chore(set): PLN's Monday keepers — desire finally gets its bass

The last speaker rehearsal before OPAL. Saved as played, not as I would have written it: these are ear decisions and the ear was in the room. desire.tidal — the "FIXME BASS!!!" is answered * 127 -> 128 BPM. * d4 Claude's-Gesture bass is now a TWO-STATE gesture instead of one line: `midiOn "^44"` takes the busy arpeggiated figure ("<[0 3 0@14] [0 <2 4> 0@14] [3 0 2@14] [0 3 <0 -3>@13 ~]>") and `midiOff "^44"` holds the sparse root ("0@5 0 <2 3> <1 0>"). One button now moves the bass between grounded and moving, which is what the track wanted. * d3 stops fighting itself: the 32-bar gain swell (range 1.3 1.6 saw * per-hit velocity) is parked as a flat `# gain 0.9` with the swell kept commented directly beneath it, and `legato` goes back to being a knob. * d5 named: "Piano Desirable show". mafia_sans_serif.tidal — d7, the one that was "ACID WEIRD NOT GOOD": `slow 2` becomes `fast 2` and gain 1.1 -> 1.5. It sits up now. you_my_sunshine / vague_de_crime — small level and structure trims from the Sunshine -> Vague seam work. backlog.md — BPM annotations on the tail: Desire [129], le shifteur marteau [130], REVOLUTION [114]. backlog.md is the setlist SSOT (#123), so these are the numbers the tooling will read. Recorded verbatim, INCLUDING two things I have not touched and am reporting rather than silently fixing: * desire d3 now reads `# legato (range 0.05 0.9 "^18")` while the comment above it still says "^52: tightness". If ^18 belongs to another orbit's column that is the #54 borrowing problem live on stage — flagged, not edited. * NOTHING FROM TONIGHT WAS RECORDED. "Tidal Live" holds 120 wavs, newest dated 2026-08-02 (Take95); zero files today, no open write fds. PLN: "forgot to record!" The basses above exist only as code. That is #37's whole reason for being, and it is now getting a red warning in the HUD.

chore(set): PLN's Monday keepers — desire finally gets its bass
The last speaker rehearsal before OPAL. Saved as played, not as I would have written it: these are ear decisions and the ear was in the room. desire.tidal — the "FIXME BASS!!!" is answered * 127 -> 128 BPM. * d4 Claude's-Gesture bass is now a TWO-STATE gesture instead of one line: `midiOn "^44"` takes the busy arpeggiated figure ("<[0 3 0@14] [0 <2 4> 0@14] [3 0 2@14] [0 3 <0 -3>@13 ~]>") and `midiOff "^44"` holds the sparse root ("0@5 0 <2 3> <1 0>"). One button now moves the bass between grounded and moving, which is what the track wanted. * d3 stops fighting itself: the 32-bar gain swell (range 1.3 1.6 saw * per-hit velocity) is parked as a flat `# gain 0.9` with the swell kept commented directly beneath it, and `legato` goes back to being a knob. * d5 named: "Piano Desirable show". mafia_sans_serif.tidal — d7, the one that was "ACID WEIRD NOT GOOD": `slow 2` becomes `fast 2` and gain 1.1 -> 1.5. It sits up now. you_my_sunshine / vague_de_crime — small level and structure trims from the Sunshine -> Vague seam work. backlog.md — BPM annotations on the tail: Desire [129], le shifteur marteau [130], REVOLUTION [114]. backlog.md is the setlist SSOT (#123), so these are the numbers the tooling will read. Recorded verbatim, INCLUDING two things I have not touched and am reporting rather than silently fixing: * desire d3 now reads `# legato (range 0.05 0.9 "^18")` while the comment above it still says "^52: tightness". If ^18 belongs to another orbit's column that is the #54 borrowing problem live on stage — flagged, not edited. * NOTHING FROM TONIGHT WAS RECORDED. "Tidal Live" holds 120 wavs, newest dated 2026-08-02 (Take95); zero files today, no open write fds. PLN: "forgot to record!" The basses above exist only as code. That is #37's whole reason for being, and it is now getting a red warning in the HUD.
491b04a7 · PLN (Algolia) · 15695de4 · 491b04a7 · 491b04a7 · 491b04a7
Commit 491b04a7 authored Aug 03, 2026 by PLN (Algolia)
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--- a/backlog.md
+++ b/backlog.md
@@ -1942,11 +1942,34 @@ ParVagues et Shipow
 -- [lightT][120] Vague de CRIME

