diff --git a/packages/core/pattern.mjs b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
index f3f19f87..35f9cb6a 100644
--- a/packages/core/pattern.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/pattern.mjs
@@ -1023,6 +1023,7 @@ function _composeOp(a, b, func) {
     div: [numeralArgs((a, b) => a / b)],
     mod: [numeralArgs(_mod)],
     pow: [numeralArgs(Math.pow)],
+    log2: [numeralArgs(Math.log2)],
     band: [numeralArgs((a, b) => a & b)],
     bor: [numeralArgs((a, b) => a | b)],
     bxor: [numeralArgs((a, b) => a ^ b)],
diff --git a/packages/core/signal.mjs b/packages/core/signal.mjs
index c29c0399..5f61fe7a 100644
--- a/packages/core/signal.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/signal.mjs
@@ -159,6 +159,19 @@ const timeToRands = (t, n) => timeToRandsPrime(timeToIntSeed(t), n);
  */
 export const run = (n) => saw.range(0, n).floor().segment(n);
 
+/**
+ * @name binary
+ * Creates a discrete pattern using binary representation.
+ * @param {number} n - input number to convert to binary
+ * @example
+ * "hh".s().struct(binary(5))
+ * // "hh".s().struct("1 0 1")
+ */
+export const binary = (n) => {
+  const nBits = reify(n).log2(0).floor().add(1);
+  return binaryN(n, nBits)
+};
+
 /**
  * @name binaryN
  * Creates a discrete pattern using binary representation.