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Unity Capsule — parametric polyphony

Unity Capsule: parametric polyphony for solo flute in quarter-tones — four parameters cycling at coprime lengths, grace-note clouds that make their own rhythm, rest density thinning to silence.

3 cells23 nodes4 voices

Unity Capsule — parametric polyphony: the opening bars as grafer engraved them — The notation, exactly as grafer engraved it from the graph.

How it is built

Unity Capsule — parametric polyphony for solo flute in quarter-tones: pitch, duration, dynamic and articulation cycling at coprime lengths, grace-note clouds that generate their own rhythm, and rest density thinning the line to silence.

The graph

The node graph of Unity Capsule — parametric polyphony in grafer's Graf editor

Nodes in this study

Articulation Seq
BPF
Duration Series
Grace Notes
Pitch List
Receive
Rest Density
Retrograde
Rhythm Repeat
Rhythm Retrograde
Send
Velocity Sequence
Voice
Voice Chain

Open Unity Capsule — parametric polyphony, see how it is wired, change a value and hear the difference.

Open it in graferCreate a free account and it is waiting in the Examples folder, with the other 45 studies. 14 days of Composer Pro, no card needed.