Nota Random
Nota Random adds controlled chance: a drummer who’s a little loose, ghost notes that come and go, a melody that wanders, hats that thin out. It’s reproducible — lock the seed and the same variation plays every time.
What varies
Section titled “What varies”| Dimension | Range |
|---|---|
| Note | ± semitones |
| Velocity | ±64 |
| Timing | 0–100 ms late (a real-time effect can only delay) |
| Skip | Drop the note |
| Octave | ±2 octaves |
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Chance | How likely a note is varied at all |
| Distribution | Gauss (a bell — small changes more often), Even (flat) or Walk (drifts from note to note) |
| Per note / Per bar | Draw for each note, or once for the bar |
| Seed · Reroll | The roll’s seed; reroll for a new one |
| Lock | Hold the bar showing and repeat it every bar |
| Stay in scale | Snap varied pitches into C major |
The Output window shows one bar of demo notes — input dashed, output filled (brighter = louder, a link when the pitch moved, × when skipped). Every bar is a fresh roll until you lock it.
Presets
Section titled “Presets”32 factory presets: humanising (Human Touch, Loose Drummer, Tight Humanize, Lazy Behind, Velocity Shimmer, Accent Lottery), sparseness (Ghost Notes, Sparse Hats, Thin Out, Stutter Drop), pitch (Pitch Roulette, Gentle Wander, Melodic Drift, Wide Leaps, Chromatic Smear, …) and more.