Great article on the Klee Sequencer by Cycling 74's Greg Taylor, with mention of the software Klee!
A MIDI-enabled software recreation of the electro-music.com hardware Klee step sequencer – developed with the input of the sequencer’s creators!
New version 2.4 now available! (see Version History in Documentation for details)
Features
Includes virtually all major functions from the hardware Klee, and adds many new ones.
• VST, VST3 and AU plugin instrument hosting (AU is Mac only)
• Entirely a 64-bit application
• Intelligently constrain output notes to selectable scale
• ReWire audio slave support
• Output chord based on active root note – up to 6 notes in chord, plus root note
• Pat Load option – specify to automatically load bit pattern or not after preset load
• External pattern load via MIDI or audio input triggers
• External MIDI controllers support via MIDI CC messages, with MIDI learn
• Group A – Group B output
• Convert active LEDs to active switches, for Groups A, B, or A and B
• Reverse sequence direction
• Built-in clock divide capability
• MIDI output to any hardware or software synths
• Internal or MIDI clock control
• 18 preset slots for instant recall of parameters
• Presets can be saved to and loaded from disk
• Synchronous load – loading of pattern happens on clock pulses, and not in between
• Load on Play feature to allow for loading of pattern each time clock started
• MIDI-controllable baseline note
• Custom definable note range allows for alternative scales
• Basic Dark Mode support on Mac Mojave (10.14) or greater
Requirements
OS X 10.11.6 – 12.x (Monterey compatible, runs on M1 chip via Rosetta 2), 64-bit plugins only
Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11, 64-bit only, 64-bit plugins only
Try It
Free Demo (differences from paid version: no presets, no scale or chord functions, only one VST, and will time out after 20 minutes)
Buy It
$40 USD
Documentation
• Read the full documentation
Who’s Using It
cEvin Key (Skinny Puppy, Cyberaktif, Tear Garden, Download, etc...)
“Thanks! Very nice work. I have a real [hardware] Klee as well. And this one is much easier to operate!”
Scott Stites (creator of the Klee sequencer)
“Dan Nigrin’s software Klee has taken the Klee Sequencer to where no hardware version could ever go. He’s both made it more accessible and expanded it in directions I never would have imagined.”
Émilie Gillet, Mutable Instruments founder
“I thought the patterns produced by the Shruthi “warp” features were unpredictable… and then I tried this thing.”
Darwin Grosse (R.I.P. - Cycling '74, former host Art + Music + Technology podcast)
“…I’m sitting in my living room with a Joker-like grin on my face, creating some crazy-ass sequences. You (and, by extension, Scott) have done some wonderful work here.”
Thomas Heckmann (Trope Recordings, A.F.U.)
Bill Manganaro (aka State Machine, electro-music.com; sMs Audio Electronics, member Klee hardware prototype team, supplier of hardware Klee parts kits & build services)
“Expand, evolve, that’s what electronic music creation is about for me. Now I have my hardware Klee control my analog gear, and my software Klee control my computer-based synthesizers… Now I can mold my sounds on the go! Brilliant piece of kit.”
Computer Music Magazine (UK)
July 2011 – Step by step tutorial on using the software Klee
Synthesizer Magazin
Read the M-185 and Klee reviews (in German, Issue 28, Sept 2011)
