Resonance
Resonance is a music tool for Android devices. Coming soon.
Instrument Mode
Resonance is primarily meant to be a instrument for creating drones. When a visitor node comes within range of a note node it causes it to emit audio. As a visitor moves around the patch space different notes fade in an out. A visitor node can change its range/size and act as an oscillator or move along a line or circle to create small repeating melodies.
MIDI Modes
MIDI has three different modes:
- Visitor: uses the same logic as instrument mode, constantly updating values sent down the wire. Older hardware will struggle with the amount of data but if note retrigger can be turned off it should give a similar performance as instrument mode.
- Mono/step: all notes within range of visitors are emitted as an single note in series. This can sound like a regular arpeggio, or with a slow attack and long decay can still create drones. This mode has the lowest performance overhead for older hardware.
- MPE: MIDI Polyphonic Expression. If your hardware supports it this is the mode to use. Notes correctly fade in and out as visitors come and go, same behaviour as Instrument Mode.
Demos
Haunted spaceship
Mono/step MIDI mode controlling an OXI Coral with a long attack and decay. Various parameters controlled from Resonance's on-board MIDI CC controls:
iOS
Unlikely. Just buy a secondhand Android device.
Where's the 3D mode?Performance on older GPUs varied which meant it needed additional in-app config, plus it was tainted; it used some 3D shader experiments from dayjob R&D, made with the help of Claude. Having removed that the project is completely AI-free. It was a gimick anyway, the basic metaballs are a much better design.