Remove lowpass/vel_to_filter from sax presets, let wave shape its own tone — v0.40.6

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to PyTheory are documented here.
 
+## 0.40.6
+
+- **Saxophone presets cleaned up** — removed lowpass filters and vel_to_filter
+  from all sax instrument presets (saxophone, alto_sax, tenor_sax, bari_sax).
+  The saxophone wave function already shapes its own spectrum; the extra
+  filters were dulling the tone.
+
 ## 0.40.5
 
 - **Saxophone synth overhaul** — reed nonlinearity (asymmetric soft clipping),

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "pytheory"
-version = "0.40.5"
+version = "0.40.6"
 description = "Music Theory for Humans"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"

pytheory/__init__.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """PyTheory: Music Theory for Humans."""
 
-__version__ = "0.40.5"
+__version__ = "0.40.6"
 
 from .tones import Tone, Interval
 from .systems import System, SYSTEMS, TET

pytheory/rhythm.py

@@ -380,22 +380,19 @@ INSTRUMENTS = {
     # ── Woodwinds (continued) ──
     "saxophone": {
         "synth": "saxophone_synth", "envelope": "bowed",
-        "humanize": 0.15, "vel_to_filter": 1500,
+        "humanize": 0.15,
     },
     "alto_sax": {
         "synth": "saxophone_synth", "envelope": "bowed",
-        "humanize": 0.15, "vel_to_filter": 1800,
+        "humanize": 0.15,
     },
     "tenor_sax": {
         "synth": "saxophone_synth", "envelope": "bowed",
-        "lowpass": 3000,
-        "humanize": 0.15, "vel_to_filter": 1200,
+        "humanize": 0.15,
     },
     "bari_sax": {
         "synth": "saxophone_synth", "envelope": "bowed",
-        "lowpass": 2000,
-        "humanize": 0.15, "vel_to_filter": 800,
-        "sub_osc": 0.15,
+        "humanize": 0.15, "sub_osc": 0.15,
     },
 }
 

uv.lock

@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ wheels = [
 
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-version = "0.40.5"
+version = "0.40.6"
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 dependencies = [
     { name = "rich" },