d1 $ every (irand 4) (slow (((rand + 1.0)/2.0)*3.0)) $ n "1 0 2 3" # s "bd bd bd bd" # cut 1 -- This has the kind of expanding and contracting rhythmic quality of late 20thC music where complex rhythm is employed, but what makes it powerful is it’s not gridlocked like traditional notation (mostly) is, and like most DAWs are. d1 $ rarely (jux $ striate 16) $ sometimes rev $ every (irand 5) (slow (rand * 4.0)) $ n "1 [0 3 4] 2 3" # s "bd [jazz jazz jazz] popkick bd" -- great one ! i also felt compelled to dig into this example which was super cool to understand irand - i played with cut a bit but i still didn’t get it fully -- here’s my hack of your cool snippet, i added funny samples and a phaser… :japanese_ogre: d1 $ every (irand 16) (slow (irand 64 + (rand * 3.0))) $ n "3 0/2 1/3 0 1 1/5 3 2 0 2 0 4 [ 1 [1 1 ] 1 1]" # s "808bd:1 808sd:1 808:1 bass:0 bass:1 " # cut "[1 2 3]*2" #phaserdepth 10 #phaserrate 3