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Distant town traffic

Distant town traffic: a low hum on the key that grows with the town, cars sweeping past, a lorry on each threshold and the odd horn.

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Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
depth	integer	33	28 to 40	the lowest note of the hum as a MIDI number; the key’s root at or above it
body	number	0.8	0.3 to 1.2	how loud the hum is
cars	number	14	4 to 30 per min	cars a minute at the biggest
carsHome	number	3	1 to 10 per min	cars a minute at home
horns	number	0.4	0 to 1	how often a car sounds its horn
pass	number	4.5	2 to 9 s	how long a car takes to pass
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

film.js

elements: { 'traffic-hum': { depth: 33, body: 0.8 } }

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