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C O N T E N T S

3 Video Links

4 Installation

5 Authorization

6 Rhythmizer Fusion Functions

15 Get Started

16 DAW Setup - Cubase

17 DAW Setup - FL Studio

20 DAW Setup - Logic Pro X

20 DAW Setup - Bitwig Studio

21 DAW Setup - Ableton Live

22 DAW Setup - Studio One

22 DAW Setup - Reaper

23 DAW Setup - Cakewalk

24 Advanced Settings

25 FAQs

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 Y O U R V I D E O S
Explore a range of videos from DAW Setup to tips and tricks
to get the most out of Rhythmizer Fusion.

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 R H Y T H M I Z E R
I N S T A L L A T I O N

To install, simply double-click the installer found inside the main

folder and follow the instructions on the screen.

Windows users, be sure to install the VST3 in the correct folder.

Windows Default - C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3

Mac users, you can choose AU and/or VST3.

Please note that the AU is for Logic users only and is not needed for other DAWs.
Mac AU default: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Component
Mac VST3 default: Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3

After Rhythmizer is installed you will be able to see it in your

DAW’s plugin list and your Plugins folder.

If you are using BitWig, please install the CLAP version as well as the VST3.

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 R H Y T H M I Z E R
A U T H O R I Z A T I O N

Rhythmizer starts in a 20 minute demo mode and saving presets will be disabled.

To authorize the plugin, click the options button , then Register.

Enter your Email and Authorization key which can be found in

your email receipt .

Finally, click OK and you’re ready to rock!

Keep your Registry Key secret and safe. Violation of our EULA and
sharing of registry keys will result in device inoperation.

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 R H Y T H M I Z E R
F U N C T I O N S

TOP CO N T RO L S

MON O / POLY
Mono Mode: Transform a
single, monophonic input note Poly Mode: Activate
into a melodic stream using Rhythmizer as a cutting-edge
scales and polyphonic options. arpeggiator.

TRIANGL ES ( DRAG TO MI DI )

These magic triangles continuously record what you’ve just played.

When they light up, simply drag them onto your piano roll, MIDI channel,
or even a folder on your computer.

PRES ET MEN U

Browse our extensive preset library to quickly find inspiring starting points.

OPT I ON S

Change skins, access advanced settings (see page 24) and view plugin version/credits.

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 RHYT H M VI E W
Get in the groove. Experience unlimited rhythmic possibilities with density mode
or control the chaos with the step sequencer.

G ROOV E
Switches between Probability that the
regular or triplet notes. selected note value is
triggered.
The primary groove
amount. Right click/ Set the note you want to
CMD click to bring up inject into the primary
a menu. groove.

Add a swung groove to Control the likelihood of glitched

your rhythm. notes. High values bring constant
glitching; low values inject
occasional stutters and repeats.

Slightly randomize note Adjust the intensity of the glitch

placement to make behavior. Sweep from subtle,
patterns sound less predictable repeats to wild,
robotic. syncopated chaos.

H ALF /DOU B LE- T I ME B U RST

Smash your MIDI into half-time and double-time playback by clicking either side of the word GROOVE.

Right click/CMD click to enable latching.

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 DEN S I T Y
Control the probability of
notes being output.
Switch between
Density and Step Lower values produce
occasional bursts, while
Sequencer mode.
100% gives a constant
stream of notes.

STE P S EQU EN CER

Each step corresponds to a subdivision of a bar,
allowing precise rhythmic control by activating or deactivating individual steps.

You can drag steps up or down to increase or decrease their probability of triggering.

Right click/CMD click to choose between 0.5, 1 bar, 1.5 bar or 2 bar view.

Populate the Step Sequencer These circles represent the

with random steps. subdivisions of an entire bar
as set by the primary groove
Lower values add fewer steps; amount (1/16 by default).
higher values fill out the grid.
You’ll see the grid size
change as you select different
primary groove amounts.
Gray circles won’t play - click a
circle blue, and that beat will
now sound.

Activate all steps on the grid. Empty the Step Sequencer grid.

Click (on): These steps will play as dictated by the Groove Section.

Click (off): These steps won’t sound.

