# Week 2 - effects, time, arithmetic

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## [About the Week 2 - effects, time, arithmetic category](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/about-the-week-2-effects-time-arithmetic-category/915)

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**Author:** [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\
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Lessons for week 2 of the learning tidal course.

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## [Week 2 lesson 1 - starting out with effects](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-1-starting-out-with-effects/463)

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**Author:** [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\
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**Last updated:** [21 October 2025 01:14 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-1-starting-out-with-effects/463 "2025-10-21T01:14:12Z")

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Ok, time to start exploring some effects! In this video I introduce some of the many effects available with superdirt.. and begin to explain how Tidal goes about combining two or more such patterns into one. We'll return…

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## [Week 2 lesson 3 - Combining patterns with arithmetic, plus the 'hurry' function](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-3-combining-patterns-with-arithmetic-plus-the-hurry-function/489)

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**Author:** [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\
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**Last updated:** [31 July 2025 18:47 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-3-combining-patterns-with-arithmetic-plus-the-hurry-function/489 "2025-07-31T18:47:47Z")

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Here's another video as promised. To tell the truth, I'm super tired at the moment, so despite a couple of takes the video ended up a bit "non-linear", with an explanation of the 'hurry' function dropped in the middle of…

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## [Week 2 lesson 2 - manipulating time with setcps, cps patterns and fast/slow functions](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-2-manipulating-time-with-setcps-cps-patterns-and-fast-slow-functions/466)

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**Author:** [@yaxu](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/yaxu)\
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**Last updated:** [8 October 2024 07:23 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/week-2-lesson-2-manipulating-time-with-setcps-cps-patterns-and-fast-slow-functions/466 "2024-10-08T07:23:20Z")

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Hi all, here's a new video, exploring ways of manipulating time. I enjoyed this one! 1:19 - Changing tempo with setcps, and converting between bpm and cps 4:44 - Patterning tempo changes with the cps effe…