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Doppler sweep

Something rushing past on every hit: a tone and noise climb in from the left, then the pitch falls away to the right; quicker and higher up the ladder.

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Version
1.0.0
Added
23 October 2026
Films
Not used in a film yet

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultRangeWhat it does
speednumber0.60 to 1how fast the thing rushes: short quick passes at 1, long slow ones at 0
rangeinteger124 to 24 semitoneshow far the tone climbs and falls, in semitones
noisenumber0.60 to 1how much rushing noise goes with the tone
widthnumber0.80 to 1how far the sound sweeps from left to right
fallnumber0.80 to 1how far the pitch drops after the pass
stylechoicebothboth, tone, noisewhat rushes: a tone with noise, a tone alone or noise alone
registerinteger43 to 5the octave the tone starts in
hushbooltrue–The layer stops before a quiet threshold and comes back on its hit
quietLeadnumber2.51 to 6 show long before a quiet threshold it stops
keychoiceCC, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, Bthe home key; a channel that leaves it unset gets its own from its seed

Use it in a film

film.js
elements: { 'doppler-sweep': { speed: 0.6, range: 12 } }

Use it from your agent

Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.