visit the old forum and search for the exact phrase “ghost snares”. a two-page thread will pop up giving the basic approach.
actually came up with a variation of the approach in March … this two-lfo approach gives probability ability for trigs …
Hi Hat’s lfo:
Param = vol
Shape 1 is set to square
(and the Shape Mix is all the way left, using Shape 1 for the lfo data)
Update is Hold
Speed is 103
Depth is 119
Bassdrum’s LFO is routed to the Hi Hat track
Param is LFOSpeed, Shape 1 is Random and the Shape Mix is all the way left.
Update is Hold
Speed is 41
Depth is 127
Voila, probability trigs achieved on Machinedrum yay
Yes, if you’re interested in understanding the design that went into electron products. Between the Octatrack and MDUW I see plenty of overlaps. So yes, I find a few neat aha moments. Ex. I was thinking about how to order 4 independent ram and play machines on the MD/ Settled on arranging them in a neat row. (9-16) Then realized this is how trig machines and mid machines are arranged on the Octatrack.
I wish there was more info available with respect to the design decisions on the MD. My feeling is that the staff at electron spent a fair amount of time with Max/Msp and decided to make a hardware version of their projects.