





Music Animation Machine Renderers Notes:

renderers marked with an asterisk '*' also have entries on an earlier version of this page

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name thumbnail description YouTube/Vimeo example(s)

3DEllipses Perhaps the most striking 3D renderer. The ellipses have a black shadow around them, which emphasizes the back-to-front layering. Requires special glasses to get the 3D effect (see Chromadepth), but can also be viewed satisfactorily without 3D. Albeniz, Asturias (Leyenda)

Tallis, Spem in alium

3DTriangles In this renderer, the front-to-back position can be varied continuously within a part. <on request>

AdHocLines Horizontal lines; typically used to draw staves Foreign Lander

Axis x/y axis; for development use only

BallAura An aura (halo) that goes with the Balls renderer A Stone's Throw

Balls* Superseded by 'circle' shape in GenAlpha Debussy, Arabesque #1

Background no image for debugging

BarlineNumbers for development use only

BarsFisheye All of song is shown, with "fisheye" view of a few seconds Beethoven 5th Symphony

Barset no image for development use only

BoxAura Aura (halo) to go with Bars (superseded by 'rect' shape in GenAlpha)

Bwow::bwow As used in Björk's Quicksand (Vulnicura) <on request>

Bwow::uh As used in Björk's Mouth Mantra (Vulnicura) <on request>

Bwow::ricochet (difficult to capture in thumbnail

small shape shoots across screen,

explodes when it hits) As used in Björk's Mouth Mantra (Vulnicura) <on request>

Canon* Balls move from dux to comes Franck, Violin Sonata

Chaos Chaotic filaments follow notes (n.b. code is currently broken) Dichotomy (Punto Y Raya entry)

Coil Coil unwraps as note plays Bach, Fugue in B-flat minor, WTC I, BWV 867

ComingAtYou Balls approach from right, grow from nothing to full size, disappear after they're played Churning (Punto Y Raya entry)

Connect no image Shapes that connect one note to the next (under development ...)

CrankCues For cueing crank operator with beats per measure (for live-performance MAM only) <on request>

CrescentFlower "Petals" of the flower bloom and wither Bach, Prelude in C major, WTC I, BWV 846

CriticalBand Bars with varying widths to show critical band <on request>

Dissonance Shows collision of dissonant notes Mozart, Symphony No. 40 in G minor, 3rd mvt., Minuet

Dots Static overvew with moving dots and wiggling connection lines.

DyadGrid::Melodic Shows intervals in two-part music <on request>

DyadGrid::Diagonal Shows intervals in two-part music <on request>

DyadGrid::Edges Shows intervals in two-part music <on request>

DyadGrid::Splatter Shows intervals in two-part music <on request>

DyadSpiral Shows interval types Bach, Prelude in C major, WTC I, BWV 846

Feather no image Shade edges of animation; typically used with 3D to attenuate unwanted edge effects

Fill no image Fill entire space with something (under development)

FixedPosition no image Internal: provides position information for Variation renderer

FlexBars As used for trombone glides in "Cosmogeny" in "Biophilia

Frame Nested frames Bach, Fugue in C minor, BWV 546

GenAlpha Family of nesting shapes Stravinsky, Rite of Spring

GenFill Fills background with color of closest note genfill test (Bach fugue)

Generic no image for development use only

GradedBars Bars that fade out toward the edge Mozart, Symphony 41, Jupiter, 4th mvt.

Harmonics Shows harmonics of notes

HeartArrow Shapes that rotate and morph as they progress Satie, Gymnopedie No. 1

History The score wraps and folds into a space at the top Chopin, Etude, opus 25 no. 6, G-sharp minor

IEllipse Superseded by the 'iEllipse' mode of GenAlpha

IEllipseAura Superseded by the 'iEllipse' mode of GenAlpha

LayerBracket no image script control element

LayerBracketEnd no image script control element

Negative Cloud that surrounds notes negative 720p 2013dec13b

Neon Neon-sign-inspired bars bwv1079m2

NeonStretch Version of Neon that moves bwv1079m2

NotationAlpha What eventually turned into NotationBeta

NotationBeta Saccade-synchronized conventional notation (under development ...) Bach, Chaconne

NowStretch Notes stretch to touch "now" point (from past or future) bwv846p 720p subdued 2017sep17 5000

Null no image script control element

Octagon no image Superseded by 'octagon' shape in Genalpha (n.b. currently broken)

OctagonAura no image Superseded by 'octagon' shape in Genalpha (n.b. currently broken)

Overview Entire score visible at bottom of screen, with gray "current view" highlight Kasper, Palindrome Canons

Pachelbel Custom display for Pachelbel's Canon Pachelbel, Canon in D

Parabola Frankly, I don't remember what I had in mind with this one; I never finished it, and what it does now (see thumbnail) isn't a parabola ... it works with Chromadepth 3D, though ...

PathEvolve no image Experiment (under development ...)

Performance no image For measuring system performance

PianoDynamicsAura Aura (halo) to fit with PianoDynamics Malinowski, "Wedding" Etude, piano solo

PitchTrack no image Internal/development

PizzCircle Developed for use in Björk's Atom Dance (Vulnicura) (superseded by circle form in PizzGeneric)

PizzGeneric Family of percussion-like effects for pizzicato Debussy, Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun' (string pizz, harp, crotales)

PizzGliss Moving pizzicato gliassando Cox, Patagon: III. Ballenas australes y pinguinos de Magallanes

Player Balls fly in to meet notes Chopin, Etude, opus 25 no. 11, A minor

PolyDyn Shapes change size in response to loudness of audio track; developed for use in Björk's History of Touches (Vulnicura) <on request>

Radiate Balls radiate from "beat emitters" Bach, Prelude in F major, WTC I, BWV 856

RationalTime Allows canons to be more accurately aligned Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 24

RhomAura no image Aura (halo) to go with Triangles; superseded by 'rhom' shape in GenAlpha (n.b. currently broken)

Round Shows the structure of a round (canon) Anonymous, Frog Round

ScoreTime no image Internal/development

ShadeBar Like 3DEllipses: bars with black shadow; good for 3D

Skewer* Skewers pass through the ellipses when they sound (n.b. currently broken) bwv1007m1 2011oct31a skewer

Sonar Suggested by sonar/radar display Mozart, Eine kleine Gigue, K 574

Spectro no image Spectrogram (under development ...)

StaffHighlight Chromatic staff with current note(s) highlighted <on request>

Swarm Crazy swarm of notes <on request>

Tessellate no image Fill all space with shapes (under development ...) <on request>

TimeStamp Internal/development

TIMING no image script control: real-time performance timing specifier

TrailingBalls Balls that get pulled out of place and oscillate Bach, Fugue in E-flat major, WTC I, BWV 852

TrailingRibbon Tail follows note motion and fades out Bach, Prelude and Fugue in F-sharp major, WTC I, BWV 858

Twofer no image (under development ...)

VRingBeta (under development ...)

VRingGamma no image (under development ...)

Variations For theme and variations, each variation is overlaid of the previous ones Mozart, Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, Maman" (Twinkle, Twinkle)

Walker Notes spiral toward next, in a gait-like beat Bach, Prelude in F-sharp minor, WTC I, BWV 859

Wheel Color wheel showing harmonic coloring Bartok (see intro at start)