Subversion Repositories DIN Is Noise

DIN Is Noise 60 WIP:

to do:

  * voice fm/am also like beater

      based on beats

  * paste replace, append, insert on curve editors

  * beat labels every beat upto maybe 64 beats

  * beat 'doubler' widget

      eval every whole audio buffer

      start, end, times

        start, end dont have to be on same beat

  * curve selection

      copy & paste

  * curve scaling

      3 boxes

        left edge, right edge anchors

        move middle box edge to scale contents

          dry running with ghost profile draw

            execute at right time eg., at some beat position

  * binaural drones, binaural triggered notes on keybkeyb, mondrian

      * set unset toggle of binaurality

      * change separation

      * change justification

to fix:

  ! launched binaural drone separation must be = to launcher !

  ! Menu > Tools > Paste does paste append, must add Paste Append !

  on curve editor:

    /* paste append on curve editor */

    /* insert after last vertex appends to curve */

complete:

  * improved oscilloscope display

    * better labeling

      * with distortion hinting

  /* will not exit if recording in progress *\

  /* cross hair on the only selected drone *\

  * improved Show anchors on Menu > Drone Params > Visuals

    * instead of drawing line from drone position to

      bottom, cross hairs

    /* opacity *\

  /*

    turn DIN into a fully binaural syntheszer

      in Settings screen:

        toggle DIN Is Binaural

        default justification

          left, right, random

        default separation (in Hz)

          4 hz

      if DIN Is Binaural is ON,

        a new drone

          if left justified

            L @ hz, R @ hz + separation

          if right justified

            L @ hz - separation, R @ hz

          change seperation from Drone Params > Modulation > Separation

        in Mondrian,

          a ball triggers note/tone

            if left justified

              L @ hz, R @ hz + separation

            if right justified

              L @ hz - separation, R @ hz

          change separation per ball via

            Menu > Params > Separation

  * command get-var fps returns requested fps, got fps

    ^ internal

DIN Is Noise 59:

  /*

    track phrase position while scrubbing

      Menu > Voice > Track

        default is off

  *\

  /*

    record multiple mouse phrases on the phrasor:

      press f to record a phrase. move mouse.

        press f again to stop recording and start playing

      press f to record another phrase. din appends this phrase to existing phrase.

        press f again to stop recording and start playing from the start

      press g to clear all phrases

  *\

  /*

    Gater is now called Beater in preparation for the new beat engine in DIN (still WIP

    as of 59)

    edit beat pattern in beat pattern editor

      press 5 from microtonal-keyboard or Menu > Editors > Beater

    new beat patterns in the library

    use 9 and 0 keys to go thru beat patterns

    in the beat pattern editor:

      press F3 to halve current BPM

      press F4 to double current BPM

      press F5 to shift key up an octave

      press F6 to shift key down an octave

    on the microtonal keyboard:

      press F3 to halve current BPM

      press F4 to double current BPM

  *\

  in a curve editor:

    /*

      increase/decrease size of tangent of a curve

      click+pick a tangent of a curve and press f or Menu > Tools > Size tangent

      and just mouse up and down to size tangent

    *\

    /*

      pin / unpin vertices & tangents of a curve in a curve editor

      choose Menu > Tools > Pin / Unpin

      and click+pick a vertex or tangent. ESC to stop.

      or click-pick a vertex or tangent and press p to pin/unpin. click to stop.

      why pin?

        pinned vertices and tangents dont rotate when curve rotates.

        pinned tangents dont move when their vertex moves

          try it on shapeforms!

          watch fft!

    *\

    /*

        press ' to draw/hide snapping guides or Menu > Tools > Draw

        press g to draw/hide cursor or Menu > Tools > Draw cursor

        press u to restore view too on undo/redo or Menu > Tools > View too

    *\

  /* press SHIFT when clicking into a text/value field to clear its contents *\

  /* timestamps on log file at start and shutdown of program *\

  * changes to default parameters in binaural drones instrument

    * start pitch is 128 Hz

    * justification is left

    * scale notes at C D G B when C = 128 hz (if A = 432 Hz)

  * default tuning is pythagoras for all instruments

    * tuning is global ie applies to all instruments

  * Menu > Tools > Fold tangents with Selection only ON, folds just the selected tangent

    and if you select a vertex folds both its tangents

  * improved delay lines

  * optimised handling of parameter spinners in UI *

  * boxes not filled by default in Mondrian

  :( mouse returns to last position on all screens :)

  :( bug asked user to select drones when no drones were selected and drone volume change was attempted :)

  :( fixed bug not saving inner, letter and word spacing curves on morse code module :)

  :( fixed fold tangents only folding tangents of the selected vertex then stopping, instead of offering

     to fold other tangents until canceled by user :)

DIN Is Noise 58:

  /*

    position affects velocity and acceleration vectors

      instead of just velocity vectors

        Menu > Drone Tools > Position affects Vectors

  *\

  /* rotate acceleration *\

  /* rotation direction switch on velocity, accelerations *\

  /* reverse orbital direction *\

  * drone & voice volume displayed on microtonal keyboard is absolute not %

  * improved documentation, see https://dinisnoise.org/docs/

  :( fixed visual modulation behaviour on drones :)

  - removed Boost library requirement to build DIN Is Noise from source code.

