The evening laid out beforehand. The console reads it once when it opens, so reload it after a change.
the set the app comes with
Pads
Which scene sits on which pad, across both layers. Drag one pad onto another to swap them, or pick a scene from the list. An empty pad is allowed: eighteen places hold seventeen scenes.
LAYER A
LAYER B
Every scene is on a pad.
Palettes
The gradient below is the real one: the same 256 texels the scene gets, mixed in Oklab. Two rules hold for every palette, and they are checked while you drag.
#000000#101a4a#2352cc#7b3fd4#d4267a#f0604a#ffc07a#3fd4c80.21 from the gradient in Oklab, and the warmth axis mixes towards itThis holds up on a hall screen.
Moods
Eight axes that mean the same thing on every scene. Two moods have to sit far enough apart to point at the difference from ten metres, and the table shows how far.
- 1.03 from STROBE. It holds, with little room left.
| against | sum over six | widest axis |
|---|---|---|
| STROBE | 1.03 | CHAOS 0.55 |
| PAPER | 1.04 | WARMTH 0.63 |
| LAB | 1.15 | MATERIAL 0.48 |
| CHROME | 2.47 | MATERIAL 0.88 |
| NIGHT | 2.85 | HARDNESS 0.87 |
| FLIGHT | 3.27 | CHAOS 0.90 |
| MIRROR | 3.49 | WARMTH 0.87 |
Where each track starts
A scene, a mood and a palette per track, plus the axes that breathe on the music.
Machines
Ready-made sets of effects on the music. Whichever one runs, one touch of a pad or an axis hands it back to you.
The scene moves every 2 phrases, about 33 s at 118 bpm.
THE LADDER, CALM TO LOUD
- NIGHT
- MIRROR
- CHROME
- FLIGHT
- STROBE