Depending on how long your break is, and how many slices it’s chopped into, you can probably get away with spreading each slice/keyzone out over a wider range of notes.
For example, you could map each slice over a full octave, or half an octave, instead of just a single note, giving you room to do cool pitched snare rolls or whatever else you fancy.
Check out this demo song I posted in another very similar thread several years ago: