SHAOS THEORY

Pulsar’s Shaos tool is a pseudo-random generator designed to generate spontaneous rhythmic patterns. Its name is a portmanteau of shift register and chaos, the two primary elements that make up its design. It can be used to make looping sequences of pulses of either 16, 63 or 217 pulses in length, which can be synced to the internal clock or an external one. There are multiple outputs, offering 1bit and 2bit modes – which alter the amount of states the output signal has – and 1bit and 3bit sample and hold outputs. This kind of sequence generator has many uses, but one of the simplest is as a way to generate interesting hat or shaker patterns. The Shaos clock can run into audible rates too, and can be modulated, so you can even use it for oddball modulation synthesis effects.