STRUCTURE
01PRELUDE supersaw bed + shimmer + static8×
02UPLINK band fades in, static sweeps up4×
03VERSE I pad / keys / sub + call melody16×
04REFRAIN call & answer, 5/4 kit lands8×
05VERSE II IDM kit in 5/4 — ghosts + ratchets16×
06LIFT full melody, shimmer rises8×
07BRIDGE warm palette, drums drop, air16×
08BUILD bit-crushed 5/4 glitch, restless16×
09CLIMAX restless + full band in 5/416×
10CODA answer dissolves into static16×
HOW TO ADJUST
- Tempo: Change
setcpm(20) (20 ≈ 80 BPM, 24 ≈ 96 BPM).
- Harmonies: Swap a palette — replace
ORIGIN with BLEAK, WARM, or RESTLESS anywhere (also swap ORIGIN_B and CALL_ORIGIN / ANS_ORIGIN to match).
- Form: Reorder / repeat / delete lines in
arrange(…) — [cycles, pattern] pairs.
- Melody: Rewrite notes in
CALL_ORIGIN / ANS_ORIGIN (and other palettes). Each bar: [beat1 beat2 beat3 beat4 beat5] — call sings first 3, answer plays last 2.
- Pad texture: Edit
.vowel(…) (try "a o u" for wider drift), .legato(…) (lower = snappier), or .lpf(…) (lower = murkier).
- Keys timbre: Push
.fm(sine.range(1.5, 5) higher (try 8) for glassier FM, or adjust .fmh(2) (harmonicity ratio).
- Drum feel: Move the
1s in kit5 kick/snare/hat rows (20-step 5/4 bar). Keep kick on beat boundaries (steps 0, 8, 12, 16, 20) to resolve.
- Chaos: Raise
sometimesBy(0.2, …) odds in idm5 / glitch5, or add ?0.7 to drum hits for probability.
- Grit: Add
.crush(5) / .coarse(3) / .shape(0.15) to any voice for bit-crush / coarse / waveshape.
- Solo a voice: Uncomment
$: kit5 (or any pattern) at the bottom to hear only that layer.
LYRICS · DRAFT
PRELUDE(instrumental — static carries the room)
VERSE IAll winter on the dial,
a hum where the words should be.
I left a light on for you
in a room that never closed.
REFRAINCarrier wave,
carrier wave —
carry me.
VERSE IIYou came back as a frequency
I could not tune.
Familiar as a fingerprint,
faint as a thumb on glass.
LIFTCarrier wave,
carrier wave —
carry me through.
BRIDGEWe were tuned to a different room.
We were tuned to a different room.
The needle held still
and the static went quiet.
BUILD(half-spoken)
…do you copy… do you copy…
…still here… still here…
CLIMAXI can hear you arriving —
the air is going thin.
Hold on to the hollow note.
Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
CODA(instrumental — dissolves)