Modular · Utility

Déjà Vu

Random notes with memory: repeat, replace or forget

Open in the synth with a demo patch Open Modular

What it does

Déjà Vu deals random values but remembers a loop of them. The Déjà vu knob is the probability of taking the remembered value instead of a new one: 100 repeats the loop exactly, 0 makes every step new, 60–80 gives a recognisable phrase where one note changes now and then. Bias and Spread set where and how widely new values are drawn, Jitter nudges events in time like a live player. Notes are quantized to the scale; cv gives the same value.

Ports

trig: Trigger: next step
out: Note of the step
cv: The same value as cv 0…1

Parameters

Déjà vu · Length · Spread · Bias · Jitter · Root · Range · Scale

Try this

Déjà vu 85, Length 8 — almost a sequencer that swaps one note per round.
Bias 0.2 with Spread 0.3 — low notes; Bias 0.8 — high ones: same range, different character.
Jitter 15 % on a String — a harp, not a machine.

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