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Countdown pips
Short pips on the last beats before each threshold and a longer, higher one on the hit, like a time signal; in key, riding a tempo fitted to the stretch.
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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 |
| tempo | number | 76 | 56 to 104 bpm | the pips' beats a minute at the first threshold |
| tighten | number | 0.4 | 0 to 1 | how much faster the pips come toward the limit |
| pips | integer | 3 | 2 to 6 | short pips before the long one |
| grow | bool | true | – | one more pip in each act of the ladder |
| pitch | integer | 79 | 60 to 90 | the pips' note (MIDI), moved to the chord's root |
| timbre | choice | beep | beep, click | what a pip sounds like: a bright synth beep or a tuned click |
| length | number | 0.25 | 0.2 to 0.6 s | how long a short pip rings |
| longPip | number | 1 | 0.5 to 2 s | how long the closing pip on the hit rings |
| send | number | 0.25 | 0 to 0.8 | how much of the pips goes through the hall |
| endPip | bool | true | – | one soft long pip on the key's tonic when the end card comes up |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'countdown-pips': { key: 'C', mode: 'major' } }Use it from your agent
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