All stochastic operations in TidalCycles default to using the same stream of random numbers because Haskell. In the example below the panning is slanted to the right. We can hear that there’s something missing on the left. We can fix this by reading the random stream at a different speed. It’s best we don’t think about this too hard because it could unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum and destroy the entire universe if we do (no state in Haskell). For our intents and purposes doing it this way we get to think about our results as a unique stream of random numbers for each of the two parameters. This fixes the problem with the panning and we can think about getting a Computer Science degree later (I would be so proud of you!).

d1
$ s "gab*8?"
# pan rand

Compare the above example to the one just below here.

d1
$ s "gab*8?"
# pan (slow 0.1 $ rand)

Here is an example with more parameters that each get a unique random stream.

d1
$ s "gab*9?"
# pan (slow 0.1 $ rand)
# n (slow 0.11 $ choose [0..10])
# lpf (slow 0.12 $ scalex 160 20000 $ rand)
# rel (slow 0.13 $ scale 0.1 0.9 $ rand)
# gain (slow 0.14 $ scale 1 2 $ rand)
# up (slow 0.15 $ scale (-9) 0 $ rand)
# cut (slow 0.16 $ choose [0,0,0,1])
# resonance (slow 0.17 $ scale 0 0.5 $ rand)
# shape (slow 0.18 $ scale 0 0.999999 $ rand)
# loop (slow 0.19 $ choose [0..49])
# end (slow 0.2 $ scalex 0.05 1 $ rand)