Random value on multiple outs?

[williamjturkel]

The most general version of the question is whether I can store a randomly generated value for future use. In the case of a note, outside the sequencer I would use a buff mult and sample & hold. At some future time I would grab a copy of it. If I also have some version of a shift register (Steppy, E102, etc.), I can have the same random note performed by different instruments or voices at subsequent times to create a musical canon.

A different thing I could do with stored voltages is use them to create rule based melodies with a mixer or precision adder. So the current note value is 0.5 times the previous note value plus -0.25 times the t-2 note value plus 0.15 times the t-3 note value etc. Dinko Klobucar has a very nice video showing how to do this on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CoyvGY74PE

But, and here is where I am getting very greedy indeed, how amazing would it be if I could store a randomly generated trigger or ratchet or some other sequencer instruction for future use? In compositional terms it would mean being able to refer back to a gesture that was chosen probabilistically. If the system plays a special ratchet in the third measure, it could do so again, without programming the special ratchet itself - just choose a gesture then repeat it a few times.