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Chance Effects
What’s a Chance Effect?
The Chance Effects are another of the generative sequencing tools available in the Touch Controller. They add random-
ization to Pitch, Rolls, Condition, and Shift for a step based on the state of the [CHANCE KNOB] when the step is
triggered. While using one or both channels as a sequencer, chance effects can determine if a step will play as
expected, or if it will randomly change.
Chance effects can control four different parameters; they can modify the Pitch of a step, mute a step with Trigger, Shift
a step’s timing, and add ratcheting with Roll.
Turning on Chance Effects
Which Chance effects are active can be set by holding [EDIT BUTTON] and pressing [TOUCHPAD 3] to enter top row
settings, continuing to hold [EDIT BUTTON], then pressing touchpads 13, 14, 15, and 16 to toggle Pitch, Trigger, Shift, and
Roll. Multiple can be active simultaneously.
[TOUCH PAD 13] = Pitch
[TOUCH PAD 14] = Trigger
[TOUCH PAD 15] = Shift
[TOUCH PAD 16] = Roll
Step Chance
Chance can be enabled or disabled on individual steps by holding [EDIT BUTTON] and pressing [STEP CHANCE], con-
tinuing to hold [EDIT BUTTON], and then pressing [TOUCHPADS 1-16] to enable or disable chance effects on that step.
The Chance Knobs and Inputs
The Chance Effects are controlled by a reading taken from the [CHANCE KNOBS]. When nothing is patched into the
Yellow or Red [CHANCE INPUTS], the chance value goes from 0% to 100%.
But there’s a trick here! The [CHANCE KNOBS] are actually attenuators for the [CHANCE INPUTS] which are 0 - 5 volt CV
inputs. This means you can patch CV into the [CHANCE INPUTS] and modulate the Chance Amount for some wildly fun
behaviors!
On Musical Random
The Chance Effects operate on carefully sculpted chance ranges and behaviors that seek to give the feeling that more
chance will make the results stranger, rather than more chance just meaning something happens more often; though it
does often also mean that!
I’ve written out all of these chance scalings and behaviors later, but I don’t recommend reading them; they’re
tremendously boring! However, be aware that chance is opinionated and will try to help you make listenable music.
4 Voltage Lab 2 Touch Controller
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