OneSeq

Feature detail

What OneSeq is built to do

OneSeq is a compact pattern workstation: fast keyboard grid editing, internal engines, parameter locks, modulation, project slots, song arrangement, and MIDI control in one dense cockpit.

Keyboard-first cockpit

Editing stays under your hands

The main Grid is built for repeated musical action: select tracks and steps with arrows, toggle steps with Enter, move transport with Space, and use modifiers for pitch, velocity, step length, track loop length, pattern length, timing resolution, and visible step windows.

Dense but stable

Grid rows, step cells, header cells, parameter cards, meters, and quick panels keep stable dimensions so the cockpit does not jump while you play.

Hold-key overlays

Help, track operations, pattern operations, randomization, and parameter snapshots appear as temporary overlays instead of permanent clutter.

Mouse as a precision tool

Use visual pickers, context menus, Fractal MAP editing, and hover-wheel controls where pointer input is genuinely faster.

Sound sources

Internal engines plus MIDI utility tracks

A project can mix drum voices, synth voices, Massfall material-collision sounds, sample playback, Fractal Hybrid tracks, and MIDI utility tracks. Factory presets give fast starting points, while parameter banks keep the most useful controls visible on the cockpit.

Engine Use it for
Drum/Noise 808-style kick, snare, hat, clap, and tom voices with track-aware labels.
BASS, FM, Pluck Mono bass lines, synth parts, simple melodic parts, and string-like plucks.
Sampler Sample-based tracks with visual sample browsing and cached folder scans.
Massfall Procedural material-collision cascades such as pencils, beads, screws, and moonlike grains.
MIDI utility External synth sequencing without needing an internal sound engine on the track.

Fractal Hybrid

Orbit audio as a playable engine

Fractal Hybrid turns map motion into tone. Mandelbrot, Burning Ship, Feather, and SFX families drive orbit-audio behavior with per-note sound slots. The MAP view can fit all note mappings, zoom for exploration, pan with a modifier-drag, and edit coordinates visually. TRIG auditions the current sound, and stopped playback follows the current note immediately.

Practical idea: Start from a Fractal preset, trigger a sparse pattern, then edit the Current Note from the MAP, zoom out to find new regions, then fit the mapped notes back into view.

Movement

Parameter locks, snapshots, and LFO routing

Parameter locks let a step override the selected parameter. Bulk clear actions can target one parameter, a whole visible page, one track, or the current pattern. Four global LFOs can target track, FX, and LFO parameters with pattern/free/step behavior.

Step locks Snapshot slots LFO targets Right-click linking MAP fit/zoom/pan

Projects

Patterns, song grid, and project slots

Projects persist patterns, configuration, song state, audio settings, MIDI settings, and project-slot metadata. Pattern switching is immediate while stopped and queued to the next boundary during playback. F12 opens the Project Launcher; F9/F10 can move quickly across saved slots.

External gear

MIDI output and control-surface input

OneSeq can send MIDI notes per track and receive MIDI input for control. Input profiles can target selected-track parameters, fixed tracks, mixer values, sends, FX, LFOs, transport, section changes, and focus behavior.

For device setup and the built-in profiles, use the MIDI controller page.

Agent-assisted control

Optional MCP live bridge

Config includes an MCP area for power-user sessions. Enable MCP to start a token-protected local bridge, select the exact OS interface addresses that should listen, and optionally save one MCP request log file per app session. Logs are written only to a folder selected by the user.

Enable checkbox Interface selection Generated token Per-session log file Python 3 stdlib adapter Status/snapshot/edit/export tools