fling by daylight noise

fling

throw it when it screams

20 HP

Two linked holes: what falls through one comes out of the other and falls in again, faster every pass. A flanger, a comb and an echo in one loop, its ring climbing as it falls until it reaches terminal velocity and screams. FLING throws it out across the field, and the holes are clear.

It falls

What goes into JUMP drops through one hole and comes out of the other a moment later. Close the loop and it falls in again, and again, and like anything falling it speeds up: every pass the gap closes and the ring climbs, until it reaches terminal velocity and holds.

JUMP: what falls: a drum loop, a pad, a mix.

GAP, the big knob, and its jack (1 V an octave): how far apart the holes are. Fully left a hair's breadth, a jet through zero; at noon 10 ms, a comb ringing at 100 Hz; fully right half a second, an echo. The jack plays the ring like a note.

FALL, the knob and its jack: how much falls back in. Fully left nothing, so nothing falls: a plain flanger. Fully right nothing leaves: the loop rings on its own.

PULL: how fast it speeds up, and how fast it can go. Fully left never, a plain comb; at noon two and a half octaves up in a few seconds; fully right five octaves in about a bar.

The tumble

TUMBLE: how the falling thing turns over, swinging the gap: the flanger's sweep. Fully left still; at noon once every four seconds, most of an octave; fully right six times a second, more than an octave, and across the speakers.

The beam is the fall: a bright slat drops from the roof hole to the pool, pass after pass, quicker and quicker, until it's a blur.

The throw

FLING throws the loop: everything falling in it flies out with the speed it built, still ringing, sweeping down and out to one side, fading. The holes are clear at once, and what comes in next falls from rest.

FLING, a lit button and its gate: press it, or send it a rising edge. Its cap glows with the speed and flashes at the throw. Throws go left and right in turn.

ARC: how far a throw flies. Fully left a short swoop; at noon most of a second at full speed; fully right six seconds. From rest it goes a third as far.

The arcs light up out of the pool and over as it flies, and flash where it lands.

What comes out

LEFT, RIGHT: the sound, the fall and a throw's flight, spread by the tumble and the throws.

SPEED: how far the ring has climbed, 1 V an octave. Into an oscillator, it climbs with it.

TERMINAL: a gate at terminal velocity. Patch it into FLING and it throws itself, fall after fall.

FLIGHT: a throw's arc, up to 8 V at full speed.

LANDED: a trigger when a throw lands.

Specs

Format

Width: 20 HP
Controls: a big knob, 4 knobs, a lit button

Inputs

JUMP: audio, ±5 V
FLING: gate, rising past 1 V
GAP: 1 V an octave, added to its knob
FALL: CV, added to its knob, 5 V the whole way

Outputs

LEFT, RIGHT: audio, ±5 V
SPEED: CV, 0 to 5 V, 1 V an octave
TERMINAL: gate, 5 V
FLIGHT: CV, 0 to 8 V
LANDED: trigger, 5 V, 10 ms