how it works
instruments from a song — in progress. tap the music-note
button and search for a song you love. the app hears a short preview and keeps
only numbers — how bright each sound is, how sharply it starts, how long it
rings — and your picture's colours play on those instead of the nine. you can
play the preview right there to hear the record next to what the app made of
it. nothing is uploaded and no audio is stored. the instruments are picked to
match what the app hears — close, not exact; this part is still being
worked on.
your photo is traced into ink lines. line height becomes pitch,
position becomes timing, and the colour under each line picks its instrument —
so the melody isn't about the picture, it is the picture.
- play — or just tap the picture itself
- three views: the picture with its drawing, the drawing alone, then the picture alone — still swept, so you can see where each note comes from
- the music note holds which instruments play: the app's nine, this photo's own colours — brighter colours ring, darker ones sink — or a song you search for. when a song has a clear beat it offers you its tempo too, and nothing moves until you say so
- put a picture, gif or video behind the drawing — the circles beside it choose the paper instead: your photo faintly showing through, white, or black
- the dots add layers underneath — bass, drums, an arpeggio, and chords built from your photo's colours
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- save the sound, the picture, or a video of one loop
if your photo came straight from a camera it also remembers when it was taken
and how long the shutter was open. you'll be offered those as a starting key and speed — only
if you say yes, and moving either control yourself takes it back.
a shared link carries the drawing and its settings — never your photo.