# Can someone explain "Onset"

**URL:** <https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/can-someone-explain-onset/1533>\
**Category:** Support, Help & Resources\
**Created:** [October 5, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/can-someone-explain-onset/1533 "2018-10-05T00:24:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrbombmusic](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/in-thread.sonic-pi.net/mrbombmusic/32/2282_2.png) [@mrbombmusic](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/mrbombmusic)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/can-someone-explain-onset/1533/4 "2018-10-08T01:53:49Z")

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This inspired me to try and make a visual representation of how onset works. I think it came out pretty good. I posted it [here](http://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/how-to-access-data-from-onset-function-using-lambda/1542/6?u=mrbombmusic).

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