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Pattern Patcher

Audiovisual sequencer

Pattern Patcher is a cozy, wintertime string quartet sequencer. There is an invisible scarf waiting to be filled in by patches of all colours and patterns. Colour maps to pitches in a C major scale, and there are four patterns to choose from: a single pizzicato note, two short notes on the same pitch, a mordent, and an acciaccatura. As the shape of the scarf begins to appear, so does a snowstorm. The bigger your scarf gets, the more you need it!




4 concentric circles of transparent tiles, different colours of the rainbow and various patterns like polka dots and flowers; grey background with a few white fuzzy dots floating down
4 concentric circles of transparent tiles, different colours of the rainbow and various patterns like polka dots and flowers; white background with a lots of white fuzzy dots floating down
4 concentric circles of transparent tiles, glowing different colours of the rainbow and various patterns like polka dots and flowers; black background


Keyboard Controls

Left mouse button: add new patches or edit an existing patch
A-G: set selected patch's pitch to the corresponding letter
1-4: set selected patch's pattern
Backspace: delete selected path
R: toggle camera rotation on/off
L: toggle background audio layer and snow on/off
I: change background mode (default, i.e. changes with number of patches, white, or black)

Sources

Chickencer tutorial
opens a new tab Bézier Path Creator
opens a new tab iTween
Patch textures: Calico opens a new tab
All string samples © Julia J. Mills