Probabilistic branching

A splitter in probability mode produces arrangements that vary over time without anyone sequencing the variation. Hi-hats that thin out, percussion that drifts, ornaments that come and go.

A Splitter does not have to send every signal everywhere. In probability mode, each outgoing wire makes an independent decision. Wire A at 100% always fires; Wire B at 50% fires roughly half the time; Wire C at 20% appears occasionally. Run a steady Source through it and the pattern stays recognizable without repeating itself exactly.

Probability mode keeps the source pulse steady while each branch decides whether to fire.
Study this branching pocket: listen for the stable pulse, inspect the probability split, then remix the graph by changing only one branch weight.
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The move

  1. Place a Source with a measure trigger. Place a Splitter next to it.
  2. Connect Source → Splitter. Set the Splitter mode to probability.
  3. Connect splitter to three percussion vibe nodes: kick at 100%, snare at 80%, hi-hat at 30%.
  4. Listen. The kick is steady. The snare drops out occasionally. The hi-hat ornaments unpredictably.

Weighted vs probability

Use probability mode when you want density variation: wires that may or may not fire, allowing zero or many to fire from one input. Use weighted mode when you want arrangement variation: exactly one outgoing wire fires every time, but which one rotates by weighted random selection. Probability thins; weighted shuffles.