Kenneth Murphy has released Phase Chimes, available at the intro price of $9.99, increasing to $14.99 after the promotion.
When visual art and music theory collide, the result is often captivating. Phase Chimes: Generative Musical Gears reimagines music composition on iOS and iPadOS as an intricate system of interlocking gears.
Instead of traditional timelines or step sequencers, Phase Chimes lets you construct living musical engines. Connecting gear wheels of varying sizes generates hypnotic polyrhythms, evolving ambient melodies, and phased harmonic textures driven by simple geometry and gear ratios.
Geometry Meets Composition
- Gear Ratios create Polyrhythms: The relative size of connected gears determines their rotation speeds. Meshing different gear sizes naturally produces complex 3:2 or 4:3 rhythmic ratios as contact points meet.
- Contact Angles determine Pitches: The position where two gears touch dictates the musical pitch triggered upon contact. Dragging gears across the screen dynamically re-harmonizes your music in real time.
Whether you want a standalone relaxation app or a deep compositional tool for your mobile studio, Phase Chimes fits right in:
- Internal Sound Engine: Features built-in sampled Grand Piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, and retro synthesized patches.
- AUv3 & External MIDI Output: Use Phase Chimes as an AUv3 MIDI generator inside AUM, Logic Pro for iPad, or GarageBand to drive external soft synths or hardware gear.
- Live Performance & Snapshots: Save gear arrangements as snapshots and morph between them for dynamic, evolving live sets.
Features include:
- Generative Gear Mechanics: Create complex polyrhythms and evolving melodies using interlocking gear ratios and contact angles.
- Per-Gear Customization: Fine-tune gear size, offset, velocity, note duration, and individual MIDI channel routing.
- AUv3 & Standalone Flexibility: Run as a standalone instrument or as an AUv3 MIDI sequencer inside iOS DAWs.
- Snapshot Morphing: Save layout snapshots and smoothly transition between them for live arrangements.
- Dynamic Re-Harmonization: Reposition gear networks on the fly to instantly transpose scales and chords.
- Internal Sound Library: Includes built-in sampled Grand Piano, Wurlitzer EP, and synth patches.
- DAW Clock Sync: Sync tempo, transport controls, and bar divisions to your host DAW.
- Generative Randomizer: Instantly randomize parameters to generate fresh creative ideas.
Watch Doug’s walkthrough video HERE.
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