27 Commits

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kennethreitz 5090411405 Add Apex (track 24), play all/render all, first-run prompt, 30fps picker
Apex: Eb minor, 140 BPM — koto hook, wavefold bass, mellotron strings,
timpani, 32nd koto shreds. Beast Mode's meaner sibling.

play.py: 'a' play all, 'R' render all, first-run render prompt,
30fps picker refresh, WAV cache checkmarks.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 12:40:01 -04:00
kennethreitz 860dc1f323 Add Shruti Lofi (track 23) — microtonal lo-fi hip hop
D minor, shruti just intonation, 75 BPM. Kalimba blips, Rhodes
chords, sitar hook with microtonal bends, mellotron flute pad,
tambura Sa-Pa drone, lazy boom bap with ghost snares, 808 sub,
vinyl crackle. Singing bowl bookends.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 01:20:53 -04:00
kennethreitz a1d6559bf3 Add Beast Mode (track 22) — trap + sitar + mellotron at 135 BPM
G minor, 135 BPM. Sitar hook, 808 slides, distorted saw bass with
sidechain, trap hats with 32nd rolls, mellotron flute drop, timpani
war drums, sitar 32nd shred solo. Singing bowl section markers.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 01:01:34 -04:00
kennethreitz a9dbff25d3 Add Music Box Factory (20) + Cathedral (21)
Music Box Factory: G major, 108 BPM — 8 tuned percussion instruments.
Kalimba, vibraphone, celesta, marimba, glockenspiel, xylophone,
crotales, timpani. No synths, no strings.

Cathedral: D minor, 60 BPM — tubular bells in taj_mahal, bagpipe
drone, mellotron choir, timpani thunder, pipe organ, kick in
cathedral reverb. Mellotron choir solo at the heart.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 00:43:18 -04:00
kennethreitz 1abd7f7d1a Add Emergence (track 19) — acoustic births electronic
E minor, 100 BPM. Singing bowls + tingsha opening, didgeridoo,
mellotron flute, sitar 16th arps with dynamic velocity and 32nd
shreds. Synths emerge at bar 33. Both worlds collide at the peak.
Mellotron solo bridges them. Bowls alone at the end.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 00:23:01 -04:00
kennethreitz 395571cc94 Add Tape Memory (track 18), play.py loops back to picker
Tape Memory: Db minor, 90 BPM — mellotron flute, FM bells, drift,
crotales, granular texture, hard_sync, PWM, wavefold, ring_mod.
Theremin solo at the peak. Singing bowls + tingsha throughout.
Play.py now returns to track picker after playback finishes.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-03 00:01:35 -04:00
kennethreitz 5e083ade8c Add Waveforms (17), Intrusive (16), Voices (15) — update all listings
Waveforms: F minor, 118 BPM — percussive synth blips stacking with
occasional sustained pads, 808 sub, rhythmic drums with ghost notes.
Intrusive: saw phrase loops, acceptance arc with sub and cello.
Voices: five vocal parts multiplying, piano as reality.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 20:33:51 -04:00
kennethreitz fb67a82cf9 Add An Exception Occurred (track 14) — mental health arc in music
Eb major→minor→major, 80 BPM. Piano-driven arc: stability → spiritual
seeking (tambura, sitar, om vocal, tabla, tingsha) → psychosis (wild
theremin ±5 semitone bends, chaos drums, sub bass) → despair → hymn
(pipe organ in cathedral) → recovery (cello) → gratitude. Every note
hand-placed. Based on kennethreitz.org/essays/mentalhealtherror.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 02:06:15 -04:00
kennethreitz 12f4a8e26d Add Sleight of Hand (track 13) — nine genre shifts, one track
D minor, 100 BPM. Music box → didgeridoo → jazz piano → 808 drop →
solo theremin → choir → acid 303 through the choir → music box over
boom bap → everything at once. Singing bowl marks every transition.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 01:44:43 -04:00
kennethreitz 95350a43e3 Add Gravity (track 12) — hip hop with eastern touches
C minor, 88 BPM. Sparse piano stabs, continuous 808 sub, boom bap
kick with trap hat evolution. Rhodes melody, string swell. Buried
tambura drone, singing bowl bookends, sitar bend in the breakdown.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 01:38:16 -04:00
kennethreitz d38f5f033d The Interruption: breakbeat delay, reese wide, velocity list fades
Breakbeat gets jungle echo delay panned left, reese gets reverb +
long delay panned right — DnB section has stereo width. Kick808
distortion. Sub and reese fadeouts as velocity lists. Harp shimmer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 01:16:30 -04:00
kennethreitz b139417dd0 Split changelog into April 1st (new tracks) and April 2nd (stereo pass)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 00:50:11 -04:00
kennethreitz e27e01e6a2 Changelog: Observatory + Voltage stereo updates
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 00:49:13 -04:00
kennethreitz a35df3741b Acid Reign: stereo 303s with delay, panning across the board
Two 303s panned opposite with different delay times — echoes cascade
across the stereo field. Clap delay, cajon slapback, hats panned.
Rhodes louder (0.35), wetter (0.8 taj_mahal), panned left. Cajon 0.7.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 00:35:17 -04:00
kennethreitz 7cc61b582a Deep Time: tingsha + singing bowls throughout, changelog update
Tingsha strikes every 4-6 bars through bar 48 (was silent after 16).
Bowl_low strikes every 8 bars through all 48 (was only first 16).
Both fade in velocity as the piece progresses.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 00:25:06 -04:00
kennethreitz 9f94157fdf Changelog: Raga Midnight doubled with 808 drop
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-02 00:16:57 -04:00
kennethreitz 7d2689d03a Changelog: Chakra, Silk Road, Culture Clash removal
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 23:45:50 -04:00
kennethreitz 6c20d21b2d Changelog: Silk Road stereo caravan + helper refactor
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 22:16:08 -04:00
kennethreitz 062a0d098d Update changelog with Ghost Protocol improvements
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 22:11:29 -04:00
kennethreitz cedd44d72c The Observatory: theremin louder, less reverb
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 21:58:00 -04:00
kennethreitz c4b92a4fde Update changelog with Interruption drum fills
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 13:21:18 -04:00
kennethreitz 345c553f7f The Interruption: stereo string quartet, delay on harpsichord/violins
Violins panned wide (-0.35/+0.4), harpsichord with delay sparkle,
cello gets chorus, everything louder with more cathedral reverb.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 13:00:34 -04:00
kennethreitz d6fd475d65 Voltage: three reverb characters — dry sine, spring saw, taj_mahal pulse
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 12:50:43 -04:00
kennethreitz 2fbe7dab3f Add Voltage (track 11), The Dialogue tweaks, remove 3AM
Voltage: F minor, 138 BPM — raw oscillators, arp solos, 32nd note peak.
The Dialogue: theremin octave up, sitar reverb tuned, house beat added.
Raga Midnight: sitar reverb reduced. 3AM removed for rework.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 12:43:12 -04:00
kennethreitz ce48cc3121 The Dialogue: dry sitar shred, changelog update, remove .claude from repo
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 12:08:42 -04:00
kennethreitz 4ed70ed68a Rewrite changelog — day by day format
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 11:42:44 -04:00
kennethreitz af0be4e09c Add CHANGELOG.md
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-04-01 11:38:49 -04:00