I have to admit it. Maybe 90% of all my interactions with Permut8 is opening the menu and choosing 'Randomize Instructions'. I can't be the only one who is dying for the most used button to actually be on the GUI with the other stuff instead of having to go through a menu? :)

Another option is to have a keyboard shortcut for it maybe?

hit shift and the permut8 menu button together

The reason that doesn't really work for me and I'd like a single-click, mouse-only solution is that with Permut8 being so experimental I usually play an instrument into a mic or a midi controller of some kind with my left hand while tweaking effect parameters with my right hand (mouse). Having to devote both hands to make this simple command is not impossible but it makes it about as slow as going to the menu with the mouse. Everyone who's done this kind of quick sound browsing knows that speed is very important, to others it probably sounds like a very minor niggle.

Hey there, I have put together a random button DIY kit. It consists of a simple push button and two wires that can be connected to the circuit board inside your Permut8.

Kit content		Installed

To install the button, you just have to download the .zip package below, and then take the "Permut8 Resources" folder inside and drop it right next to your Permut8 plugin. Here are the default paths for the following installations.

UPDATE: New download posted further down

UPDATE AGAIN: These hacks have been updated for our latest versions (April 2020) http://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/1617-randomize-button-hacks-for-permut8-and-echobode-updated

👇 UPDATED AGAIN and AGAIN (December 2022)
https://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/2187

Ha ha! Love it!

This is nice :)

Thanks.

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hah thats proper brilliant

This is awesome! Is there any way for this to be added as a true VST parameter, for automation and MIDI mapping?

I like it.
Thanks.

Thanks so much!

Now that's customer service!

- urbster1 wrote:
This is awesome! Is there any way for this to be added as a true VST parameter, for automation and MIDI mapping?

I second this request!! Is this a possibility? I'm tryin to work it into my live set and would loooove the random button to have midi mapping ability...

It takes a very adventurous man to use the randomize button in a live set :)

God I've just discovered this, it's awesome!! Brilliant Frederik! you guys never stop to amaze me. thank you.

Awesome.....many thanks!

Is it just me?

Randomise button no longer appears since installing the latest update (which is an awesome update by the way!!!!)

- varikusbrainz wrote:
Is it just me?

Randomise button no longer appears since installing the latest update (which is an awesome update by the way!!!!)

Same here (OSX 10.6.8 AU)

Where's the zip file? :(

Ah, yes. this file attachment did not survive the forum post migration. The kit was actually outdated and did not work with the latest version of Permut8. I have had an update on my todo list for a very very long time now. I'll try to get around to it this weekend.

Could be great to have it back ! I missed this when you submitted it on the forum.
I'd like to experiment with that kind of feature. Randomization from the menu is not as easy/fast as having a switch on the main panel. After all, Permut8 is also about positive
accidents... ^^
Also would it be possible to have that kind of option in Echobode too ? (sorry to be a bit out of topic)

Thanks Fredrik :)
For the future would you please consider 'front panel access' randomization on all your products (like Microtonic, etc) as quick randomization is especially fruitful on your particular products for exploration of the possibilities ;-)

Choose "Randomize" once from the main menu, then shift-click the main menu button to repeat randomizing until you find something you like. Shift-clicking for repetition actually works for all functions in our products. It is also useful for things like shifting patterns left / right, undo / redo etc...

Hi, any chance of getting the randomize button back? or has this already happened, and I'm just slow to the party...?

+1 for a Random button on the GUI of all your products. When you need some fast inspiration (or you're bored) going through the main menu to reach it doesn't seem so nice.

Now I am done with the new random button kit. I also created an Echobode version.

The old "Permut8 Resources" folder is no longer supported, it is now called Permut8 V1.1 Resources (or Echobode V1.0 Resources). They still go next to your plugin installation as decribed in my original post above.

RandomButton-kit.zip(126kB, 1540 downloads)

nice one

the shift click is nice but these buttons are really handy

Way late to the random button update party here but thanks much.

These hacks have been updated for our latest versions (April 2020): http://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/1617-randomize-button-hacks-for-permut8-and-echobode-updated

hy can i add this button to microtonic ? thank you

- JBDS1 wrote:
hy can i add this button to microtonic ? thank you

https://soniccharge.com/forum/topic/1617-randomize-button-hacks-for-permut8-and-echobode-updated

Brilliant!