DIN Is Noise 57:

	:( fixed crash if Scale notes label on Settings page was clicked :)

  :( fixed reset of note polygon radius in Mondrian :)

  :( fixed lingering close button when switching ui screens using keyboard short cuts :)

  /*

      auto pause can now pause auto rotation or pause auto flip

      direction of rotation of launched drones

        set at Auto pause section in Menu > Drone Params > Defaults

  *\

  /* 0 limit on drone master volume, AM and FM depths *\

  /*

    change of keyboard shortcuts for better drone handling on the

    microtonal keyboard

    middle mouse click to set drone scale / rotate center (pink cross)

    to mouse cursor

    f - find drone center of selected drones

					voice phrase recorder shares this shortcut

						but only triggers if voice is active

    r - rotate selected drones about center

    t - scale selected drones about center

      hold SHIFT to scale only vertically (only volume changes)

      hold CTRL to scale only horizontally (only pitch changes)

    SPACE - freeze / thaw drones

    For selected drones:

      n - clear drone selection

      y, u - change AM depth and bpm

      o, p - change FM depth and bpm

      - - change handle size

      = - change trail length

      j - flip drone motion

            flips drone velocity

              try on launched drones after turning on

              Menu > Drone Defaults > Select on Creation

            and AM/FM direction

              try on drones of a drone pendulum

              or a drone mesh

  /*

  /*

    new keyboard shortcuts for mouse slider

      ` - toggle ~ on parameter spinner

  *\

  /*

    while moving drone center (the pink cross):

      SHIFT to move along vertical

      CTRL to move along horizontal

  *\

  /*

    On Gravity:

      tip -> mouse - gravity tracks mouse

      tip -> drone -  gravity tracks drone tip

                      instead of touching it

                        only works after

                        Tip to drone

  *\

  /*

    String of characters to bit pattern to box fill texture

    in Mondrian. A cheap experiment with polygon stippling

    in OpenGL.

      OFF by default

      Click Menu > Misc > Texture to toggle

      sd)s is default string. Change and see!

      Also change Step.

  */

  * improved drone AM and FM position set

  * improved Sine Mixer

  * improved binaural drones instrument

  * improved mouse slider

  * improved cursor cross hairs

DIN Is Noise 56:

  /*

    new drone movements: rail and strafe

      rail moves a drone along its velocity vector

      strafe moves a drone lateral (perpendicular) to the velocity vector

        access rail and strafe using Drone Tools > Move / Rail / Strafe option list

          click on the option to activate

          then just move mouse up or down to rail or strafe

      interesting fx possible if the drone velocity vectors are

      auto rotating / flipping / pausing when railing or strafing!

  *\

  /*

      new auto pause for auto rotating drone velocity and/or accleration vectors

      basically, pause rotating every few seconds for a few seconds

        set values of 'every few seconds' and 'for a few seconds' from:

          Drone Params > Defaults for new drones OR

          Drone Params > Motion for existing drones

  *\

  /*

      new auto flip (= change direction of) rotation of curves on

      any curve editor

  *\

  /*

    new Curves tab on Menu of all curve editors

      lists curves available for editing

      can turn on/off curves for better/easier & targeted editing

  *\

  * improved FFT display and handling on waveform editors

  * improved waveform display on keyboard-keyboard

  * improved auto flip of rotation of velocity/acceleration vectors of drones

  @ launched drones from muted drones are not muted (default until DIN55)

    @ they serve no purpose, you can just select the launcher and

      stop launching :)

  - Fractaliser does not change curve name on apply

  ! fixed Menu > Drone tools > Immortalize to turn mortal launched drones immortal

  ! fixed resizing of Sine_Mixer harmonics/phases widget when moving Sine_Mixer

DIN Is Noise 55:

  /*

      an overhaul of Gravity

      as before, you can click and move the base or

      the tip of the gravity arrow to adjust its position,

      direction and strength.

      to (auto) animate the gravity arrow:

        assign a drone to base of gravity

        assign another drone to tip of gravity

        move or visual FM / AM modulate one or both these drones

        and gravity moves accordingly.

