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AARM launches ADEPT on Kickstarter: a multiplayhead MIDI and CV sequencer
Twelve tracks, three independent playheads on each track, eleven sequencer types and a free companion app, ADEPT Link.
14 November 2026 — AARM today launched ADEPT on Kickstarter. ADEPT is a standalone hardware MIDI and CV sequencer, designed as a MIDI sequencing ecosystem rather than a single linear sequencer. ADEPT has 12 tracks. Three independent playheads — Orange, Yellow and Blue — read each track. Each playhead has its own length, direction, clock division, clock source and output, so one pattern can play three ways at once: a 16-step bass line on Orange can run beside the same notes, read backwards over 12 steps, on Yellow.
Each track can use one of eleven sequencer types: Note Grid, Drum Grid, MODU, Deflector, Euclid, Trapdoor, Pathways, Cube, Orbit, Logic and Pachinko. A track can change type at any time without losing data. On Pathways, Cube, Orbit and Pachinko, nodes can launch complete tracks instead of notes, so sequencers can play other sequencers.
For performance, XPLAY gives full-screen tools: Conductor (with Call & Response and Composer), Crossfade, Live Play with group pads, Transition, Live Mix and Arrange. Track LFOs, cross modulation, three Modifier slots per track, step conditions and a pattern Generator keep patterns moving.
ADEPT connects to a full studio: three MIDI DIN inputs and outputs, three USB MIDI ports over one cable, two CV and two gate outputs, a CV input, a trigger input and DIN sync. A built-in MIDI router can filter, split and merge, and can change a track’s route on selected steps. The 3.5-inch touchscreen, four encoders and a joystick give direct control.
ADEPT Link, a free companion app for Mac and PC, gives two-way control between the hardware and a computer. It hosts VST instruments that ADEPT can play and control, and it runs as a standalone app or as a plugin inside a DAW (VST3 and AU on Mac, VST3 on Windows). A beta version is available now. Firmware updates are free and install over USB from a web app.
Most sequencers give you one way to read a pattern. ADEPT gives every track three playheads and eleven ways to move through it, so a simple idea can grow into a whole system.
PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
ADEPT is on Kickstarter now. The Kickstarter price is US$350 (Tier 2). Early bird backers can get Tier 1 at US$325. Campaign:
kickstarter.com/projects/aarmtec-adept
