Documentation · Generators
x? · x? y Optional slots
x? plays x or a rest of the same length. x? y plays x or y, with y fitted to x's length. Either way the beat never moves.
- The fallback comes first: derivation 1 is the rest, or
y, and derivation 2 isx. - An item after
?is taken as the substitute. To keep the rest and carry on, wrap the slot:(x?) y. - A rest after
?is never taken as a substitute.
A hat that may or may not play.
c2 d2 c2 f#2 d2
With a substitute: a three-tom fill squeezed into the kick’s one unit.
d3 c3 b2 d2 c2 d2