Audio node new in 3.1
Spectral Synth
Plays any list of numbers as a sound. Mode Harmonics hears the values as harmonic strengths — cable Contour Harmonics' Harmonics Data and the dancer's outline becomes the timbre; Mode Waveform hears them as one cycle of the wave. Instead of Source, an Image is read along a row at Scan (left to right). Tilt darkens or brightens, Smoothing calms restless data, Detune spreads two oscillators left and right. Wave and Harmonics Data show what sounds; Scan Line draws the row being read (with its brightness) right on the picture, Tilt Curve how Tilt weighs the harmonics. Add inside an Audio Modular System.
Inputs
| Port | Type | Default |
|---|---|---|
| EnableOff: the synth falls silent and keeps its slot. | bool | true |
| NotesThe 128-bin note stream it plays, like every synth in the system. | float | — |
| SourceThe numbers that become the timbre: Contour Harmonics' Harmonics Data, Audio FFT data, any list or structure of numbers. Ignored while an Image is cabled. | structure | — |
| ImageRead one row of this image instead of Source, left to right, by brightness. | image | — |
| ScanWhich row of the Image is read: 0 = top, 1 = bottom. Move it and the timbre moves through the picture. | float | 0.5 |
| ModeHarmonics: each value is the strength of one harmonic (first = the fundamental). Waveform: the values are one cycle of the wave itself. | int | 0 |
| HarmonicsHow many harmonics sound (1–512). A longer list is averaged down to this many; a shorter one is used as it is. | int | 64 |
| TiltBelow 0 darker, above 0 brighter: each harmonic k is scaled by k to this power. −3…3. | float | 0 |
| PhasesHarmonics mode: Scattered gives a smooth, even wave; Aligned stacks every harmonic at one point, sharper and buzzier. | int | 0 |
| SmoothingCalms restless data before it is heard: 0 = every change at once, 0.9 = slow and gliding. Clamped to 0–0.98. | float | 0.5 |
| AttackSeconds a note takes to rise. | float | 0.02 |
| ReleaseSeconds a released note takes to fade away. | float | 0.8 |
| DetuneCents between the voice's two oscillators, one leaning left and one right: 0 = one clean tone, 8 = alive, 30 = wide chorus. | float | 8 |
| LevelLoudness of this synth. 1 = normal. | float | 1 |
Outputs
| Port | Type |
|---|---|
| NotesThe 128-bin note stream it plays, like every synth in the system. | float |
| Wave | structure |
| Harmonics Data | float |
| Scan Line | structure |
| Tilt Curve | float |
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Spectral Synth is one of 381 nodes in Grafit Pro.
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