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Wayward M4L Patch

Wayward M4L Patch

Most step sequencers only know how to repeat. Set eight notes, and you get the same eight notes, forever, until it starts to sound less like a musical idea and more like an alarm clock. This patch does something else. Each time it loops, a handful of steps quietly reroll: new pitches, pulled from a scale you define, layered onto the phrase that came before it. Not a new idea each bar. The same idea, aging.

This is the exact patch built step by step in the video below, note for note. Open it up, take it apart, and see how the variation engine works from the inside.
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How It Works

  • The Clock

    A Metro object driving eight steps, with a dial for tempo and a counter indexing through the sequence.

  • The Quantizer

    A table holding a two-octave C minor scale. Every reroll pulls from it, so nothing ever falls outside the key.

  • The Variation Engine

    Two random number generators, one choosing which steps change, one choosing what they change to. A single knob decides how many steps reroll each time around: turn it down for something that barely moves, turn it up and the phrase is unrecognizable by the fourth bar.

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The Idea Behind Chance Sequencer

his patch is the small, exposed version of a technique built into Chance Sequencer, tuned, expanded, and given a few more knobs. If evolving a phrase instead of looping it is a sound you want to keep using, Chance carries it further, in Max for Live for Ableton or as a VST3/AU for Logic, Bitwig, Cubase, Reaper, FL Studio, and Studio One.

VST3/AU
Chance M4L

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DAW Compatability

This patch was designed using Max 9.1.5 and Ableton 12. While I haven't tested with older version it's likely backward compatible.

Do I need to own Max, separately from Ableton?

No. Max for Live is included with Ableton Live Suite, and that's all this patch requires.

Is this the same as Chance Sequencer?

No. This is the raw technique from the video, built for taking apart and learning from. Chance Sequencer is the fuller instrument built on the same idea.

Can I use this patch commercially?

Yes, with two conditions. Give credit (a link back to this page or to Secret Admiral is enough), and don't redistribute this patch on its own, unmodified, as something you're selling or giving away. Build it into a larger patch, extend it, rework it into something meaningfully your own, and it's yours to use, including commercially. Not sure if what you've built counts as different enough? Just ask.