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Deep bell tolling the count
A deep bell tolls the threshold's number on each hit, slow and even and in key, then one long toll; the limit tolls long and the coda has a last toll.
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| key | choice | C | C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B | the home key; a channel that leaves it unset gets its own from its seed |
| mode | choice | major | major, minor, dorian, lydian, mixolydian, phrygian | the scale the chords are built on |
| family | choice | ascend | ascend, pendulum, fifths, plateau, drift | how the chord roots move from threshold to threshold |
| colour | integer | 2 | 0 to 3 | the chords' colour: 0 triad, 1 seventh, 2 add9, 3 sus2 |
| limit | choice | glow | glow, plagal, deceptive, open | the chord the limit lands on |
| interval | number | 2.2 | 1.2 to 3.5 s | the time between tolls |
| cap | integer | 4 | 2 to 6 | the most tolls on a hit; past it each hit gets one long toll |
| register | integer | 52 | 44 to 66 | the lowest note the bell tolls on (MIDI); each timbre also has its own floor |
| timbre | choice | harp | glass, harp, celesta | what the bell sounds like |
| hum | number | 0.6 | 0 to 1 | how loud the soft low tone under each toll is |
| longToll | number | 4 | 2 to 6 s | how long a long toll rings |
| lastToll | bool | true | – | one last single deep toll in the coda |
| send | number | 0.4 | 0.1 to 0.8 | how much of the bell goes through the hall |
Use it in a film
film.js
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