Shift + Click: Force the base groove. These steps will trigger the Primary Groove Amount.

Alt + Click: Force the input note. These steps will trigger the lowest note of the MIDI notes you’re playing.

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 M ONO ME LO DY VI E W
Unleash a universe of infinite arpeggios, inspiring harmonies and custom pitchbending.

Please note:
Throughout this section you will see the word ‘tonic’, referring to your home base note, as set by
the MIDI note inputted to Rhythmizer. If you send the MIDI note G into Rhythmizer, the ‘tonic’ is G.’

Notes play in ascending order. Click to bring up a wide Want to tweak the notes in a built-
selection of built-in scales, in scale? Copy the current scale over
Notes play in descending order. or select Custom to select to the custom scale editor.
your own notes. Edit Scale then displays the notes
Select both for alternating up of the scale on the virtual keyboard.
and down movement.
Switches between Scale,
Notes play in random order. Bend and Linked mode.
Combine with other directions
to blend in some randomness.
Drag up and down to control Number of steps in the chosen scale
the intensity of randomization. that can be played. Generate melodies
with just a few scale notes, or ramp
up to higher values for notes way into
Octave spread will randomly upper octaves. Note: in Custom scale
spread notes upwards from one mode, ensure a higher Steps value to
to three octaves. include your custom notes.

Probability that notes from the chosen scale are played. Switches between unidirectional or
With 0 Probability, you’ll only hear the tonic (base) note. bidirectional notes. Bidirectional will
With 100 Probability, you’ll hear only generate notes above and below the
scale notes and no tonic. tonic.

The Note Stream displays the notes being generated in real-time.

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 CUSTOM SCA LES

In the Custom Scale Editor, you have the ability to edit built-in scales, or press CLR to build new scales from
scratch, with a maximum of eight notes. The dotted middle C key represents the tonic.

Click into the shaded region to place notes beyond the default octave.

Hit this to Root Selector: If you’d like to visually set custom

latch whilst notes based on your MIDI input, i.e. in the key of CLR: Clears
inputting G instead of the default C, drag to reframe the the custom
notes via MIDI. editor. The output will not be affected. scale.

SHIFT
The Shift control moves
everything up or down in
semitones, as if inputting
Shifts the scale down a different note.
12 semitones with
each click. Shifts the scale up 12
semitones with each
click.

B EN D
In linked mode, notes will play from the chosen
scale and pitch bend will be applied to them.

Select LFO shape. Click Switches between Scale,

to select from a menu. Bend and Linked mode.

Probability that notes will

SYNC: Syncs the LFO to be affected by pitch bend.
host tempo.
Amount of pitch bend
RTRG: Retriggers the data sent. The amount
LFO on each note. of pitch bend you will
actually hear will depend
The rate of the LFO. on the pitch bend range
Musical divisions when set in your synth.
SYNC is on and hertz
Visual representation of
when turned off.
the pitch bend LFO.
Offset skews the range
of pitch bend.

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 PO LY STACK
Why stop at monophonic lines? Choose from three different chord modes to add polyphony
to your melodies.

All modes have Scatter control. Slide to subtly delay the starting point of the extra notes,
helping to add a sense of humanization.

RN DM
Create chords based on your scale notes, whether using built-in or custom scales.

Drag to choose between

one and four extra notes
of polyphony.
Switch between
polyphony modes. Slide to increase the
probability of extra
chord notes.

US ER
Want an occasional 9th or flat 2nd chord thrown into your melody?
Create chords of up to four custom notes of polyphony.

You can now stack harmonies notes on top of scale notes, as opposed to the input note, opening up new chord possibilities.
Right click/CMD click in USER area to enable.

Drag to choose between +24

and -24 semitones of polyphony.
These extra notes will correspond
to the tonic of the chosen scale.
Slide to increase the For example, if you’re playing
probability of the a C3, the slider selects +/- 24
chord note. semitones from that C3.

CH RD
Add basic triad chords to your melody.

Click to choose between Major,

Minor or Diminished triad chords.
Slide to increase The chosen chord will correspond
the probability of to the tonic of the chosen scale.
the chord being
generated.

