Siteswap Studio

Music and Motion

Siteswap

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Prop

Diagram

Status

Ready.

Drag to orbit · Shift-drag to move · scroll or pinch to zoom

Motion analysis

Motion and events

Timeline Beat 0

No events

Time	Object	From	To	Value	Catch	Flight	Dwell

Speed1×

Beat 0

Copy a link to this exact scene.

Settings

Display, motion, and music controls.

Workspace

Arrange the studio around the task at hand.

Overlays

Diagram labels, path reset behaviour, relative motion, and optional hat.

Labels Reset paths Relative motion Hat

Animation speed

Playback speed relative to real time.

0.50× realtime

Outer branch compression

Dual-Branch Polar mode only.

0.65

Colouring method

Choose whether colours follow objects, siteswap values, or orbit structure.

Object

Period multiplier

Global siteswap periods per animation cycle.

2×

3D quality

Balance surface detail and rendering speed.

Automatic

Frame rate —

Automatic rotation

Set the camera speed used by Rotate.

12°/s

Stereo 3D

Show paired left- and right-eye views.

Stereo view

Stereo width

6.5 cm

Animator trajectories

Show the complete route and a live trail behind each prop. Route opacity affects only the grey route; coloured trails remain at full opacity.

Show trajectories

Route opacity

15%

Trail history

0.25 s

Dwell ratio

Hand dwell time as a fraction of the interval between that hand’s throws.

0.35

Shortest-throw dwell

Used for 1s and passing equivalents.

0.35

Juggler speed

Multiplies the physical beat tempo before the animation-speed control.

1.00×

Special motion

Active 2s Spin on 2s and 0s

When off, same-hand returns with no intervening throw remain held.

Polyrhythmic timing

Choose independent pulse counts for the left and right hands.

Off

Show sync notation

Score

The music icon opens the score and starts its audio. Use Audio to mute or resume playback.

Object colours Audio

Audio type

Choose the instrument used for score playback.

Triangular wave

Key signature

Choose the displayed key signature and optional pitch transposition.

Transpose with key

C Maj/A Min

Octave

Transpose score playback without changing the notation.

Metronome

Adds a downbeat to the first pulse of each beamed group and lighter clicks to the remaining pulses.

Metronome

Passing

Arrange two to five jugglers and choose the order in which their hands receive successive beats.

Jugglers

Circle diameter 2.00 m

Juggler positions

Drag a juggler to move it. Select one to rotate it.

J1 selected

Hand order

Enter each position once. The default order is every left hand clockwise, followed by every right hand clockwise.

Order is valid.

Polyrhythmic timing

Choose the left- and right-hand pulse counts for one shared cycle.

Left pulses

Right pulses

Common grid

Pattern cycles

Equivalent sync notation

Enter a valid siteswap and ratio.

Show sync notation

With Show sync notation off, the score and labels use the original siteswap values. Turn it on to view the equivalent sync notation.

Generate Siteswaps

5 objects · length 5

Objects

Length

Async Sync Multiplex Ground state Excited state

Choose at least one pattern type and one state, then refresh.

Ready to generate.