The initial idea for this notation was to make it general enough for a range of sequencers. While I mainly use Elektron I also wanted to have a notation I could apply to Roland or Korg sequencers which don’t have the same functionality.
The notation is just a starting point to which additional elements such as micro timing or swing could be applied. These additional could be added as text notations as required. However my idea was not to construct a fully prescriptive system but an initial outline for the producer to iterate on.
The '@" symbol is for Elektron conditional trigs such:
- @75 for a 75% chance
- @1st / @_1st for the first bar or not first bar
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@PRE / @_PRE for the previous conditional or not previous conditional trigger
The post : Conditional Breakbeats with rytm in 1 bar goes into this with more detail.