Cre8audio Programm is an upcoming hardware desktop/Eurorack performance sequencer in collaboration with Pittsburgh Modular.
In early March, Richard Nicol surprisingly showcased the Cre8audio program sequencer in a SonicTalk episode. This was somewhat atypical for Cre8audio, which usually operates with strict NDAs.
He showed the module in even more detail at the London Synth Expo. So it’s no longer an open secret that it’s on the way.
Besides the information already visible on the faceplate, I find it exciting that top-level features like ratcheting can not only be set manually but have independent probability functions, making it very generative. And this per step or globally per channel.
Price and date release are still TBA, but very soon, and affordable like the other Cre8audio small boxes.
Article from March 4, 2026
Superbooth 2026 is still two months away, but there’s already some news.
In today’s SonicTalk episode, Richard Nicol of Pittsburgh Modular announced the upcoming Cre8audio Programm performance sequencer that will be released in one or two weeks.
Cre8audio Programm
Program is a new hardware desktop performance sequencer developed in collaboration between Cre8audio and Pittsburgh Modular.
Following the two synthesizers (East Beast and West Pest), the drum machine Boom Chick, and the performance mixer Assembler, a performance sequencer in the same format is coming soon.
Like the other devices, it can be used as a desktop unit or as a Eurorack module. An official list of features is not yet available, but much can be seen on the faceplate.
The Program sequencer features two 1v/oct, two CV, and 8 drum tracks. You can select tracks using the buttons on the left. The step sequencer has 32 pads, which suggests it has 32 steps. However, I suggest there will be multiple pages, and so you have at least 64 steps.
Alongside classic transport controls (play, record, stop), you can find various workflow buttons, including page, octave down, octave up, sequencer, and clear. There are also shift functions like hold, song mode, save, copy, MIDI settings, and more
The Programm sequencer also seems to have a number of creative tools built in, so that you can build very evolving patterns.
On the interface, you can find knobs for hands-on control over pattern shifting, length, condition, ratcheting, pitch with voicing and chords, and CV/CC.
If you take a look at the bottom row, you can see more features like key/scale, clock division, quantization, groove, pattern length, extend pattern, and more. It looks like there is also a generative pattern generation function.
On the connection side, it has two main sequencer outputs, each with a 1v/oct, gate, and CV outputs, which suggests that there are two tracks + 2 modulation tracks. Plus, there are eight drum trigger outputs, chance in, reset I/O, MIDI TRS I/O, and clock I/O.
First Impression
The Programm would be a logical new product since they already have two synths, a drum machine, and a mixer. Because what’s currently missing in this lineup, yes, a sequencer. The feature set looks promising.
I expect the Cre8audio program to be just as affordable as other products in this series. My estimate is somewhere between 200€ and 300€, or a little more.
Cre8audio Programm availability and price TBA, but Richard Nicol says it will be out in 1-2 weeks.
More information here: Cre8audio
Pittsburgh Modular & Cre8audio are on fire!
I wonder how they have 4 CV tracks with only two sets of physical outputs? What am I missing?
2xCVs for modulation and 2x 1v/oct tracks. I made it more clear in the article