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 POLY M E LO DY VI E W
Rhythmizer Fusion can now take polyphonic input
and explode it into a cascade of individual notes.

Fuse chords and arpeggiation together with the Fusion Fader.

Crossfade between the likelihood of arpeggiation (left), chord triggers (right), or a blend in between.

When triggering arpeggios, select the chance of

the tonic being played versus other notes.
If triggering chords, CHANCE sets the chance of
the input chord being played.
Increase the range of arpeggiation and
Higher values introduce chords embellished by chords beyond your input, intelligently
other controls like Extend and Spread. adding notes from your scale.

CHO RD CON T ROLS

Increase the distance between the Select the polyphonic complexity of the
intervals within the chord output. chord output.
A Poly number smaller than your input
chord will play smaller chunks from within
your chord.
Randomize the interval jumps and
spread that make up the chord Values higher than your input chord will
output. “grow” your chord based on its own notes.

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 V E LOCI T Y & G AT E

Your one stop shop for impact and note length. Control your favourite parameters in your
synth by mapping to velocity or add legato by increasing the gate length beyond 100.

Starting point for velocity value. Amount of randomness

This can be applied to any parameter added to the velocity.
on most synths for note on random
modulation with extra control.
Switch to Velocity LFO mode.

Bypasses the gate for the set

Switch to Gate LFO mode.
note length. These values will
change depending on the groove
probabilities in the Rhythm section.1 Amount of random extra
length applied to the gate.

Chooses between uni or Length of a full note that

bidirectional gate modulation. will be played.2

1
If you have selected ¼ notes as a possible groove amount, and you select ¼ in Gate Bypass, those ¼ notes
will play in full and will not be shortened or lengthened by the Gate section.

2
Rhythmizer can generate notes that are longer than a full note, creating overlaps.
When gate lengths over 100 are generated, you’ll see the value go into overlap colour.

L FO MODE

DEPTH: The range of the LFO

modulation. SYNC: Syncs the LFO to host
RATE: The rate of the LFO. Musical tempo.
divisions when SYNC is on and hertz
when turned off.
VELO/GATE: Starting point for velocity/ Select LFO shape. Click
gate. to select from a menu.
OFFSET: Skews the depth of the LFO.

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 MAP

Randomise anything with anything. Use good old-fashioned MIDI CC values to extend
Rhythmizer’s control of your synth or sampler.

Displays the midi Master Bypass button. This

mapping view. will bypass all bypass slots,
unless they are all already
bypassed, in which case it
will activate all slots.
Select a prebuilt
midi map.

Rhythmizer can send data based

on a variety of modulation
sources. Click to select from Slide up or down to adjust
velocity, gate, chaos and more. modulation amount.

MIDI CC destination. Choose Displays the modulation curve.

between CC0-127. Click to disable all modulation.

The rate of the LFO in musical Select LFO shape. Click to

divisions of the host tempo. select from a menu.

LOO P
Hit the perfect spot? Repeat that.

Adjust the loop length Activates loop mode.

between 1 bar and 1/32. Green indicates active.

Right-click to activate Loop Latch.

Latch On: Press to activate, press again to deactivate.

Latch Off: Quick-fire looping only whilst the Loop button is held down.

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G E T S T A R T E D

SW U N G G ROOVE

• Start by drawing in your long note. We’ve chosen F#.

• We’ll keep 16 as our base value and add in some 8th notes with a probability setting of 20.

• Let’s add in just a few 32nd notes with the probability set at 10.

• Set the GATE to around 25 with RNDM at 50 to add extra variety to the groove without the notes overlapping.

• Subtly increase the Swing amount to taste and you’re good to go!

PRO TIP: Don’t forget many synths have velocity pre-mapped to parameters like the filter cutoff, so adding some RNDM in the
velocity section can really spice things up.

GL I ST E N H E R E

• Building upon the last patch, head over to the melody section and select a scale from the menu.
We chose minor pentatonic as the notes always sound harmonious together.

• Next, we set the direction to up, PROB to 75 and STEPS to 10. This gives us a nice array of notes beside the tonic.

• Let’s add two extra octaves of notes by setting OCT to 2 and PROB to 25.

