EUCLIDEAN SEQUENCING

The majority of people think of a sequence as running at equal step lengths, with any interest in rhythm being added with swing. But there are a growing number of euclidean options. These divide the incoming clock/beat over time and often have multiple tracks or channels, which can run at different tempos and subdivisions of the master clock, making it a simple task to set up varied but controllable and precise polyrhythms. In Eurorack-land, using these different tracks as gates opens up a whole world for generative music. Already popular in trance and other electronic genres, it looks set to make headway into more mainstream music as the tools become more intuitive. We can probably thank the steady rise of Eurorack popularity for this.