Music Animation Machine RenderersNotes:renderers marked with an asterisk '*' also have entries on an earlier version of this page right-click thumbnail and select "View Image" for close-up (return with back button) |
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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 |
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| 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 | ||
| BallTrack* |  |
See development notes | bwv1007m1 | ||
| Balls* |  |
Superseded by 'circle' shape in GenAlpha | Debussy, Arabesque #1 | ||
| Background | no image | for debugging | |||
| Barlines* |  |
Vertical lines (typically on first beat of each bar) | Brahms, String Quintet No. 2, 3rd mvt. | ||
| BarlineNumbers |  |
for development use only | |||
| Bars* |  |
Standard piano-roll format. Superseded by 'rect' shape in GenAlpha | Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor | ||
| BarsFisheye |  |
All of song is shown, with "fisheye" view of a few seconds | Beethoven 5th Symphony | ||
| Barset | no image | for development use only | |||
| Bowing* |  |
See development notes | Bach, Cello Suite No. 1, 1st mvt. | ||
| 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Aura (halo) to go with Bars (superseded by 'rect' shape in GenAlpha) | |||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> | ||
| Callig* |  |
Path loops around direction reversals; width follows audio dynamics | Bach, Preludio, Partita in E Major, Lara St. John, solo violin | ||
| 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 ...) | |||
| Connection |  |
Connections between notes of two separate parts (these change size if the parts have different horizontal time behaviors) |
Bach Gamba Sonata, BWV 1027, Adagio
bwv846p 720p subdued 2017sep16 5000 (alt. vers.) |
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| CrankCues |  |
For cueing crank operator with beats per measure (for live-performance MAM only) | <on request> | ||
| Crescent |  |
Crescents expand | Bach, Fugue in C major, WTC I, BWV 846 | ||
| 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 | ||
| EggAura* |  |
Aura (halo) to go around Eggs (superseded by GenAlpha ellipse) | Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 24, BWV 988 | ||
| Eggs* |  |
Ellipses (superseded by GenAlpha ellipse) | Bach, Goldberg Variations, Variation 24, BWV 988 | ||
| Feather | no image | Shade edges of animation; typically used with 3D to attenuate unwanted edge effects | |||
| Filaments* |  |
Filaments that pseudo-randomly follow a track (n.b. currently broken) | Bach, Cello suite 1, 1st mvt. ("caterpillar" animation) | ||
| 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 | |||
| Intersection |  |
"Searchlight" effect with intersecting lines | Chopin, Etude, opus 25 no. 11, A minor ("Winter Wind") | ||
| 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 ...) | |||
| Percussion |  |
Menagerie of "percussion animals" | Index
Example (Sousa march) |
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| Performance | no image | For measuring system performance | |||
| Perspective |  |
Perspective shapes (for use with Chromadepth 3D glasses) | Mozart, Sonata for Two Pianos, K 448, third movement | ||
| PianoDynamics* |  |
Simulates dynamic envelope of piano/harpsichord tone | Froberger, Suite XIX, C minor (harpsichord) | ||
| 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) | |||
| RhomPluck* |  |
Good for pizzicato notes, harmonics, etc. | Albeniz, Chromadepth 3D, Asturias (Leyenda) | ||
| RingWalk* |  |
Ellipse glides/morphs from one to the next | Debussy, Prelude to 'The Afternoon of a Faun' | ||
| RollBox* |  |
Like it says | Debussy, The Snow is Dancing | ||
| 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 ...) | |||
| Spline* |  |
Cubic spline curve through note positions (with optional balls at notes) | Bach, Preludio, Sonata in E Major, solo violin | ||
| SplineRibbon* |  |
Spline with twists and graded coloring | Debussy, Syrinx (for solo flute) | ||
| 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> | ||
| Text* |  |
For lyrics, etc. (fix position or panning with notes) | Brahms, In stiller Nacht, zur ersten Wacht | ||
| 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 | ||
| TriangleTrack* |  |
Like BallTrack, but with triangles | Bach, Siciliano, Lara St. John, violin solo | ||
| Triangles* |  |
Rhombi that morph from one to the next | Beethoven, Symphony 5, 1st mvt. ("triangles") | ||
| Twofer | no image | (under development ...) | |||
| VRing |  |
See development notes | 1starab 720p noTitles 2014feb13a LAN | ||
| VRingAlpha |  |
See development notes | Bach, Ricercar a 6, stretchy balls | ||
| 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) | ||
| Voronoi |  |
Using a Voronoi tessellation | Playlist of Voronoi videos | ||
| 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) | ||
| Yarn |  |
Shows interval types | Chopin, Nocturne, Opus 27 No. 2 | ||
| Zigzag* |  |
Wiggly-line-filled rhombus (designed for santouri tremolo in ZRI video) | Brahms/Anon/ZRI Clarinet Quintet (Free But Lonely, Street Tune) | ||