5HKR
5HKR

5HKR

Shaker. Perc groove box.

Eight synth lanes on a 16th-note grid, pattern banks, per-lane swing and FX send, delay / reverb / chorus / flanger / phaser, post EQ, and a sidechain duck. Not a sample player.

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VST3 and standalone. Hold C1 for bank 1 pattern 1 (Ableton C0), like TEW03.

Main

CHH, OHH, Crash, Cym, Shaker, Clave, Cow, Rim. The lane name mutes. The kit menu picks 707 / 808 / 909 / Linn for that lane. Click a cell off → on (cyan) → accent (magenta). Right-click sets that lane’s loop end. Tune, swing, and FX send per lane. Bank / Pat, length 1 / 2 / 4 bars, Random / Clear.

5HKR main page: eight lanes and step grid
Main — lanes, grid, bank / pattern / length.

Effects

Click a name in the left rail to turn it on. Drag rails to reorder. Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Reverb, each with its own Mix. Lane FX must be up or the chain is silent.

5HKR effects page with delay and reverb
Effects — Delay and Reverb in the chain.

EQ

Post-effects 5-band EQ. Toggle EQ, drag nodes for frequency and gain, scroll for Q. The inspector sits on the left.

5HKR five-band EQ page
EQ — five bands after the effects chain.

Sidechain

Ducks the lanes from the plugin audio input. Off until you turn it on. HP / LP pick the key, Listen previews it. Thresh, Amount, Attack, Release, Mix. The plot under the knobs is that filtered key. Title bar chevrons cycle the pages. Click 5HKR for About.

5HKR sidechain page
Sidechain — duck from the audio input.
5HKR about dialog
About — version and MIDI hint.

Notes

Manual Brief Architecture DSP notes