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Tam-tam on every hit
A low glass or celesta gong cluster on each arrival, a rushing noise bloom and an optional boom, bigger up the ladder; a second, higher gong at the limit.
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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 |
| sizeFrom | number | 0.35 | 0.1 to 0.8 | the first gong's size |
| sizeTo | number | 0.95 | 0.5 to 1 | the biggest gong's size |
| pitch | integer | 52 | 40 to 64 | the lowest note of the strike cluster (MIDI) |
| timbre | choice | glass | glass, celesta | what is struck: a glass bell or a celesta bar |
| shimmer | number | 0.6 | 0 to 1 | how many high overtones glitter over the gong as it rings |
| decay | number | 1.6 | 0.8 to 2.4 s | how long the boom underneath rings |
| swell | number | 0.7 | 0 to 1 | how loud the rushing noise bloom after the strike is |
| second | bool | true | – | the limit strikes a second, higher gong |
| secondGap | number | 0.9 | 0.4 to 2 s | how long after the limit's gong the second one sounds |
| send | number | 0.5 | 0.1 to 0.9 | how much of the gong goes through the hall |
| boom | number | 0.3 | 0 to 1 | how loud the long falling boom under the strike is |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'gong-strikes': { key: 'C', mode: 'major' } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.