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Cluster dread

Strings in clusters of neighbouring tones that tighten and darken up the ladder under a quickening tremolo, then open into a bare chord in the coda.

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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
tension	choice	steady	steady, late, early, surge	how the tightening follows the counter: steady, late, early or a surging swing
register	integer	46	40 to 52	the cluster's lowest note at home (MIDI); it sinks as dread grows
sink	number	5	0 to 12 semitones	how far the cluster sinks by the limit
width	integer	4	3 to 5	notes in the cluster
tremolo	number	6.5	2 to 10 Hz	the strings' tremolo at the tightest
tone	choice	bow	bow, soft, flag	the strings' colour: bowed, soft or a near-pure harmonic
darkness	number	0.6	0 to 1	how far the cluster closes its filter as it tightens
resolve	choice	open	open, warm, none	the coda: a bare open chord, a warmer chord or no resolution
shift	number	8	5 to 16 s	how often a long stretch is re-voiced, tighter
attack	number	1.8	0.5 to 4 s	how slowly each cluster comes in
reverb	number	0.4	0 to 1	how much goes through the hall
hush	bool	true	–	the layer stops before a quiet threshold and comes back on its hit
quietLead	number	2.4	1 to 5 s	how long before a quiet threshold it stops

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elements: { 'cluster-dread': { key: 'C', mode: 'major' } }

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