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A swarm’s buzz

A swarm buzzing: a dense low hum that beats faster and swells nearer up the ladder, with wing-air washes and a close pass at each threshold.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
depth	integer	36	30 to 42	the lowest note of the hum as a MIDI number; the key’s root at or above it
chord	choice	fifth	root, fifth	the hum on the root and its octave only, or with the fifth too
body	number	0.8	0.3 to 1.2	how loud the hum is
beatHome	number	0.3	0.05 to 1 Hz	how fast the hum beats at home
beatLimit	number	1.4	0.5 to 2 Hz	how fast the hum beats at the limit
cutHome	number	300	150 to 600 Hz	how bright the hum is at home
cutLimit	number	900	400 to 1500 Hz	how bright the hum is at the limit
wings	number	0.6	0 to 1	the wing-air washes over the hum
nearness	number	0.8	0 to 1	how close the swarm swells at each threshold
curve	number	1	0.4 to 2.5	how it follows the counter: under 1 builds early, over 1 builds late
width	number	0.7	0 to 1	how widely it spreads left and right
where	choice	home	home, ladder	from home on, or only from the first stretch of the ladder
hush	bool	true	–	it falls silent before a quiet threshold and comes back on its hit
quietLead	number	3.2	1.5 to 6 s	how long before a quiet threshold it starts to fall silent
key	choice	C	C, C#, D, Eb, E, F, F#, G, Ab, A, Bb, B	the key its low and tuned tones sit in; the channel’s when unset
mode	choice	major	major, minor, dorian, lydian, mixolydian, phrygian	the scale its tuned tones are drawn from

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elements: { 'insect-buzz': { depth: 36, chord: 'fifth' } }

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