        animating gravity influences the trajectory of launched

        drones :)

      click 'Base to manual' and 'Tip to manual' to detach

      assigned drones from base and the tip respectively.

      you can now manually edit the base and tip again.

      click 'Select base', 'Select tip' or 'Select both'

      to select the assigned drones. Useful for moving,

      for visual AM/FM, to mute them etc.

      eg., you could mute the assigned drones by clicking

      'Select both' and then Menu > Drone Tools > Mute

  /*

  /* adjust position/phase of visual drone modulation (AM and FM)

      Menu > Drone Params > AM Position

      Menu > Drone Params > FM Position

      eg., at 0 position with AM and FM BPMs equal, the trail/path

      of the modulating drones is elliptical.

  /* set AM BPM to FM BPM of drones and vice-versa

  /* flip velocity direction of launched drone with respect to the launcher

     if -ve flag is set in drone velocity defaults

  /* opacity parameter for oscilloscope

  * optimised oscilloscope

    * faster sample add

    * faster drawing

  * changed shape of drone handles

  * optimised snap lines drawing on curve editors

  ! fixed OpenGL drawing bugs for affected OpenGL drivers on Windows !

    ! in oscilloscope !

    ! in waveform display on waveform editors !

    ! when hz/vol displayed on drones !

  ! fixed crash if drones as they are fading in when creating drone mesh

    are modulated or moved !

DIN Is Noise 54:

  NEW in DIN54:

  /*

    Drones Per Launch and Launches Per Minute for drone launchers

      Until DIN53.1 you could launch only 1 drone per launch.

      In DIN54, you can launch a bunch of drones every launch with

      launches per minute.

      Change drones per launch / launches per minute of an existing

      launcher from Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Drones Per Launch or

      Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Launches Per Minute

      for new launcher set in defaults:

      Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Drones Per Launch

        default = 1

      Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Launches Per Minute

        default = 60

      Tip:

        When there are many drones launched every launch, they will all launch

        along the direction (of velocity) of the launcher.  Their trajectory will

        therefore overlap, turn on Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Velocity | Randomize

        to randomize their launch directions

  /*

  /*

    drone velocity modulation:

      affects all launched drones

      specify how amount of velocity (actually the speed!) changes from birth to death of a drone

        default is constant ie no change from velocity (ie the speed) at birth

          this is the behaviour in DIN53.1

      edit the change curve from Menu > Editors > Drone velocity modulation

  /*

  /*

    in Gravity widget:

      Size:

          if turned ON, gravity size continuously expands or contracts to Mouse or

          (1st selected) Drone position !warning! Big gravity sizes can move drones

          fast to max volume and get loud!

      To Screen + : puts base of gravity vector to the center of the screen

      To drones + : puts base of gravity vector to the center (magenta arrow) of selected drones.

        To drone  : puts base of gravity vector to the (first) selected drone.

  /*

  /* save/load color sliders /*

  + draw gravity vector when UI is off

  * draw drone trails even if drones are off visible note / pitch ranges

  ! fixed: drones bounced only once irrespective of Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Bounces parameter !

    ! bug introduced in DIN53 :( !

  ! fixed: potential (null pointer) crash when turning UI on/off from microtonal keyboard !

  ! fixed: sudden increase in loudness (sorry!) when frozen drones are deleted but then

           thawed, frozen and deleted again and again !

  ! fixed: restore oscilloscope display state when UI is turned off and on !

  ! fixed: timing (introduced in DIN53.1 due to change of alarm.cc/h) of auto split / delete boxes in mondrian !

  ! fixed: deleted drones not de-selected !

DIN Is Noise 53.1:

  ! fixed : runaway launch of drones when Drone Params > Defaults > Generations

            is > 1 (higher the value worse the outcome!) and Drones Per Minute = 0

            due to wrong initialisation of this drone parameter after DIN restart /

            reload

  Update ASAP to DIN53.1

DIN Is Noise 53:

  /*  new in DIN53:

        launched drones launch drones that launch drones that launch drones....!

          use Drone Params > Defaults > Generations to set the number of times this can happen

            if Generations = 1,  A drone launcher launches drones (@ a Drones Per Minute)

            that die at the end of their lifetimes. This is default and the only behaviour until DIN 52.

            if Generations = 2, A drone launcher launches drones that launch drones.

            if Generations = 3, A drone launcher launches drones that launch drones that

            launch drones too.

            if Generations = 4, 5, 6, ... this quickly escalates into a population explosion of drones;

            lots of drones birthing lots of drones, living their life out and waiting to die can get

            very loud (especially if the Compressor isnt ON), slow down DIN and maybe even your computer

            beyond rescue. Be careful! :)

            Ways to prevent this population explosion are: keep Generatons low (Menu > Drone Params

            > Defaults), keep Drones Per Minute (DPM) and Lifetime on the original

            launcher low (Select drone launcher and adjust values from Menu > Drone Params > Motion) and

            keep the Fall time low (the fade-out time for drone after being killed, from Menu > Drone

            Params > Defaults)

            The launched drones take the DPM and Lifetime of their parent so editing carefully the

            parameters of the original launcher is important.