• Some polyphony would sound great with this patch.

Head over to the POLY STACK section, select RNDM, set POLY to 2 or 3 and PROB to 25.

• Finally, let’s humanize it a bit more by adding a little SCATTER to delay some of the extra notes.
Very small amounts work great here (We used 5).

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C U B A S E

First create two instrument tracks. Load Rhythmizer into one

and your favourite soft synth into the other.

Set the MIDI INPUT of the synth track to Rhythmizer MIDI Output
and then monitor arm the synth track.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

KEE P I T T I G H T
Sync issues when looping Cubase?

Make sure ASIO Guard is deactivated for Rhythmizer.

- Open Devices > Plugin Manager

- Find Rhythmizer

- Switch ASIO Guard setting to Inactive

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 F L S T U D I O

PATC H E R ME T H O D
This method enables you to use Rhythmizer
and a soft synth on the same channel,
use FL Studio native plugins such as FL Keys
and save the configuration for easy access later.

Load up an instance of Patcher on a new channel,

right click inside the Patcher window,
go to Add Plugin > More Plugins and select Rhythmizer.

Repeat the last step again to add in your chosen soft synth.

Currently the MIDI information (Green) going into Patcher from FL Studio
will be going to Rhythmizer and the soft synth separately.
To correct this, we need a green connection going into Rhythmizer,
then another green connection from Rhythmizer to your soft synth.

Right click the nodes on the green and yellow connections,

select Disconnect All and drag new connections between your devices.

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 Finally, open up Rhythmizer by double clicking it,
go to settings in the top left corner and set its
MIDI Output Port to any number
(Here we’ve used 3)

Next, click on the Processing tab and make sure the Output button
is turned on.

Finally, switch to the Troubleshooting tab

and ensure Use Fixed Size Buffers is on.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

SAV E I T !
Once you’ve got Rhythmizer up and running in Patcher, select
Save preset as to save this setup for use in other projects.

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ROU T I N G ME T H O D
Load Rhythmizer, go to the plugin settings and set its
MIDI Output Port to any number
(Here we’ve used 3)

Next, click on the Processing tab and make sure the Output button
is turned on.

Finally, load up your favourite soft synth into another track

and in settings, set the MIDI Input Port to the same number.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

No sound? Try a different MIDI channel, every setup is different.

Out of time? Ensure Use Fixed Size Buffers is on in the Troubleshooting tab.

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 L O G I C P R O X
Load Rhythmizer into an instrument track through the MIDI FX slot.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

B I T W I G
BitWig users must install CLAP during setup.

Create a new instrument track and load Rhythmizer as a

Note FX device. Drop your soft synth in the same track.

Draw a long MIDI note on the channel - Rhythmizer will randomise

based on this input and send it to your synth or sampler.

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 A B L E T O N L I V E

First, click the I-O button to show the track inputs and outputs.

Create two new MIDI tracks, load Rhythmizer into one

and your favourite soft synth into the other.

On the synth track, set the MIDI From to Rhythmizer in both boxes and Monitor to In.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

Please note:
Bend mode and MIDI mapping is incompatible with Ableton Live 10 or less.

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 S T U D I O O N E

Create two new instrument tracks, load Rhythmizer into one

and your favourite soft synth into the other.

In the routing settings of the synth track, select Rhythmizer

as the MIDI Input.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

R E A P E R

Create two new instrument tracks, load Rhythmizer into one

and your favourite soft synth into the other.

In the track wiring settings,

connect Rhythmizer send to your chosen synth’s receive.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

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 C A K E W A L K

Create two new instrument tracks, load Rhythmizer into one

and ensure that Enable MIDI Output is ticked.

Load your favourite soft synth into the second instrument track
and set the Input to Rhythmizer 1 > MIDI Omni.

Feed Rhythmizer a long midi note and you’re good to go!

CAKEWA LK SON A R
In 2018, Bandlab acquired the intellectual property rights to Sonar
and announced the relaunch of Sonar as Cakewalk by Bandlab.
Whilst we have thoroughly tested Rhythmizer in Cakewalk by Bandlab,
we cannot guarantee Rhythmizers compatibility with Cakewalk Sonar.

