Orphograph -- prototype

Hyphen joins letters in a word (no rest). Space marks a word boundary (inserts a rest). e.g. SH-O-R-E K-T

direct glyph typing (QWERTY -> new alphabet)

import settings

vibe

solo flutes (mute everything else) manual vowel preview

cyclic transposition step (spokes)

given received made

given dir. received dir. made dir.

hocket ghost-taps (click on muted ring-tier hits) tier emphasis (1 = tier-only, 0 = every ring voices the whole phrase) -- 1.00 ground tempo (fixed -- a resting heart-rate anchor) -- 0 BPM

kit pattern

not connected

note timbre (marimba/harp -- string-like attack, not harsh; dull, rich wooden body) -- standing in for the physical instrument's real resonance, tune by ear

attack (ms) lowpass (Hz, dull↔bright) lowpass Q body resonance (Hz) body resonance Q body resonance amount (dB) pluck/mallet amount pluck/mallet length (ms) range floor (Hz) range ceiling (Hz)

drone timbre (organ/talk-box hybrid -- one driving voice, ring-colored per hit, breathing + vibrato movement, formant color) -- every lever the drone touches, tune by ear

levels

overall drone level

movement (breathing = amplitude, vibrato = pitch -- off the master ground-tempo pulse, not any one ring's own)

breathing period (pulses/cycle) breathing depth vibrato rate (cycles/pulse) vibrato depth (cents) breath/buzz noise level

formant (talk-box vowel shaping)

formant 1 resonance (Q) formant 2 resonance (Q) formant presence

flute -- real sample tone core + subordinate breath (one shared, ring-colored voice)

flute pitch follows the wheel manual pitch (x drone root, used when not following) chord spread (arc-spokes per octave) flute range floor (Hz) flute range ceiling (Hz) ring register bias (octaves, given down / made up) pitch transition (ms, click-avoidance only) note-change gate depth (tongued dip, lead voice) pedal (drone) voice level pedal glide (ms, on root change only) breath lead (fraction of gate window, ahead of pitch) voicing spread (cents, between cluster voices) tone level scale follows typed input mode preset scale (semitones from root, comma-separated) tone color (x this voice's own pitch)

flute chamber (fixed resonator bank)

chamber follows input root chamber pipe type chamber modes (active count) chamber resonance amount (dB) chamber mode sharpness (Q)

flute's own drone character (wooden-flute breath-wave)

drone-wave depth drone-wave cycle (master pulses per breath) vibrato rate (Hz) vibrato pitch depth (cents) vibrato amplitude depth breath level (subordinate to tone) breath color (x the voice's own pitch) breath surge on hit chiff (attack brightness) note-change gate length (fraction of this ring's own pulse) breath ↔ tone coupling tone articulation on hit brightness follows tempo (organ fix) brightness reference pace (pulses/sec) box resonance (Hz) box resonance Q box resonance amount (dB)

sweep filter & bass

sweep base cutoff (Hz) sweep period (master pulses/cycle) sweep depth (Hz) bass boost corner (Hz) bass boost amount (dB)

drone roughness (real added harmonic content, not an EQ bump)

subharmonic amount saturation amount

didgeridoo growl + throat voice (drone)

growl amount growl formant 1 (Hz) growl formant 2 (Hz) growl sharpness (Q, shared both bands) growl vocalization rate (Hz, free-running) growl vocalization depth (Hz) growl saturation amount throat voice amount kargyraa subharmonic amount

percussion timbre (resultant-rhythm kick/snare/hat -- given=kick, received=snare, made=hat) -- every lever the kit touches, tune by ear

kick (given)

sweep start (Hz) sweep end (Hz) sweep time (ms) thump level thump decay (ms) beater click level beater click tone (Hz) beater click decay (ms)

snare (received)

tone 1 (Hz) tone 2 (Hz) tone 1 level tone 2 level tone decay (ms) rattle band (Hz) rattle resonance (Q) rattle level rattle decay (ms)

hat (made)

tone (Hz, highpass) level decay (ms)

mixer (per-channel level, a targeted flute low-mid boost, and a leveler for overall balance) -- a few elegantly designed levers, not another timbre panel

drone

note

flute

percussion

masterclip

channel levels (post-timbre faders -- busGain/whistleAmount in their own panels stay timbre-internal, not level controls)

drone note (kalimba) flute percussion master

flute low-mid boost (targeted register presence, not a tone-color change)

low-mid center (Hz) low-mid boost (dB)

leveler (slow, musical loudness-evening -- distinct from the existing fast peak-safety limiter, which is untouched)

leveler amount

trace/echo visuals (the standing echo tunnel, propagating hit/burst echoes, and the master-hull echo) -- tune by eye

standing echo tunnel (per-ring, continuous)

generations visible push settle (ms) reach per step fade rate base brightness per-hit push weight

master hull echo (the whole-phrase blueprint + its glyphs)

echo life (ms) echo brightness echo reach checkpoint life (ms) checkpoint brightness

propagating echoes (per real note hit / sync-event bursts)

hit echo life (ms) hit echo brightness burst echo life (ms) burst echo brightness outward reach inward reach fade gradualness

whole-tunnel breathing

breath pulsation

temporary (provisional) segments -- a merely-passed hit's own brief, dashed, linearly-fading mark

life (ms) brightness

ring depth offset (3d-anaglyph-esque separation between given/received/made at the same spoke)

depth offset

per-ring phase bar (the white timekeeping indicator)

bar/echo width echo life (ms) echo brightness

phase: idle

status:

grand convergence (all three rings landing on I at once -- a periodic conjunction, not a stop):

Orphograph (working prototype -- see README.md for what's settled vs. placeholder)