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Rectangler v1.0

|audio demo|

Rectangler simulates the modes of vibration of a rectangular membrane, with boundary conditions.

rectangler v1.0

The lowest mode is the fundamental frequency of the membrane. You can set it by the f-pitch knob (and f-fine knob):

fundamental frequency setting

You can set a maximum number of 100 modes (10x10). This value can be increased changing the number of voice of the instrument and changing the maximum value of modes knob.

number of modes

When a membrane is vibrating more than one mode is present at once. For eg.: striking the membrane in the center we will excite the modes 1,1 - 1,3 - 3,1 and all odd modes. Changing the position of the pointer you will hear different modes of vibration.
The d-range knob define an area of pluck: every time you hit the membrane, the pointer change position randomly inside this area:

pointer random area

Clicking the red button you can set a start and an end position of the pointer, modulated by the mod knob, or by a modulation wheel of an external keyboard.

start and and point

The length of the membrane is defined by four knobs: Lx, Ly, x-fine and y-fine:

membrane length

The excitation section contains 5 kind of interaction:

- pluck/strike
- bow
- fan
- bounce
- external

 

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