chord space v0.5.4

This application provides a novel visual representation of the state space of microtonal chords, allowing you to manipulate and experiment with them in real-time. It is completely open source software written with Visual Studio Code, and you are allowed to modify it and distribute it freely. 

info

A tone clock is a visual representation of a musical chord, displaying the individual pitches as angles on a clock-like diagram. The left half allows you to control one directly, and with this you can see and explore the relationships between various chords.

The right half features a model of harmonic entropy of my own design, and is meant to represent the consonance of every possible chord shape. Points on this diagram are 3-note chords or triads, and different positions correspond to different harmonic qualities.

controls

• Left click to drag pitches around
• Right click to add a tone, Ctrl+Right click to remove a tone.
• use the number keys  (1 - 9)  to select the number of tones in the chord.
• rotate chords with  E  and  R, or perform rotations of 3/2 by using  D  and  F
  
• randomize the tones with  Q, randomize the angle only with  A
  
• spread out the tones equally with  W
• Ctrl  and  Shift  keys modify behavior of other actions

 v0.5.4 changelog

• improved visual elements and added a new icon.
• refactored sound generation, line drawing, and other calculations improving performance significantly.
• refactored variable names for better readability.
• changed font filetype from .ttf to .otf

installation

1. install python:

• https://www.python.org/downloads/
• check "Add Python 3.x to PATH" when you install python.

2. verify that python is working:

• run  `python`

3. verify that pip is working:

• run  `pip --version`

4. download the source code below

5. install required libraries:

• open a cmd terminal in the main directory
• run  `pip install -r requirements`

github repository: https://github.com/mynvs/chord-space