An intelligent musical accident generator that listens to live audio or an existing loop before it acts. Happenstance creates rhythm-aware transformations ranging from restrained rearrangements to ghosted, spacious and shimmering mutations.
Start playback and let Happenstance hear enough material to understand the phrase. Set SAFE/WILD, then press MAKE IT HAPPEN. Use Again to ask for another interpretation, Keep to preserve one you like, and Undo when the accident went too far.
Use a lower Wild value on drums or material where groove and transient definition must remain recognisable.
Move toward the centre, generate several accidents, then Keep the one whose rhythm or space suggests a new direction.
Push toward the far end when the source is raw material rather than something you need to preserve.