I know the feel…i use slicex…
Go to the start aka sample offset tab and go to random&xy tab and draw whatever graph you want and then automate the xy parameters in edit events in piano roll. To get sample offset…
Also What i do…copy and paste phrases in the piano roll…
…and then add the variations i want…i also clone patterns and add the small variations…
Like one pattern has the snare on the 3 and 5 beat out of 8 beats…and another pattern has the snare roll on the 4 etc…
Tbh i just edit the individual note velocities…and link the other stuff the xy module…i dont play around with pitch
And i have quantization turned off…to do the micro edits…
I think that slicex can take up to 150 slices…for both decks
Other than the filter and volume and the sample offset parameters…i dont modulate much in slicex…also i dont route the sliced one shots to individual mixer channels and just use one master envelope…
Lastly i presequence drum breaks and eq before hand before i use them in a track…if i need extra umph…l layer one shots and mix them in with fx…
You also could also use the automatic arpeggiator tab…and set it random…and have it arpeggiate a scale or auto, and set the range to 2 or 3, and set the timing and then layer the snare and kick or whatever…also got this idea from white noise.
Also Reposting this because i deleted the video of me doing this.
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Other times i just use a sequenced drum break as a volume controller over modulated granular noise… by taking fls peak controller linking it to the volume of parameter of the limiter (A) …the automate the decay and tension of the peak controller…and add another limiter (B) to control the volume of the modulated granular noise…and i seperate the break acting as volume controller and the modulated granular noise into different mixer channels…but the sequenced break acting as a volume controller doesnt have a sound output, its usually muted, and the modulated granular noise becomes the drum break.