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 is x.
  • 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.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

c2 d2 c2 f#2 d2

With a substitute: a three-tom fill squeezed into the kick’s one unit.

running…edit it and it re-runs as you type

d3 c3 b2 d2 c2 d2