope over your audio, so what you see is what the engine is doing. Mutate makes one musical change at a time and never goes silent; Evolve does it on the bar. MIDI in restarts the cycle, MIDI out drives a synth, and a gated low-pass and stereo offset finish the sound.

    Formats
    VST3 · AU
    Runs on
    macOS 10.13+, Universal · Windows 10+, 64-bit
    Price
    $39.99 · one licence, every update to this version
  2. Cadence, a pattern modulator

    Cadence

    Pattern modulator

    Type a rhythm. Send it anywhere.

    Cadence is a modulation source you write as a pattern. Each step has a value and a shape, the sequence is locked to the bar, and the output goes to any parameter in your host as MIDI CC or a plugin parameter. Alternation and probability make it drift on purpose; the display shows the curve the host is about to receive.

    Formats
    VST3 · AU
    Runs on
    macOS 10.13+, Universal · Windows 10+, 64-bit
    Price
    TBC · price set at launch
    Coming soon
  3. Refrain's editor: a named riff, an off-beat echo of it and a drum line, with the notes drawn beneath

    Refrain

    Pattern sequencer

    Type a rhythm. Play it.

    Refrain is a MIDI sequencer you write as a pattern. Type a rhythm and it plays on the key you choose; type note names, scale degrees, chords or drum words and it plays those. The editor is the product: it colours every word by what the parser thinks it means, completes drum words, chord suffixes and your own named patterns with a line of English beside each, shows the arguments of the verb you are inside, and says what it expected when it cannot read something. Degrees and chord tones resolve against the harmony as it moves, so a progression stays in key while the line moves over it. Mutate makes one musical change at a time from sixteen named kinds; Evolve does it on the bar. Eight slots chain into an arrangement, patterns drag in and out as MIDI clips, and a small synth is built in so you can hear a line before routing anything. It is the on-ramp to the language, and it is free.

    Formats
    VST3 · AU
    Runs on
    macOS 10.13+, Universal · Windows 10+, 64-bit
    Price
    Free · no key, no catch

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