  /*  new default Drones Per Minute (DPM) on a drone launcher (Menu > Drone Params > Defaults). Assigns a

      DPM when making a drone launcher.  Turn on ~ to assign a DPM at random.

  * re: Auto rotation of drone velocity/acceleration vectors:

      changed Degrees Per Second to Degrees Per Tick

  /* re: Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Bounces

      when set to 0, launched drones dont bounce off the bottom of the microtonal keyboard

        but are killed immediately (behaviour until DIN 52)

      when set to -1, drones dont bounce off the bottom of the microtonal keyboard at all:

        but they are not killed either, they just live their life(time) out

  /* gravity base and tip dont move ie stay fixed as you scroll the microtonal keyboard in DIN53.

     this is because gravity is now in 'object space' along with the drones and microtonal ranges.

     until DIN52, gravity was in 'UI space' along with UI controls.

  * repositioned drone arrow UI elements

  ! fixed : DIN not quitting when frozen drones present !

  ! fixed : change size of gravity vector when its modulating !

DIN Is Noise 52:

  \ walked back some changes introduced in DIN 51

    \ the drone tracked by gravity does not change when the selection changes

  \ renamed drone arrow parameter called Head to Neck

  /* new gravity size modulation for DIN 52

      change the size (aka strength/magnitude) of gravity vector over bpm:

        on the gravity widget, turn on Modulate

          bpm = speed of gravity size modulation

          depth = how far to 0 gravity drops

            depth = 1, goes all the way to 0 and back in 1 beat

            depth = 0.5, goes from starting size to half size and back in 1 beat

            depth = 0, no size modulation ie size does not change at all

            default depth = 1

          set an initial size using gravity presets or click on Change Size

          and move the mouse up or down. keep Modulate off when doing this.

          click Edit to edit the size modulation curve for interesting fx.

  /*

  + press q to toggle drone wanding when Menu > Drone Tools > Wand is selected

    ! was always in Add drone mode until DIN 51.x

  + optional tracking of drones when connecting them with Menu > Drone Tools > Connect

    + enable / disable @ Menu > Drone Tools > Track

    + if enabled on connection: drone 1 points to drone 2 points to drone 3 and so on

    + if disabled on disconnection: selected drones stop tracking any other drone

  + select drone on creation

    + Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Select on Creation

    + drone is not selected by default

    + useful for looking at pitch/volume info of launched drones as they fly past

  + white = noise interpolator curve

    @ Menu > Editors > Noise Interpolator

  + white = drone that makes noise

    \ was grayscale in DIN 51.x

  + color of velocity vector of drone = color of drone

    \ was green in DIN51.x

  + constrain magnitude of drone velocity +/ acceleration to be > 0

    + click on 0 checkbutton on the Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Velocity or Acceleration to toggle

      + if enabled, magnitude of velocity +/ acceleration will always be > 0

      + if disabled, magnitude of velocity +/ acceleration can go < 0 ie will reverse movement or

        orbiting

  + browsed drone marker color is color of the browsed drone

    \ was green in DIN51.x

  * improved drone arrow drawing

  * improved note/frequency labeling on microtonal ranges

  * improved 'with left/center/right fixed' menu item on Menu > Ranges

  * new default volume distribution curve to have value increase (linearly)

    after 100% instead of staying at 100%. upto 200% now.

  * improved drone > < noise progress display

  <> moved (and renamed) Menu > Drone Params > Move under Gravity to Menu > Drone Tools > Balloon

      still does the same thing:

        releases (like gas balloons :) anchored drones

          these are now launched drones and die at the end of their lifetimes.

