Visualizing Rhythms in a Circle! (TED)

Nicolas's icon

Hello,

a pretty interesting video (duration about 5min) about organizing rhythms in "circles", that can be shifted.

In fact it would not be a big difference, if I shifted a 1-bar loop pattern line around, but I think the visualization would have some effect. Is there a plugin out there, where I can shift around the grid patterns of each instrument (e.g. of a drumkit) seperatly? And maybe without being limited to a 16th grid but just being able to flip it around to 360° fluently?

I think taking simple little loops and shifting them around to create more complex patterns could give some pretty decent results.

As I am not a developer at all, I can't do it on my own, but am I wrong, if I think an interface like that isn't too hard to do?

Christopher Dobrian's icon

Where's jhno when ya need him? ;)

metamax's icon

Check out the bach library.... http://www.bachproject.net
Specifically, [bach.circle]

leafcutter's icon
metamax's icon

This is great... Did you build this with standard Max objects? How much additional coding was involved (js, etc)? Bravo!

Holland Hopson's icon

Reminds me of the Rhythm Necklace app: http://rhythmnecklace.com/ I heard it was prototyped (built?) using Max.

leafcutter's icon

Yes, all standard max objects rendering into the good old LCD object!