AvailableMIDI & Modulation

Linestep

Draw a melodic line on a clocked pitch grid.

@maru shared this module so you can play it in your DAW, remix it or put it on your site.

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What it does

A melodic step sequencer: draw a line on a pitch grid, and Linestep plays it as MIDI notes in time with the clock. It makes no sound itself, so connect it to any instrument.

The idea

Pitch runs up the grid, time runs across one measure, and a piano keyboard along the edge shows which row is which note. You can paint notes by dragging, set each note's velocity, record from a MIDI keyboard, or let one of two generators write a line for you, then edit the result like anything you drew.

Nothing you draw is thrown away by a setting change. In Monophonic mode, a column with several notes plays only the most recently drawn one and shows the others in grey; switch to Polyphonic and they all sound again. Division works the same way: the pattern keeps detail down to 1/32 notes, so choosing a coarser view hides fine notes without deleting them.

Guide and controls

How it works.

The UI-kit StepGrid owns hit testing, drag painting, keyboard operation and playhead geometry. Linestep maps its rows to MIDI pitches and its columns through the shared retained-resolution timeline.

The same grid now owns the reusable piano-key gutter, raw MIDI-number option and live-lane feedback. Linestep supplies pitch rows and incoming note state; the primitive keeps those display rules available to the next melodic sequencer.

Pattern truth is a list of drawn notes per retained master step. Playback policy is derived from that truth, so Monophonic can gray non-emitting notes without removing them and Polyphonic can restore them immediately.

The shared playback helper gives the host transport priority over local Preview. Every crossed column emits through the module MIDI sink with the selected gate, swing, velocity policy, reference-note offset and channel.

What would you make with Linestep?

Describe what you want to make. Build it with the Studio agent.

Part of Linestep rack, Linesynth

Goes well with.

Prototype

A clock-synced drum grid you can draw directly.

Prototype

A step sequencer and arpeggiator on one grid.

Prototype

A 32-step Matrix, with ties, ratchets and a curve lane.

Building block

Walk held notes through a rhythmic pattern.