  <> moved Snap drones to notes / Position affects velocity from Menu > Drone Params > Motion to

     Menu > Drone Tools

  <> moved Bounces, rebound Speed% and drone bounce behaviour from Menu > Drone Params > Motion to

     Menu > Drone Params > Defaults as they apply equally to all launched drones

  * replaced drone Rise Time Min and Max spinners with a Rise time spinner

    + turn on ~ to generate a random rise time (default is 50% to 100% of Rise time) on drone creation

      + change range of randomness by editing %~ field

  * replaced drone Fall Time Min and Max spinners with a Fall time spinner

    + turn on ~ to generate a random fall time (default is 50% to 100% of Fall time) on drone removal

      + change range of randomness by editing %~ field

  + drones can bounce ahead, back or ahead/back

  + can select drones while voice phrasor plays

  + reinstated (from din-5.2.1 release!) a form of indian notation for notes

    + from Settings screen, choose notation = indian

  + a launched drone lifetime = lifetime of launcher or if ~ is active on Menu > Drone Params > Defaults > Lifetime

    a randomisation based on ~% of the lifetime of the launcher

  ! fixed bug when setting snap left/right values

  ! fixed mouse wheel scrolling of UI when hovering over label widget

  ! gravity continues tracking drone as its moved around or when scrolling microtonal keyboard

DIN Is Noise 51.1:

  * improved DIN font *

  ! fixed drone arrow defaults save/load !

DIN Is Noise 51:

   + drone is anchored or launched on creation

      anchored means stays fixed at the place of creation

      launched means 'flies' off based on its velocity and prevailing gravity

        try with Menu > Drone Tools > Add / Wand

      set at Menu > Drone Params > Defaults

  + set velocity +/ acceleration vectors of drones to presets via Menu > Drone Params > Motion > Set velocity/acceleration

    + presets are +ve or -ve vertical, horizontal, velocity, acceleration and zero

  + auto flip (clock < > anti-clock) auto rotating velocity/acceleration vectors every some degrees

    + via Menu > Drone Params > Auto flip > Set / Unset / Toggle

    + default 'every some degrees' is 90 degrees

  + gravity

    + presets for gravity vector

       0, left, right, up and down

    + gravity tracks mouse position

      + click Gravity > Mouse

    + gravity tracks the first among selected drones

      + click Gravity > Drone

        ! as drone selection changes, gravity may track a different drone !

      - removed Menu Drone Params > Track gravity

  + mesh polygon filling per drone color

  * color of a launched drone is same as color of the launcher

    * try changing color of the launcher as drones are launched

  * changed color of velocity/acceleration vectors to move away from green (used for selection) and red (used for errors)

    * cyan = color of velocity vector of all drones

    * (reddish) magenta = color of acceleration vector of all drones

  * changed arrow visualisation of velocity +/ acceleration vector of all drones

    * Head

      * edit the position of the arrow tip

        * can go 'above' the vector tip ie > 1.0

        * can go 'below' the drone location ie < 0.0

        * can be on the body ie 0 <= tip <= 1.0

    * Shoulder Position

      * edit position of the arrow's shoulder tips

    * Shoulder Width

      * edit width of the arrow's shoulder

    + Cap or Decap the arrow

  + set default arrow head, shoulder position and width, cap from Menu > Drone Params > Defaults

    + used when adding & wanding drones

    + change existing drone's velocity/acceleration vector arrow params via Menu > Drone Params > Visual

  + improved geometric chuck

    + on a chuck with N drones, the first N - 1 drones have trail set to 0

      + the last drone has trail set to 10000

    + toggle auto reset trails

      + Menu > Drone Params > Chuck > Auto reset trails

    + 2 changes above aid visualisation and experimentation instead of manual trail

      resize/reset every time after changing a chuck param

    + toggle chuck outline

      + click Menu > Drone Params > Chuck > Draw chuck outline

      + aids screenshotting

    + chuck outline drawn per drone color

  * default scale/rotate drones center to microtonal keyboard center

  * default selected range to C Eb

  + mouse wheel on microtonal keyboard to scroll along horizontal

    + press SHIFT and scroll to scroll along vertical

  * short form of echo command is .

  * improved bpm handling of drone pendulums and meshes

  * improved drone trail handling/display

  * close menu after setting modulation direction

  ! fixed bug in zoom of curve editor when mouse slider is active !

  ! fixed draw crosshairs on drone mesh preview !

DIN Is Noise 50.2 :

  :( fixed bug in drone modulation editor introduced in DIN 50 :)

  + set velocity/acceleration vector of drone(s) to vertical, horizontal, -velocity, -acceleration

  * UI dialog position improvements

DIN Is Noise 50.1 :

  :( fixed wrong Velocity and Acceleration directions on Auto Rotate :)

  :( fixed range modulation width/height spinner bug introduced in DIN50 :)

  * improved item list handling

DIN Is Noise 50:

  /* Wand drones into existense using Drone Tools > Wand

    /* tool toggles between Add and Wand modes

    /* In Add mode (the only mode until DIN49.1), you add a new drone by

       left clicking on the microtonal keyboard. You click and drag to

       'spray' new drones.

