Rhythmic delay & gate effects

Rikoshet

Four tempo-synced rhythmic effects for VCV Rack: a rhythmic amplitude gate, a stereo ping-pong delay, a multi-tap pattern delay, and a stereo crossfader. Each one locks to your clock and snaps to musical subdivisions, with CV over the parameters that matter — built for turning a steady signal into something that moves in time.

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Free to download and use · GPL-3.0 · macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel), Windows & Linux.

The idea

Rikoshet is a small set of rhythm and time effects that all work the same way: feed them a clock, and they lock their motion to musical subdivisions — from two bars down to a 1/32, including dotted and triplet values. Without a clock, they run from their own tempo knob instead.

Gate chops level in time, PingPong and MultiTap place echoes across the stereo field, and Blend crossfades between two signals. They stay out of the way harmonically and put their character into timing and stereo movement, with CV on the controls you'd want to modulate.

WHAT THEY SHARE
  • · Tempo sync from a clock input, or a free tempo knob
  • · Musical subdivisions (2 bars → 1/32, dotted & triplet)
  • · Stereo throughout, with width / spread controls
  • · CV inputs on the key parameters
  • · Pink family-stripe under the header

The four modules

GATE

Rhythmic gate

Tempo-synced amplitude gate — 14 musical subdivisions, morphable shape, pulse width, and a stereo offset that slips the right channel for width.

PINGPONG

Ping-pong delay

Stereo delay with cross-fed feedback that bounces repeats between channels. Spread offsets the right-channel time for tumbling echoes; Cross sets how much feedback crosses sides; low- and high-cut in the feedback path let repeats darken as they fade.

MULTITAP

Pattern delay

An 8-step delay across a tempo-synced window. Per-tap level sliders place the hits, alternating L/R panning with Spread opens the stereo image, Decay tapers the taps, and Feedback recirculates the whole pattern.

BLEND

Crossfader

A stereo A/B crossfader with input drive and an equal-power curve. Use it to blend parallel chains of Rikoshet effects, or as a dry/wet control around a serial one. CV over Mix and Drive.