Build / Making music

POLYMETRICA

Different times in the same space. See them, hear them and bring them into a composition.

Workstation and Max for Live device · distinct products

01 / Workstation

First, explore.
Then, compose.

A standalone app and VST3/AU plugin. See the same relationship in the Ruler or Circle, draw notes and export MIDI clips.

Workstation · Ruler view

POLYMETRICA Workstation: Ruler viewEnlarge ↗︎
Software screenshots · not a running application

02 / Max for Live

Inside Ableton.

POLYMETRICA for Live is a separate device. It generates MIDI clips from two numbers and a tempo in BPM; the circle follows the clip as it plays.

Requires Ableton Live 12 with Max for Live, on Mac or Windows.

Demo requirements and limitations +

Workstation: standalone app and VST3 on Mac and Windows; AU on Mac. The demo plays for 10 seconds, is silent for 3, and cannot export clips. Current requirements and installation instructions are on each product page.

The next step

From rhythm to live performance.

These tools also grow out of the way I compose and improvise.

Watch a performance

Photograph

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Explore

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Dipingere il Cosmo / a passage to recombine

Take out a part.
Hear what changes.

A 16-second passage from the performance. Bring parts in and out: they still share the same time.

Parts extracted automatically from the mix: they may contain other instruments and small artefacts.

Move the listening point: change your position relative to the four parts.

DrumsOther soundsBassVoice
Centre

The performance remains available without opening this experiment.