I would like samples to keep playing, but muted, until hit. The reason is, i want to resample a loop with different resonator pitches, then play it as a keyboard, but do not want the sample to begin at the start when each pad is pressed, but continue from where the last pad stopped
So imagine all the pads, once played, run through the samples, you could watch the line loop in chop, but no sound, until you hit the pad. This would mean all sorts. Another use is for drum loops. You can have multiple long, changing loops on each pad, and spontaneously change between pads, getting unexpected combos.
I have done that last thing on Koala, pressing play and then clicking around on all the patterns, and getting wild combos, as they at least stop where you stopped, if not always playing.
That would be a way to do it as well, have them stop where i remove my finger from a gated pad, rather than being ready to play from the start again next time.