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Balls* | Superseded by 'circle' shape in GenAlpha | Debussy, Arabesque #1 | |||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 Superseded by 'rect' shape in GenAlpha | Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor | |||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BoxAura | Aura (halo) to go with Bars (superseded by 'rect' shape in GenAlpha) | ||||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) | |||