    /* In Wand mode (new in DIN 50), you simply wave the mouse to add drones on

       the microtonal keyboard. Use the Wand distance (Drone Params > Defaults)

       to control how close or spaced out the drones are to each other.

  /* new Drone Params > Defaults tab to set defaults for some drone parameters:

    /* wand distance - distance to move the mouse before DIN adds a drone in Wand mode.

      ! smaller distance means drones are created close together

      ! larger distance means drones are more spaced out

    /* type of drones wanded/added:

      1. immortal - drone forever until deleted << default and the only type until DIN49.1

      2. mortal - die after their lifetime << drones launched from another drone are this type

      3. reincarnate - die after their lifetime only to be (re)born immediately! << new to DIN 50!

    -> type of sound made by drones:

      -> moved from Drone > Tools in DIN 49.1

      -> drones a pitch/volume

      -> noise @ pitch/volume

    -> Drone rise (min, max), fall (min, max), lifetime and handle size.

      -> rise, fall times moved here from Settings screen

  /* Drone Tools > Immortalize to make drones immortal

  /* Drone Tools > Mortalize to kill drones after their lifetime

  /* Drone Tools > Reincarnate - drones rebirth after their death, immediately!

  /* Auto rotate Velocity or Acceleration or Both of selected drones from

     Drone Params > Motion tab

     /* @ RPM

     /* Clockwise or Anti-clockwise

     /* Start, Stop or Toggle

  /* Set AM and FM directions to

    /* Vertical, Horizontal, Velocity or Acceleration

    /* Until DIN 49.1:

      /* AM direction = Vertical

      /* FM direction = Horizontal

    !

      interesting fx possible via auto rotating velocity +/ acceleration and using them

      as modulation directions. also interesting to launch drones from auto rotating

      velocities.

    !

  /*

    DIN 50 introduces a virtual geometric chuck inspired by the geometric chuck,

    a drawing machine from the 19th century! DIN's chuck, made with a bunch

    of drones, not only draws (via drone trails) but also sounds notes

    (via snapping), drones or noises!

    To begin, select a bunch of drones and

      choose Drone Tools > Chuck

        DIN creates a geometric chuck with these drones

          Minimum 2 drones

          Good start = 3 drones

          Each drone rotates about the other

          1st drone is central, rotates about nothing, so stays still

            You can move this drone around and move the whole chuck

              The 2nd drone rotates about the 1st,

                The 3rd drone rotates about the 2nd,

                  and so on

          Browse the selected drones of the chuck with Drone Tools > Browse drone

          or press <- and -> to select a drone in the chuck and

          Adjust the speed at which this drone rotates about the other

          (Drone Params > Chuck > Speed), the distance at which it rotates

          (Drone Params > Chuck > Length), flip the direction of rotation

          (anti-clockwise < > clockwise) (Drone Params > Flip), pause/go

          (Drone Params > Chuck > Toggle) the rotation and draw a trail

          (Drone Params > Chuck > Trail length). Recommend trail on the last

          drone of a chuck to make drawing like the real geometric chuck

          Set Angle per turn to speed up (large angle) or slow down (small angle) the rotation

          of all the drones of (all) chuck(s).

          The drones of the chuck sound the pitch/volume they are on the microtonal keyboard.

          You can mute/unmute any / all of the drones of the chuck.

            Drone Tools > Mute, Drone Tools > Unmute

          You can convert any / all of the chuck's drones to noise (Drone Tools > Drone > Noise) or

          vice-versa.

            Drone Tools > Drone 2 Noise, Drone Tools > Noise 2 Drone

          You can snap drones of the chuck to sound notes

            Drone Params > Motion > Snap drones to notes > Set

  *\

  + stop drone decay (and death) if frozen

  + retime decay time of deleted drone(s) if you select drone(s) and delete again

  * change FM depth (like AM depth) by moving along vertical on mouse slider

    * moved along horizontal until DIN 49.1

  * change FM bpm (like AM bpm) by moving along vertical on mouse slider

    * moved along horizontal until DIN 49.1

  * helps with moving drones along circular paths at different speeds

  * improved value spinner UI

  * improved find_nearest_note (..) performance

  * improved drone trail performance

  * improved console text & value display

DIN Is Noise 49.1:

  ! fixed : crash from 'delays' editor when menu toggled and plugin browser fold toggled !

  /* multiple channel MIDI support

DIN Is Noise 49:

  /* position (instead of modulation until DIN48) affects velocity vector of drones

  /* Set center for rotation and scaling of drones:

    Menu > Drone Tools > Auto Center uses average center of selected drones

    Choose Menu > Drone Tools > Set to mouse and Click on it to set center to

    point under mouse cursor. Click to stop.

