Random polymetric divider ({}%n)

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1

Hi im new in cycles and i want to generate a casual number with irand ,and link it with the %n of the polymeter divider.

Ex. d1 $ s "{ bd cp hh }%randomvalue".

How i can concatenate the integer random value in that string pattern?

thanks :slight_smile:

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Ciao! You can define a variable like:

setI "value" (irand 8)

and then use in you pattern with the prefix ^:

d1 $ s "{bd cd hh sd}%^value"

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3

Thank you so much, it worked ,and thanks for the link too.
Can you tell me were i can find some documentations on types declarations string addition and so on?idk if i had to find for haskell or tidal

4

Is there anywhere in the documentation that explains how this works?

5

Don't think so, but feel free to open an issue in the tidal-doc repository: GitHub - tidalcycles/tidal-doc

7

Is there a way that I can use a variable to select my sample as well? Like something like this:

setI "value" (irand 8)

d1 $ (|+ (n value)) $ s "{hh*16}"

d1 $ s "{hh:^value*16}"

Both of these options throw an error.

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d1 $ (|+ (n "^value")) $ s "{hh*16}"
should work

9

Cool!
Didn't really know what's the deal with that caret operator ^ and thought it's some Haskell specific syntax. But I found this issue here and apparently it's something that was introduced to TidalCycles sometime ago. This should be in the docs. :point_up_2:

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you could add it if you have time, or

11

setI "value" (irand 8)

What is the advantage to use a variable like this above?
Doesn't this have the same effect?

d1 $ s "hh*16" # irand 8

12

yes that is indeed equivalent, if you look at the original question of this thread it becomes more clear why it is nice to have

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Thank you for the hint @polymorphic.engine. I should try out working with these examples { }%about polymetric sequence subdivision.