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DIN Is Noise has a virtual geometric chuck inspired by the real
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).
DIN sets a trail of 1000 points by default on the last drone of a
chuck to make a 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 the drones of the chuck.
Drone Tools > Mute, Drone Tools > Unmute
You can convert any/all of the chuck's drones to noise or vice-versa.
Drone Tools > Drone to Noise, Drone Tools > Noise to Drone
You can snap drones of the chuck to sound notes
Drone Params > Motion > Snap drones to notes > Set