      You can also click and just move the magenta cross that marks the center

  on mouse slider:

  /* warp mouse position when rolling wheel

  /* press / to toggle warp mouse at boundary

  * improved the drone selector / drone mesh/pendulum preview on microtonal keyboard

  * show hz/vol for selected drones only (instead of all drones until DIN48)

  ! fixed: flip (using ` key shortcut) between instruments loads the correct editors !

  EXPERIMENTAL:

  /*  when scaling or rotating drones, change scale or angle increments using mouse slider (see

      DIN 48 CHANGELOG below for how to do this) to change scaling +/ rotation 'speed'

DIN Is Noise 48:

  /*  create drone pendulum based on number of drones instead of spacing

  /* convert selected pitched drones to noising drones and vice-versa.

    + CTRL + . to convert selected pitched drones to noising drones

      or Menu >> Drone Tools >> Drone > Noise

    + CTRL + , to convert selected noising drones to pitched drones

      or Menu >> Drone Tools >> Noise > Drone

  /* mute and unmute selected drones

    + SHIFT + , to mute selected drones or Menu > Drone tools > Mute

    + SHIFT + . to unmute selected drones or Menu > Drone tools > Unmute

  /* Zero and Reset gravity from Gravity widget

  /* Zero velocity of drones

  /* Start and End angles for geometry > sound plugins on curve editor

    + ie., Circler, Rose_Milker and Lissajous

      + you can now turn a part - an arc - of rose and lissajous curves into waveforms/envelopes/modulators!

    + Phase for Spiraler

      + End angle found from Turns

  /* Start, End points in Countries plugin on curve editors

    + turn 'arc' of a 'country polygon' into waveform/envelope/modulator

  /* set Phase of each harmonic in Sine_Mixer

    + press g to toggle between harmonics and phase 'levels'

    + Phase levels is blue

      + goes from 0 deg (bottom) to 360 deg (top)

  /* press f to toggle paint harmonics (or phase) in Sine_Mixer

  /* overlay last screen (instrument or editor) on curve editor

  /* !EXPERIMENTAL! mouse slider increment scaling

    When using mouse slider:

      press , to set increment to 1/N of original increment

      press . to set increment to Nx of original increment

      press 1,2,3...9 sets N = 1,2,3...9

      press 0 to set N = 10

      default N = 10

  /* if selected drones exist, set initial menu tab to Drone Params on microtonal keyboard

  * ` to flip to last screen

      * flip between editors

      * flip between instruments

  * improved curve editor

    * curve samples display, curve component picker, cursor display

  * improved auto splitting 'box that has a ball' in Mondrian

    * results in better trapping of ball(s) in box(es) :)

  ! fixed dont warp mouse when mouse slider activation aborted !

  ! fixed add/remove gravity widget on menu toggle !

  ! fixed load/save of launched drones !

  ! fixed reset velocity & gravity !

  ! fixed crash when clearing all harmonic bookmarks and moving sine mixer !

  ! fixed name of radius curve in spiraler plugin !

  ! fixed drones per minute as float instead of int !

  ! removed release location from the title bar as COVID-19 has grounded me in Chennai, India :( !

DIN Is Noise 47.1 @ Chennai, India

  * improved Spinner UI control

  ! removed 2 sets of log messages that may affect performance !

DIN Is Noise 47 @ Chennai, India

  + Menu > Drone Params now split into 3 tabs:

    + Modulation:

      + has controls to edit drone modulation parameters like AM/FM depth, BPM

    + Visual:

      + has controls to edit drone trail length, handle size,

        connection stiffness (see below), colors (see below) etc

    + Motion:

      + controls to edit drone parameters like velocity, acceleration,

        drones per minute, lifetime etc

  + On the mouse slider

    + when you can slide both horizontally and vertically:

      + press SHIFT to slide just vertically

      + press CTRL to slide just horizontally

  /* connect and disconnect drones

    + Workflow:

      + select a bunch of drones (eg., Menu > Drone Tools > Select all drones)

      + Menu > Drone Tools > Connect

        + DIN connects drones in selection order

          + points one drone to next

            + last drone points in the direction second last drone points

            + To select drones in desired order, select drones one at a time by

              click+moving a box around a drone and use SHIFT / CTRL keys while

              selecting to add to existing selection or remove a drone from selection

        + Steps @ 1 connects drones successively, this is default

          Steps @ 2 connects alternate drones

          Steps @ 1 2 does both

            try other steps sequences:

              eg., 1 3 5 OR 1 2 4 etc

              !note! separate steps with SPACE not comma

      + Just select a drone and move (Menu > Drone Tools > Move) and all the

        connected drones move to keep their original distance on connection.

