Build a Scene

The Scene is INBOIL’s song mode — what we call the Graphical Sequencer. Instead of a linear timeline, you connect patterns as nodes and the engine follows the connections during playback.

Note: The Scene view is available on desktop only.

1. Create Your Patterns

The Matrix is your pattern library. Each cell is a pattern — tap one to select it, double-tap to open the step editor and fill it with beats. Colored cells have data; empty cells are blank.

Try tapping the colored cells on the left — the step grid on the right shows what’s inside each pattern:

Verse →

KICK 16 16 1/16 S S M M

RST VEL CHNC MIX FX INS

VOL

PAN

VERB

DLY

GLT

GRN

SNARE 16 16 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

CLAP 16 16 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

C.HH 16 16 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

O.HH 16 16 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

CYM 16 16 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

BASS 12 12 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

LEAD 24 24 1/16 S S M M

VOL

PAN

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In the app, you’d create several patterns here first: a verse groove, a chorus variation, a sparse break.

2. Build the Scene

Now arrange your patterns into a song structure. In the app you drag a pattern from the Matrix and drop it into the Scene — a new node appears where you release. Then connect nodes by dragging the handle on the right side of a node to the target node.

Below, four patterns are connected with a fork: Verse → Chorus → Break or Break2 → back to Verse. The engine randomly picks which break to play. Try dragging the nodes around, or drag a pattern from the Matrix on the left into the scene:

Verse →

Verse

Chorus

Break

Break2

■ Drag patterns here → Connect to build a song

3. Press Play

Press the play button on the root node above (marked with a dot) and the engine follows the connections automatically. At each fork it picks the next node at random — so the arrangement is different every time.

Mode	Behavior
Loop	Repeats the selected pattern (default)
Scene	Follows the graph from the root node (marked with a dot)

In the app, press the play button on the root node to start Scene mode. If a node has no outgoing edges, playback stops there.

Next Steps

Once you’re comfortable with the basics, explore how to add more depth to your scenes:

• Scene Nodes — node types, generative nodes, and properties
• Modifiers — transpose, tempo changes, repeats, and FX
• Playback Flow — how the scene engine walks the graph