Download Cakewalk by Bandlab for free here.

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 A D V A N C E D
S E T T I N G S

Loop Mode Latch: When enabled, the loop engage Play Notes at Loop Boundary: Enable this if your DAW is
button will toggle on/off, when disabled the loop will only skipping a note when it loops, or disable if unwanted extra
be engaged when the button is held down. notes are generated.

Always Use 1/16 Swing Grid: When enabled the swing Glitching Retains Gate & Velocity: Glitched notes use the
grid will always be 1/16th notes. When disabled the swing same gate & velocity amount. Turn off for variations in gate
grid will be whichever groove is picked at random. & velocity in glitch sections.

Include 1/16D in Loop Length: Adds dotted 16th division Step Sequencer Polyphony: When enabled, the step
to Loop mode. sequencer will add to any already playing note when the
“force base groove” step type is used.

Use Different Note for 2nd 1/32: Switches between pairs Global Octave Spread: When enabled, Octave spread
of 32nd notes and sweeping arpeggios of 32nd notes. affects all notes. When disabled, it only affects notes which
are part of the scale.

Use Scale Notes for User Poly Stacking: USER mode poly Alt. Step Seq Alignment: When enabled, the step
stack amounts affect scale notes, not just the input note. sequencer will use another method to align with your host
DAW.

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 R H Y T H M I Z E R
F A Q

Where is my license key?

After your order, you’ll get an order confirmation email, as well as an order with your downloads.

• Your license key will arrive in a separate email. Please note that this email is from our
[email protected] email address.
• If you cannot find it, please check your spam folder, they sometimes end up there.

I can’t find Rhythmizer VST/AU in Ableton Live.

Rhythmizer is a VST3, which is slightly different from a VST.

In your Live preferences, make sure ‘Use VST3 Plug-in System Folders’ is activated.

Default VST3 system folders for Windows:

64-bit Windows | C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3 or

VST3 on Mac:
Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST3

Please note, the AU file in Rhythmizer is created for Logic users only.

Can I record the MIDI output?

Yes you can. In most DAWs, it’s just a case of record-arming the channel that is receiving Rhythmizer’s MIDI
input, and hitting record.

• Logic doesn’t allow MIDI output recording by default. This video explains IAC well.
• FL Studio uses their MIDI Burn function. Here’s a video for more info.

Alternatively, make use of the Drag To MIDI function detailed on page 6.

Will Rhythmizer work with my DAW?

Rhythmizer works great with most DAWs. Please note:

Pro Tools - Rhythmizer is currently VST3/CLAP only at this time.

FL Studio - Only compatible with FL Studio 21+

Reason - Reason doesn’t support the VST3 and MIDI routing necessary for Rhythmizer at this time

Cubase - A few users have had issues with Cubase 11, so updating to 12 is advised.

Ableton - Bend mode and MIDI mapping is incompatible with Ableton 10 or less.

Other DAWs - There has been a huge upsurge in niche and newcomer DAWs and we are not able to test on
all of them. If your DAW supports VST3 and offers MIDI routing between channels, give the free demo a try.

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 C R E D I T S
& T H A N K S

_RHYTHMIZER FUSION
(c) 2024 _Futurephonic Media Oy

Made with ♥ in Switzerland, Croatia and Germany

Rhythmizer Concept and Max for Live device

programmed by Raffael Willi (Jumpstreet)

Rhythmizer Fusion VST Programmed by

Rich Elms (Bom Shanka Machines)

Fusion Concept, UI Designer and Project Manager - Alex Story (Futurephonic)

Manual by Ben Gildersleve

Huge thanks to all of our beta testers:

Tom D, Hans H, Sam P, Tom W, Pascal N, Chris C, Stephan K, Julian S, Fabian G,

Yellomix, Iam Elohym, Rob H, Richard S, David E, Dimi, Heiko R

{{VST}} Contains portions of FigBug/Gin,

Copyright (c)2018, Roland Rabien.
All rights reserved.

Windows version uses AVIR image resizing algorithm

designed by Aleksey Vaneev.
AVIR Copyright (c)2015-2019 Aleksey Vaneev

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