visit the old forum and search for the exact phrase “ghost snares”. a two-page thread will pop up giving the basic approach.
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actually came up with a variation of the approach in March … this two-lfo approach gives probability ability for trigs …
Hi Hat’s lfo:
Param = vol
Shape 1 is set to square
(and the Shape Mix is all the way left, using Shape 1 for the lfo data)
Update is Hold
Speed is 103
Depth is 119
Bassdrum’s LFO is routed to the Hi Hat track
Param is LFOSpeed, Shape 1 is Random and the Shape Mix is all the way left.
Update is Hold
Speed is 41
Depth is 127
Voila, probability trigs achieved on Machinedrum yay 
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Yes, if you’re interested in understanding the design that went into electron products. Between the Octatrack and MDUW I see plenty of overlaps. So yes, I find a few neat aha moments. Ex. I was thinking about how to order 4 independent ram and play machines on the MD/ Settled on arranging them in a neat row. (9-16) Then realized this is how trig machines and mid machines are arranged on the Octatrack.
I wish there was more info available with respect to the design decisions on the MD. My feeling is that the staff at electron spent a fair amount of time with Max/Msp and decided to make a hardware version of their projects.
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