02 / 02CLVSTER reimagines the step sequencer around a single, opinionated idea: stop thinking in individual steps. Group them into clusters, then manipulate the cluster as a single living unit.
The result is a sequencer that feels less like programming and more like sculpting — a live oriented, performative instrument designed for live situations or studio exploration.
What makes it different:
Most generative sequencers offer one algorithm. KANTIAN lets you mix all three in a single pattern cycle. Slot 1 can run a Euclidean tresillo while Slot 2 evolves a Turing melody and Slot 3 generates Nibbler arithmetic sequences — all locked to the same scale, key, and chord progression. The result is musically coherent complexity that no single algorithm can produce alone.
Lasso steps into clusters by drawing across the grid. Re-shape, transpose, ratchet or invert an entire cluster with a single gesture — without ever touching the underlying step data.
Cluster boundaries can be modulated themselves, so a phrase can morph from a tight loop into a polyrhythmic sprawl and back over a single bar.
Four producers, four wildly different patches — all built from the same engine. Click any row to hear the result, plus a quick note on which mods are in play.
CLVSTER has completely changed how I write loops. I drop in three clusters, hit randomize, and an entire bridge falls out of the box.
It is the first sequencer I've used in twenty years where I forget I'm 'programming' a part. I'm just playing it.
The ALGO MODS turn even the dumbest 4-note pattern into something that sounds like it has an opinion about the song.
Most generative tools leave me with a pile of pretty noises I can't use. CLVSTER stays in tune and in time. Huge difference.
I bought it on a Sunday. By Wednesday it was on every track on the record. There is no version 2 of this opinion.
It is a sequencer that wants to be part of the song instead of pretending to be invisible. I love it for that.
Divided into 8 STEPS, 4 CLUSTERS, individual sequence length.
Euclidean, drunk-walk, polyrhythm, ratchet, prob-skip, golden-quant, mirror, swing-lerp...
Full per-note expression. Drives any modern synth, hardware or software.
Conform your sequence to the harmony you craft, on the HARMONY Circle of Fifths page!.
Store snapshots at any moment, and sequence them or perform with them.
Morph between up to 8 patterns. Chain them into songs without leaving the grid.
Not at all. CLVSTER is a MIDI sequencer that sits next to your piano roll. It generates MIDI which you can record, edit, or freeze whenever you want a static part.
Yes. Drag any pattern out of CLVSTER and drop it directly onto your DAW timeline as a regular MIDI clip. You can also record live to a MIDI track in real time.
Yes — that's the whole point. CLVSTER is tempo-synced, scale-locked and supports any time signature including odd meters. The randomness happens inside a musical grid you define.
A step is one event on the grid. A cluster is a group of steps you can manipulate together. Think of clusters as the words in a sentence — the ALGO MODS are how you re-arrange the grammar.
Yes. CLVSTER outputs to any MIDI device — hardware or software. MPE-capable hardware gets per-note expression for free.