Pocket Sequencer

Unlike most MIDI sequencers, the Pocket Sequencer is small, cheap, battery operated and packs a lot of features. It can be played like a keyboard with built-in scales, sequence up to 128 steps and generate complex arpeggios.

The small display lets you see everything that is happening, and there are no magic button combinations to remember. The polyphonic keys include a full octave of notes to be played. And the replaceable AAA-batteries last a long time.

Use the Pocket Sequencer to play on your portable synthesizers, either while travelling or on your couch at home. Bring it along to test play a synth you are considering. Put it in a drawer in your living room for quick access when you want to jam.

Play all MIDI notes polyphonically with the keyboard. Choose between many scales and play single-button chords. It can be played like an ordinary physical piano, or enhanced with powerful features based on music theory.

Polyphonic:

Up to 16 notes

Scales:

Chromatic, Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, Blues

Modes:

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian

Chords:

Up to 16 notes

Chord inversions:

Up to the 16th inversion, in two different ways

Keynotes (tonic):

All 128 possible notes

Velocity:

1 - 100 %

Create multiple sequences with up to 128 steps in total, and see it all on the display. Settings from the keyboard are also applied to the sequence. This means that it can be limited to a scale and that it can sequence chords.

Sequence length:

1 - 128 steps in total across all sequences

Polyphonic:

Up to 8 sub sequences playing at the same time

Beats per minute:

1 - 800

Swing:

51-99% swing or 1-49% inverted swing (short before long)

Gate duration:

1 - 98 % globally

Step probability:

1 - 100 % globally

MIDI output:

Note on/off, clock, start/stop (configurable)

Clock division:

PPQN of 1 - 192 (4 - 800 %)

Transpose:

Transpose sequence keynote live with keyboard

Configure the Pocket Sequencer to play complex generative or random melodies. Use a simple signal on a scale to get any of the familiar arpeggios, or route many signals together to form complex polyphonic generative music. How about a sawtooth arpeggio that gets transposed an octave at random? Or a triangle signal whose height alternates between high and low? The Pocket Sequencer's generative mode is like an arpeggiator became modular.

Signal/arpeggio shapes:

Sawtooth Up, Sawtooth Down, Triangle, Square, Pulse, Random Height, Random Width, Fibonacci, Follow

Signal parameters:

Height, Width, Offset, Effect

Signal Effects:

Note output (polyphonic) or MIDI CC

Routing:

Use any other signal as input to a signals' parameters

Number of signals:

Up to 8

MIDI CC sequencing:

Signals can output to one of 4 configured CC parameters

The Pocket Sequencer is really small and comparable to other popular pocket friendly synthesizer gadgets. It can be carried in a pocket with the sensitive components being covered by a protective plate. It is compatable with any synthesizer with a MIDI input, like Korg Volca, Novation Circuit, Korg NTS-1, 1010Music Nanobox, AudioThingies MicroMonsta and Roland JP-8000 to name a few.

Dimensions:

84 x 60 x 34 millimeters

Weight:

85 grams (with batteries)

Display:

0.91 inch 128x32 OLED (self-illuminated)

Power:

3 x AAA alkaline or micro USB cable (batteries or cable not included)

MIDI plug:

3.5 mm minijack (cable not included)

MIDI TRS:

TRS A and B supported with physical switch

Saving/loading:

All settings, sequences and generative signals are stored together