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Glass harmonics

Sparse, shimmering clusters of high glass tones in the chord, cold and thin, thickening up the ladder; for ice, space and light.

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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
register	integer	72	64 to 80	the lowest note a cluster may use (MIDI); the tones are spread above it
shimmer	number	4.5	0 to 9 Hz	the tremolo of the shimmer under the glass (0 none)
shimmerLevel	number	0.5	0 to 1	how loud the shimmer is
density	number	0.5	0.1 to 1	how many clusters sound; it grows with the counter
cluster	integer	3	2 to 4	glass tones in each cluster
attack	number	3.5	1 to 8 s	how slowly each cluster fades in
release	number	3.5	1 to 8 s	how long a cluster rings out
spread	number	0.8	0 to 1	how wide the tones sit between the ears
brightness	number	0.7	0.2 to 1	how bright the shimmer is
reverb	number	0.65	0.1 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

film.js

elements: { 'glass-harmonics': { key: 'C', mode: 'major' } }

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