Euclidean Rhythm Generator

Starting rhythm and export timing

Build a groove by distributing hits

A Euclidean rhythm distributes a chosen number of hits as evenly as possible across a cycle. Choose kick, snare or hi-hat, set the hit count, and rotate the pattern to move its start. Each part can use a different hit count and rotation.

All three parts share the same cycle length and sixteenth-note clock. Choose from four to 32 steps. Sixteen steps make one 4/4 bar; a seven-step cycle lasts one and three-quarter quarter-note beats, so its boundary falls between ordinary bar lines.

Move freely between generated and custom patterns

Tap a step to change a hit to a rest or a rest to a hit. That part becomes Custom, keeping your direct choices visible. Changing its hit count or rotation generates an evenly distributed pattern again; Restore even distribution provides an explicit way back.

Mute a part to hear how it interacts with the others. Undo restores the previous rhythm. This tool uses a fixed, repeatable distribution and rotation convention; other sequencers may start an equivalent Euclidean rhythm at a different phase.

Hear and export four cycles at a shared tempo

Play once performs four cycles. Their duration follows the step count: four cycles of 16 sixteenths contain 16 quarter-note beats. At 120 BPM that takes eight seconds. Odd-length cycles retain their timing instead of being stretched to fit a bar.

MIDI uses General MIDI drum channel 10 for kick, snare and hi-hat. The WAV uses synthesized reference drums following the same timing. A settings link reopens the rhythm silently. Independent cycle lengths for each part are outside this tool’s shared-cycle design.

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