Octal Apps for a New Rhythm of Time

About Octarule

Welcome to Octarule (The Octal System Oasis) — a creative hub for rethinking how we experience time, numbers, and everyday tools.

Octal System Basics

Octarule is built on base-8 logic, which means it uses numbers 0 through 7 only. You don’t need to understand the math right away — just know it helps reveal patterns, simplify cycles, and offer a smoother flow through time.

How Each App Works

Each app in the Octal System is designed with this clarity in mind — from the Kerian Calendar with its 8-day week, to calculators, clocks, converters, and music sequencers that all follow the same rhythmic logic.

To learn more about each app, click the ( I ) icon at the bottom. The info panel will open with tips, background, and ideas behind each Octarule app.

Summary

Octal is not here to overthrow base-10. It’s here to run alongside it — as a parallel rhythm, a new pattern language, an alternative lens. It's up to future generations to decide if its to adopt it, let it run along side the current system, or ignore it completely and be permanently rooted in decimal(B10) traditions.

The Octal Band Sequencer

Click the ( I ) icon below to reveal the Sequencer! (see footer)
The Octal Band Sequencer is an interactive beat-making tool based on an 8-step loop. You can mix four sound layers — drums, bass, snaps, and buzzes — and customize the tempo using base-8 numbers.

What makes it unique is how it reinforces the rhythm of base-8 time. Each loop completes after 8 steps, and as it cycles, you’ll see the counter advance: 1, 2, ..., 7, 10, just like counting in octal. You can even sync this with the octal clock to give it a tick — a steady pulse that makes the system come alive.

It’s a hands-on way to feel how patterns repeat more smoothly in base-8, and how time and rhythm can be shaped in new, intuitive ways.

At some tempo, rhythms realign.