Vekte — public beta (generative MIDI sequencer, VST3)

[valdlabs]

Vekte is a generative MIDI sequencer plugin. It runs 31 algorithms — Euclidean, Markov, cellular automata, Xenakis sieves, Kaprekar, logistic maps, and more — and uses them to write patterns to drive your instruments.

Every channel has one note lane and four modulation lanes. Each lane runs its own algorithm and can target velocity, length, any CC, transpose, scale, chord, octave, or another lane's parameters, with sixteen slots per session (which can be either routed freely to any channel, including multiple slots controlling one single channel).

The engine is deterministic. Each pattern is hashed from its algorithm and parameters into a seed, so a given configuration always produces the same result. Patterns are exact and repeatable, and you can export any state as a preset string to recall later or hand to someone else (this part is still WIP, and will be improved massively in the next one).

It began as the software side of Rekke, our hardware sequencer, and the two share part of the same algorithmic core.

This is a public beta. VST3 only for now, on Windows and macOS. AU and an iOS AUv3 build are planned, but I want VST3 solid first. Free during the beta.

I'm after real feedback: what breaks, which hosts misbehave, what's confusing, what's missing. Bug reports and DAW-specific quirks are the most useful thing you can send (you have a form in the menu for direct feedback from the app).

Hope you all like it!

https://valdlabs.com/vekte

[pekbro]

Look interesting, will check it out, thanks and welcome.

[pekbro]

Very cool

[valdlabs]

thanks! let me know what you think

[Jonathan Shepherd]

Midi sequencing with every angle covered, man. Looking good, will test this weekend.

[EnsoLake]

No mail contact on the website as far as I can see, so this has to do:
Downloaded the vst3 for mac. And installed it.
On a M1 Mac Mini in Cubase 14, no warning or anything but the plugin doesn't show up at all.
On a M2 macbook in Cubase 15, plugin is quarantined and no way to activate it.
So, bummer.
Hey ho.

[Jonathan Shepherd]

Jumping in blind as I like doing sometimes, and I can already tell it's the best swiss army knife of ways to sequence, but all easily accessible on one page. Now I'm going to go actually figure it out. I'll def get it upon release.

[pekbro]

I do wish it had a multi-track mode for drums... (I just like drum sequencers)

[camena]

Oooohhh this looks so cool can I also import my own MIDI files in it?
Thank you for sharing. Will download the VST tomorrow I played a bit in the playground

[valdlabs]

Oooohhh this looks so cool can I also import my own MIDI files in it?
Thank you for sharing. Will download the VST tomorrow I played a bit in the playground

Sorry for the delay answering. The purpose is really to generate new melodies, so i believe that in the future i might add an export function. The sequencer for now is fully deterministic, but it could be interesting to have another mode in which we could mangle the input midi with the algorithms i'll give it my thought in how it could come out!

[valdlabs]

I do wish it had a multi-track mode for drums... (I just like drum sequencers)

Hello, it actually has a DRM mode in which it plays mono (overriding the chord, if set).
You also have 16 tracks which you can send to any of 16 channels, or go wild and play with one single algo within one or two octaves and have extremy unpredictable rhythms. Works well like that

[valdlabs]

Jumping in blind as I like doing sometimes, and I can already tell it's the best swiss army knife of ways to sequence, but all easily accessible on one page. Now I'm going to go actually figure it out. I'll def get it upon release.

Thank you! let me know if you like the latest version as well.

[valdlabs]

Vekte 1.1.8 is out today. https://valdlabs.com/vekte
First the 1.1.8 changelog:


## Everything since 1.1.6

If you're coming from an earlier build, 1.1.8 also includes everything added in
the 1.1.7 development line:

- **5 new algorithms** — Isorhythm, Tonnetz Walk, Pendulum Waves, Tether, and
Voss 1/f — bringing the total to 36. These new ones sound identical on every
machine and platform, down to the note.
- **Algorithms grouped by family** in the dropdown — Rhythmic, Number/Sequence,
Chaos, Cellular, Harmonic, and Wave/Geometric — so the right one is easier to
find.
- **Seeded randomize** — each lane's RND now shows a seed you can type back in
to reproduce a roll you liked. Seeds save with your project.
- **Compact preset keys** — Copy Channel and Copy Song produce short keys
(instead of a huge block of text) that survive messaging apps and links.
Older keys and `.vekte` files still load.
- **Swing lock per lane** — lock a modulation lane's groove to the main swing so
it stays in the pocket on its own division.
- **Groove and timing** carried over from 1.1.6: host-locked grid, per-lane
Swing and Humanize, and a visualizer that shows exactly what will play.