          'But then one lizard (or iguana) moved, and all moved'

            - VS Naipaul, Among the Believers

        + Use Connection Stiffness parameter to control the 'elasticity' of

          the connections (Menu > Drone Params > Visual)

            + This is a global parameter, affects all connections among all drones

      + Menu > Drone Tools > Disconnect to disconnect the connected drones

        + Select a drone in the middle of a chain and disconnect splits the chain in two

        + Select the 'head' drones of two different chains and connect to merge the two

          chains into one

  /*  new curve & curve editor to sculpt amplitude (aka depth) & bpm of

      drone pendulum's drones

    + access using Menu > Editors > Drone Pendulum

    + edit curves even after creating drone pendulums!

      + affects drone pendulums selected drones belong to

      + use Menu > Overlay Instrument on the editor to see the effects of the

        edits while making them.

  /* new color sliders to set the color of selected drones

    + 2 sets of 3 sliders (1 for Red, Green and Blue).

      + Top set called Top

      + Bottom set called Bottom

      + Select some drones and

        + change color to Top to set color of all selected drones to the RGB of Top sliders

        + change color to Bottom to set color of all selected drones to RGB of Bottom sliders

        + change color to Blend to set color of all selected drones to RGB blended from Top to Bottom sliders

          + first selected drone color is from the Top sliders

          + last selected drone is from the Bottom sliders

          + other drones take inbetween colors

          + To select drones in desired order, select drones one at a time by click+moving a box

            around a drone and use SHIFT / CTRL keys while selecting to add or remove drone to an

            existing selection

        + change color to Random to set random colors on all selected drones

          + not truly random but a random color between RGB of Top and Bottom sliders

            + useful as colors are random but still from a certain part of the spectrum

      + If drones are noise, their color is grayscale, derived from just the Red channel of Top

        and/or/both Bottom sliders, based on the chosen scheme.

      + If you edit a color slider, DIN hides the menu so you can see the edits better, hit ESC or click on Close

        to finish/abort

  /* abort octave shift

    + useful to take the key note away from 'piano notes' into 'weird' pitches yet still have 'scales' based on

      this new key 'note'.

        + without Abort this was still possible by editing the octave shift curve

          (Menu > Editors > Octave Shift)

    + to set the key back to a note, goto Settings screen and use the Key spinner

    + click Menu > Misc > Abort on Microtonal-Keyboard, Mondrian and Binaural Drones instruments

      + or press SHIFT + ESC

    + click Abort button on Keyboard-Keyboard

      + or press n

  /* edit arrow width, depth for each drone

    + until DIN46, this was global

    + very useful for snake/centepede like visualisations of connected drones

  * scale drones

    * press CTRL to scale along horizontal

    * press SHIFT to scale along vertical

  + moved Scale, Rotate drones to join Move in Menu > Drone Tools

  + SHIFT + e to scale selected drones

  + CTRL + e to rotate selected drones

  + press ` to flip between current instrument and last used curve editor

  + detach Spinners from Menu when using the < and > buttons to decrease/increase values

  * Optimised GUI controls

    * field, spinner etc

  \0/ fixed crash when browsing waveforms on keyboard-keyboard

  \0/ fixed search field in countries

  \0/ fixed value field in number for bits of char

DIN Is Noise 46.2 @ Chennai, India

  * optimised GUI controls a bit

  * improved mirroring curve about horizontal, vertical axes

    + new horizontal, vertical local axes

  + new seed curves in fractaliser plugin

  ! fixed bug in identifying and setting audio devices !

    ! introduced in DIN 46 :( !

DIN Is Noise 46, 46.1 @ Chennai, India

  !+! what is fixed when modulating microtonal range?:

        + left, right or center

  !+! voice is voice or noise on microtonal keyboard

      + voice intones the pitch under mouse cursor

        + volume of voice is mouse's height above the bottom of the microtonal keyboard

      + noise makes noise with frequency content related to pitch under cursor

        + volume of noise is mouse's height above the bottom of the microtonal keyboard

  !+! presets for superformula geometry > waveform/envelope/modulation curve plugin

    + Click on Browse on Superformula page on a curve editor

      + Mouse wheel or move up and down to browse the shapes

        + Apply or Auto Apply

  + toggle draw mesh outline

  + improved scale/rotate drones

  + improved selection of point modulators

  + improved selection of sine mixer bookmarks

  ! fixed modulate checkbutton set when Menu > Ranges > Toggle !

  ! fixed window resize throws off mouse cursor on microtonal keyboard !

  /!/ zooming curve editor when mouse captures are paused does not update visual !