Where the Sand Rests

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Hold a figure to bow the plate (keys A–; and Q–Y). Hold several for a chord.
Space strikes it. Drag on the plate to pour sand.

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Look · Original · C

Plate

Look

C cycles

Figures

Glide

MIDI keyboard

Velocity sets bow

Plug in a MIDI keyboard and play the figures. Keys snap to the nearest figure in the tuning, velocity sets how hard each one is bowed, and the pitch wheel bends the bow off resonance.

Listen

Threshold

Sharpness

Claps strikeRangefollows tuning

Sing, whistle or play near your computer. Snap to notes follows one pitch; Resonance lets every figure answer to its own note, so chords and rich sounds light up several at once.

Bow

Strength

Swell

Ring

Tuning Root

Sand

Drag to

Brush

Amount

Bounce

Settle

Record

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