## Installing

- **macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later** — run `VEKTE-1.1.8.pkg`. Signed and notarized
by Apple; it installs the VST3 without a security warning.
- **Windows 10/11 (64-bit)** — run `VEKTE-Setup-1.1.8-x64.exe`. It installs
everything the plugin needs, including the required system runtimes, so it
loads on a clean machine.

VEKTE is a VST3 instrument that generates MIDI. Load it on an instrument track
and route its output to your synths and drums.








Vekte Shareable Key (full channel state recovered with this string).


# VEKTE — Feature List (1.1.

VEKTE is a 16-channel generative MIDI sequencer plugin by Vald Labs. Each
channel runs five independent lanes driven by mathematical algorithms. It
generates MIDI to play your instruments — every pattern is reproducible, so a
patch is a recipe you can save, share, and rebuild anywhere.

## Platforms

- **VST3** for macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel, macOS 11 Big Sur or later) and
Windows (64-bit).
- **iOS AUv3** MIDI processor for AUM, Drambo, Loopy and GarageBand, plus a
standalone app (with Bluetooth MIDI). iOS 14 or later.
- Installs everything it needs on a clean machine (Windows bundles the required
system runtimes; the macOS installer is signed and notarized by Apple).

## Sequencing core

- **16 channels**, each with **5 lanes**: one NOTE lane and four MOD lanes.
- **Deterministic generation** — a given algorithm and its settings always
produce the exact same pattern, fully recallable across sessions.
- **STEPS** — a 1–32 step playback window over each lane.
- **ROT** — rotate the window to shift accents.
- **DENSE** — sculpt density, adding or removing hits smoothly.
- **PROB** — per-step trigger probability.
- **Step division** per lane (1/16, 1/8, 3/16, 1/4, and more).
- **Playhead modes** — Forward, Reverse, Ping-Pong, Random, Brownian,
Random-Skip, Bounce, and quantized reverse variants.
- **Host sync** — the grid phase-locks to your DAW's bar and beat; loop and seek
re-align automatically. A free-running clock drives the standalone app.
- **AUTO** — auto-rotate a lane every cycle.
- **RND / LOCK / CHAOS** — randomize one lane, protect a lane from randomizing,
or randomize everything at once.
- **Seeded randomize** — each lane shows a seed you can type back in to
reproduce a roll you liked; seeds save with your project.

## NOTE lane

- MIDI output channel, STEPS, DENSE, PROB, ROT, and a Tie amount.
- **STRUM** — spread chord voices in time, low-to-high or high-to-low.
- **Octave range** (top and bottom) with scale-snapped normalize-stretch, so an
algorithm fills the range you set.
- **Root note**, scale-snapped.
- **Scale-locked piano-roll editing** — only in-scale rows are shown; click and
drag to draw steps and pitches. Scale set to NONE gives free chromatic editing.
- **SNGL** (collapse to a single pitch), **DRM** (mono drum mode), and **TIE**
gating.
- Four algorithm parameters (P1–P4) per lane.

## MOD lanes (1–4)

Each MOD lane runs its own algorithm and routes a smooth 0–1 signal to a target:

- **Performance** — Velocity, Note Length, or any CC (0–127).
- **Pitch** — Transpose (in scale), Scale (within family), Chord (within
family), or Octave.
- **Generator shape** — Steps, Rotation, Probability, Density, Trail, or Strum.
- **Groove** — Swing or Note-Humanize.
- **Algorithm parameters** — modulate any lane's P1–P4.

Plus a MIN/MAX output band per lane, and **CRV** smooth (Catmull-Rom)
interpolation for flowing curves instead of stepped values. CC output is emitted
at high resolution, including 14-bit for the CCs that support it. When a mod lane
drives a control, the matching knob or menu shows live feedback.

