# Tips and tricks

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/tips-and-tricks/4442>\
**Category:** TidalCycles\
**Tags:** resources\
**Created:** [8 December 2022 18:06 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/tips-and-tricks/4442 "2022-12-08T18:06:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![joanq](https://uzu.lurk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bcef8e/32.png) [@joanq](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/joanq)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2022 18:06 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/tips-and-tricks/4442/1 "2022-12-08T18:06:16Z")

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The idea is to add a "tips and tricks" page to the documentation. Not a tutorial, not a reference, but a list of common patterns that may require some Tidal knowledge. It's similar to a "how-to", but each recipe is shorter.

These patterns are probably often asked here or on discord, and would be cool if we could make a list and explain them.

Some ideas that come to mind are:

- How to play a pattern only on some cycles.
- How to apply an LFO to any parameter.
- How to apply an envelope to any parameter.
- How to schedule a pattern to start at the beginning of the next cycle.
- How can I use `scale` to play a scale with a root note different from C?
- How can I use a VST inside Tidal?

So, if you have other suggestions of FAQ, or you can explain any of these in a compact, specific way, I'm willing to compile all this information together into a useful document and add it to the existing documentation.