Rhythm Pattern

The Rhythm Pattern field sets when notes fire, how long they last, and where the rests sit. It works with the Notes field: Notes chooses pitches, Rhythm Pattern chooses the grid they land on.

Rhythm text fieldCopy Anchor Link

Accepted symbols:

• x triggers a note
• - is a rest
• _ prolongs the preceding character by one unit of the selected Subdivide x
• [] further subdivides the xs inside the brackets. For example, [xx] with Subdivide x set to 8n creates two 16n notes, and [xxxx] creates four 32n notes

A few useful shapes:

• xxxx renders four notes of equal length
• x_xxx renders four notes where the first is twice as long as the other three
• x-xxx renders four notes with a rest between the first and the second

Subdivide xCopy Anchor Link

Subdivide x controls how long each x, -, or _ becomes after rendering. 16n means each x is a sixteenth note, 8n means an eighth, and so on.

Chopping patternCopy Anchor Link

Chopping Pattern chops each note by the selected rule:

• Split splits the note into equally long parts
• Chop works like Split, except all even parts are deleted
• Halve halves each note

Chop length sets how far that rule goes. Smaller values make shorter chops. With Halve and chop length 1, each note is halved once. With chop length 2, each note is halved twice, and so on.

VelocityCopy Anchor Link

The velocity menu controls a velocity pattern for the rendered notes.

Rhythm presetsCopy Anchor Link

The rhythm patterns menu holds ready-made rhythm patterns. Like the note presets, they are useful as starting points and as examples of the Rhythm Pattern syntax.