Chronocumulator

2025 · sound, systems

Musical time can accumulate through returning cycles instead of advancing along a single linear track.

Each ring carries events at its own cycle, allowing patterns to meet, separate, and return in changing combinations. Rather than treating a loop as exact repetition, the system is designed to retain residue and permit tuning changes between passes. Microtonal pitch relationships become visible alongside rhythm, connecting listening, geometry, and performance. The archive currently documents the interaction model, phased architecture, and interface studies; implementation status should remain explicit on every proof card.

Cinematic Rail Type: 10-card lead system rail
Interaction: place an event, rotate a ring, hear recurrence, alter the next pass
Method: concentric timing cycles and microtonal pitch relationships
Status: architecture and interface specification documented; playable proof remains in development

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