CB Automata

v1.0 · LIFE SEQUENCER
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96.0
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Step Evolve
Draw cells on the grid. A playhead sweeps left to right playing whatever is alive in that column — row sets pitch, neighbour count sets velocity. The grid runs Conway's rules and evolves every Evolve steps, so the pattern rewrites itself as it plays.

space play · G step a generation · R random seed · C clear

State

Generation0
Population0
Column—
Statusidle

Rules

Edges Stall
Seed

Musical

Root Scale
Grid Max voices
Gate 80%
Gate spread 55% crowded cells hold longer

Voice bands

Bands

Automata

Conway's Game of Life as a step sequencer. Living cells become notes; the grid evolves as it plays.
Needs Web MIDI over HTTPS or localhost.