DIP-VAL

An instrument that builds its sound material from sine waves, generating audio and drawing at once.

https://dip-val.netlify.app

Controls

To begin: Press PLAY and it begins. From there, NEXT moves the scene on, or reach for the sliders below.
PLAY / NEXT / AUTO: Start and stop, move to the next scene, advance scenes automatically.
DRUM / BASS / FRAG / MELO / CHORD / PAD / PING: Turn each layer and effect on or off.
ECO: Thins out the drawing to lighten the load.
RV / POP / NOISE / FOLK: Cycles through four settings.
KEY / SIN・SQR・MIX / MAT: Key, waveform and sound material.
CC0: Loads external CC0 samples. Press again to turn them off.
When CC0 comes back empty: The material comes from the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons. The search allows fifteen seconds per file and forty-five in all; if nothing arrives the button reads CC0 0, and if neither source can be reached it reads CC0 ×, returning to normal after a few seconds. When files do arrive but one source is down, IA× or WM× follows the count, and ! if both are down. This depends on the network and on the sources themselves, so pressing again later often works.
SEED / RND: Change the seed, or re-roll the sliders along with it.
The eight shapes along the top: These are the effects. Press to switch one on or off, drag sideways to set how strongly it acts. The short line beneath each shape shows the present amount.
What each effect does: From the left: STT holds and repeats one slice taken at the head of a beat; FLT is a filter that keeps only the lower register; REV is reverb; CRS coarsens the quantisation; DLY is a delay of two or three beats; FLG is a flanger; GAT chops the level in time with the beat; RNG is a ring modulator.
PAL: Tap to change the palette; press and hold for the per-track editor.
Sliders: DEN density / GLCH grain / STUT repeat / SPCE space / COMP compression / HI treble / BPM tempo.

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