Reticulum
Address Tunifier
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tempo
88
chords
50
melody
50
drone
20
attack
0
pan
50
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THE ADDRESS
128 bits · 16 bytes · 32 nibbles · 8 bars of 4/4
a
3
f
0
bar 1
c
1
d
9
bar 2
e
7
b
4
bar 3
5
8
2
0
bar 4
f
f
3
1
bar 5
c
6
a
a
bar 6
9
0
d
4
bar 7
7
e
1
2
bar 8
CHORDS
one bar · 4 hex · 16 bits · × 8 bars = 128
a
3
f
0
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
voice 3
soprano
8 degrees
3 bits
voice 2
alto
8 degrees
3 bits
voice 1
tenor
8 degrees
3 bits
voice 0
bass
8 degrees
3 bits
figure
rhythm
1 of 16 figures
4 bits
voice v owns scale degrees [8v, 8v+7]: windows end to end, never overlapping, so a sorted sonority decodes to exactly one set of voices
hex boundaries and voice boundaries deliberately do not line up
MELODY
one quarter note · 1 hex · 4 bits · × 32 = 128
3
2
1
0
articulation
long / short
and the join
1 bit
pitch
1 of 8 scale degrees
3 bits
chords and melody are two renderings of the same 128 bits,
so playing both together adds redundancy rather than payload
DERIVED
0 bits. Computed from bits already sent, or carrying nothing at all
tie
two identical neighbours
melody: same nibble
chords: voice repeats
glide
a long note that moves
melody: 1 bit already there
chords: all four voices
drone
choose your own
colour
pitch class
position on the circle
of fifths sets the hue
register
key + mode + cardinality
voices centre on middle C,
snapped to the key
key and mode sit outside the address too: 12 keys × 24 scales = 288 states,
about 8.2 bits, agreed by convention or derived from the hash