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One unifying element between each world is the use of a
particle system. Each visual particle has an associated sonic particle that possesses one of six different envelopes (sine, percussive, reverse percussive, wide grain, cubed grain, steep grain.)
Within this envelope is a formant waveform with a fundamental frequency (Y plane), a formant frequency (Z plane), a pan position
(X plane), and an amplitude.
The particles' emission rate and density allow them to fuse into continuous tones, their timbres
determined by the characteristics of the individual particles. Interestingly, the particles are subjected to gravitational forces,
allowing a higher level composition with the particle system.
To lend depth to the sonic space, reverberation is applied. The parameters
of the reverberation are adjusted according to the user's position in the space.
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