oscarbyrne
commented
7 months ago I love this idea but i'm a bit biased
AFAIK this concept is generally known as "maximally even (pitch) sets".
It's incredibly useful to be able to call something like euclidScale recursively to build something called a Filtered Point-Symmetry (FiPS) configuration space. Basically that lets you think about scales, chords and even single notes as existing within a single hierarchical configuration space. That's the main limitation I see with the approach you've got here.
More of the theory here (don't worry it's pretty accessible!):
I've actually been working on implementing FiPS in strudel. The code is a little bit overwrought at the moment but you can check it out here:
There's a demo available here:
- https://oscarbyrne.github.io/strudel/swatch (click on
example.txt)
I'd be happy to go through what I understand about FiPS and J functions in more depth with anyone who's interested. It's pretty cool stuff
like euclid but for scales:
https://strudel.cc/?4hbOfzqdDQyq also useful for microtonal scales: https://strudel.cc/?AJ9MQjqLtqJK