Synth

"The most awesome generative music environment ever in the world." (tm)

MAIN SCREEN

The main screen is a series of nodes which act as audio sources and destinations. Connections, or signal paths, are represented as lines between nodes.

Double-Clicking the background creates a new node. Within the node's glasspane you can set the type, though it will default to source node on creation.

Node Arrangement

There are three types of nodes -

Source nodes:

• Larger in size
• Color corresponds to type of node (evenually a drop down key display for reference)
• Click selects, dbl click and rt click enters associated world
• Can be a generator (ie a synth oscillator), or can trigger audio (ie a sampler)
• Outputs a stereo audio signal. Does not (at this point anyway) accept an input signal

Processor nodes:

• Smaller in size
• Can do different kinds of audio processing (ie filter, reverb, delay)
• Accepts either a stereo or a mono input signal, outputs either a stereo or mono signal

The output node:

• In center of screen, immobile
• Sums all audio inputs and passes them to the physical audio output as a stereo signal. Acts as the master section of an audio mixer.

Node Behaviors

All nodes emit a visual pulse according to their audio output. This could either be:

• A visualizer, maybe tied to radius or the radius of a semi opaque background circle which is larger than the node itself, or
• A pulse output tied to bpm ('beats per minute', which is a global session setting), ie on when on/off when off

Connections between nodes can be established by either:

• Proximity to other nodes or
• Contact with other nodes

Disconnection from connected nodes happens when:

• A node is dragged far enough from its connected nodes or
• Contact with the connected nodes

WORLD SCREEN

Each world (or source) screen is reached by double-clicking a source node (currently zooms into that world, an overlay view while still in the master view could be a later option.)

The first worlds will be -

Bouncing:

• Bouncing balls are added by clicking and holding the background.
• Larger fall faster? could be cool to create different rhythms.
• Each impact with the bottom of the screen should send a note event to a primary function, along with its x location. The width of the screen will relate to pitch values.
• The sound (for now) will be generated tones from a synth oscillator.

Waveform:

• A playback head moves along a block waveform that is adjustable by the user. Size of the waveform affects some audio parameters.
• Either the playback head or the waveform will be set to stationary, with the other set to scroll.

Force Directed Graph:

• A force directed graph of musical madness a la the initial main page.

GLASS PANE SCREEN

The glass pane will float right or left (maybe node settings float left and global settings/routings float right?). The node settings pane will report parameters/status of the selected node. There should be the ability to show/hide.

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possible names:

ecmasynth
super power awesome ultimate modular (spaum)

C: red C#: violet or purple D: yellow D#: flesh, steel blue E: sky blue F: deep red F#: bright blue or violet G: orange G#: violet or lilac A: green A#: rose or steel B: blue or pearly blue