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Solar hum
An illustration of the Sun's deep hum, not a recording: a low drone breathing with slow beats, faint glassy partials and swells, brighter and wider as the counter climbs.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pitch | integer | 36 | 28 to 46 | the lowest drone note (MIDI) before it is moved to the key root |
| brightness | number | 0.6 | 0 to 1 | how far the drone and the partials brighten as the counter climbs |
| beat | number | 0.35 | 0.05 to 1.2 Hz | how fast the drone swells and fades against itself |
| partials | number | 0.6 | 0 to 1 | how many faint glassy partials float above the drone |
| swells | number | 0.5 | 0 to 1 | how often a slow low swell rolls through |
| width | number | 0.8 | 0 to 1 | how wide the partials spread by the end |
| register | integer | 5 | 5 to 6 | the octave the glassy partials start in |
| hush | bool | true | – | The hum stops before a quiet threshold and comes back on its hit |
| quietLead | number | 2.5 | 1 to 6 s | how long before a quiet threshold it stops |
| 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 notes are drawn from |
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