## 36 algorithms

Euclidean · Random Walk · Kaprekar · Fibonacci · Primes · Thue-Morse ·
Kolakoski · Cellular Automata · Markov · L-Systems · Logistic Map · Polyrhythm ·
Bresenham · Voice Leading · Cantor Set · Penrose · Harmonic Series · Lissajous ·
Drunk with Memory · Sieve (Xenakis) · Bouncing Ball · Call & Response · Tension
Curve · Game of Life · Gravity Wells · Entropy Gradient · Wave Interference ·
String Resonance · Run-Length · Turing Pattern · Flocking · **Isorhythm** ·
**Tonnetz Walk** · **Pendulum Waves** · **Tether** · **Voss 1/f**.

- Grouped in the dropdown by family: Rhythmic, Number/Sequence, Chaos, Cellular,
Harmonic/Melodic, and Wave/Geometric.
- The five newest algorithms use integer-exact math, so their patterns are
identical on every machine and platform — down to the note.
- Each algorithm has four parameters and a one-line description in the menu, and
knob travel is tuned so equal turning gives roughly equal audible change.

## Groove

- **Swing** (per channel, −100…+100) — delay or advance off-beat NOTE steps.
- **Humanize** on the NOTE lane and on each MOD lane — deterministic timing and
value jitter.
- **Swing lock** per MOD lane — lock a lane's groove to the main swing so it
stays in the pocket on its own division.
- All groove is computed per cycle and shown on the canvas, so what you see is
exactly what plays.

## Scales & chords

- **73 scales** across families: Diatonic/Modes, Pentatonic/Blues, Minor and
Major variants, Symmetric/Synthetic, World/Exotic, Greek/Tritone, and
Microtonal. NONE = chromatic.
- **39 chords**: Triads (major/minor), Dominant, Sus/Power/Quartal, Dim/Aug.
- Modulating Scale or Chord stays within the current family.

## Channels & slots

- 16 slots in the header: tap to select, double-tap to mute (the playhead keeps
moving; mutes are clean, no hung notes), drag to reorder.
- Each slot shows a live indicator: a note blink and four mod-output bars.
- Slots sharing an output channel group together and label as 1a/1b/2a…, so you
can layer several on one MIDI channel.

## MIDI routing

- All 16 channels emit on one MIDI port with per-channel routing.
- **macOS** — a built-in virtual "VEKTE" MIDI port; point your instrument
tracks at it (the reliable path for Ableton Live's per-channel routing).
- **Windows** — pick a loopMIDI port in Menu → MIDI Output.
- **Vekte2Live** — a bundled helper plugin that splits channels for chain-based
hosts and Live on Windows.
- Transport stop always sends clean note-offs.

## Visualization

- Live piano-roll and bar/curve views with neon lane colors and a smooth 60 Hz
playhead.
- Gate length shown as a tail inside each note; probability-muted notes shown
for the current cycle; swing and humanize visible on the grid.
- Tooltips on every control; double-click a Humanize knob to reset it.

## Presets & sharing

- **Channel key** — a compact, copy-and-paste key for the current channel,
shown in a select-all textbox with a Copy button. Small enough to drop into a
message or link; paste it into any VEKTE to load the channel back exactly.
- **Copy / Paste** and **Save / Load** for a single channel or the whole song.
- Compact keys carry your inputs and manual edits; the engine regenerates the
rest, so keys stay short. Older keys and saved files keep working.
- Full state also saves inside your DAW project.

## Try it free / licensing

- UNTIL 15th AUGUST, FREE BETA
Afterwards: Start with a full **15-minute demo** — the whole plugin, nothing held back.
The timer only counts active use, so idle time with the editor open doesn't
burn it. When the time's up your work stays exactly as it was; restart the
demo or enter your license to keep going.
- A license unlocks the plugin permanently and keeps working offline.
- The plugin shows what's new when an update is available, plus the occasional
note from Vald Labs — each dismissible.

[starflakeprj]

Any idea regarding the price for the full version when it has been released?

[Uncle E]

Will you be releasing a MIDI FX version?