 ## FINALE
-- [129] Desire [TODO BASS ETC!]
+-- [129] Desire

 ## Encore: Touch that funky outro
- REVOLUTION
-- Le shifteur marteau ? to finish!
+-- [130] ? Le shifteur marteau ? to finish!
+- [114] REVOLUTION
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 ## Images

--- a/live/collab/raph/desire.tidal
+++ b/live/collab/raph/desire.tidal
 do
 -- resetCycles  
-setcps (127/60/4)
+setcps (128/60/4)
 d1 $ gF1 $ gM1 -- KICK: Sub thud, 4otf with flourish (NTO: deepens over time)
  $ midiOn  "^41" (<| "k k k <k k*2 k [~ k]>") -- ON: 4otf + flourish variations
  $ midiOff "^41" (<| "k ~ ~ <~!3 k>") -- OFF: sparse intro
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ d2 $ gF1 $ gM2 -- CLAP: Dry quiet snap, contretemps (enters late)
 d3 $ gF1 $ gM2 -- OH/CY: Subtle offbeat hats, ^44 morphs to cymbal shimmer
  -- NTO: OH on upbeats, centroid brightens 4000→8400Hz. Breakdown = quiet cymbal.
  $ midiOn "^43" (stut 3 0.6 "s") -- push: rolls
-  -- FIXME(#94) d3 drives more controls than the grid gives it (BT3 only — BL1-3 are the family mutes). ^44 now belongs to another orbit, so the line(s) below are COMMENTED OUT rather than left firing across columns. Nothing is lost — restore by removing the dashes once gSel folds this onto d3's own control.
  -- $ midiOn "^44" ( -- ON: cymbal shimmer (quiet, bright, breakdown character)
    -- (|* gain 0.94) . (# legato 0.2) . (# "h2ogmcy:1") . (# hpf 5000)
    -- )
@@ -33,18 +32,14 @@ d3 $ gF1 $ gM2 -- OH/CY: Subtle offbeat hats, ^44 morphs to cymbal shimmer
  $ "~ h ~ h ~ h ~ <h!3 h*2>" -- offbeat pattern with flourish
  # "h2ogmhh"
  # n "~ 3 ~ 2 ~ 4 ~ <3!3 [3 6]>" -- varying openness per hit
-  -- FIXME(#54) d3 wants two knob-effects but the grid gives it ONE (B3 = ^31, already
-  -- used above; C3 is gF3, a family filter). ^52 is d4's C-column, so this was borrowing.
-  -- Parked as a static value at the knob's centre so the sound is unchanged-ish; restore
-  -- as a knob once gSel lands (then ^31 selects roll-probability vs tightness).
-  -- # legato (range 0.2 0.9 "^52") -- ^52: tightness
-  # legato 0.55
+  # legato (range 0.05 0.9 "^18") -- ^52: tightness
  # cut "~ 3 ~ 3 ~ 3 ~ <3!3 [3 0]>" -- last hit: cut 0 = rings over bar boundary
  # room (slow 32 $ range 0.2 0.45 saw) -- 32-bar: space grows (NOT dry!)
  # sz (slow 32 $ range 0.1 0.3 saw) -- 32-bar: tail lengthens
  # dry 1
  # pan 0.42
-  # gain (slow 32 $ range 1.3 1.6 saw * "0.7 0.8 0.65 [0.75|0.85] 0.69 0.8 ~ <0.9!3 [0.9 0.5]>")
+  # gain 0.9
+  -- # gain (slow 32 $ range 1.3 2 saw * "0.7 0.8 0.65 [0.75|0.85] 0.69 0.8 ~ <0.9!3 [0.9 0.5]>")
  -- 32-bar swell * per-hit velocity (the original subtle dynamics)
 -- FIXME BASS!!! 
 d4 $ gF2 $ gM3 -- BASS (the FIXME): D minor, grounded in measured key (corr=0.903)
@@ -55,17 +50,20 @@ d4 $ gF2 $ gM3 -- BASS (the FIXME): D minor, grounded in measured key (corr=0.90
  # gain 1.15
 d4 $ gF2 $ gM3 -- Claude's Weight
  $ midiOn "^45" (# crush 6)
-  $ note (scale "aeolian" "0@5 0 <2 3> <1 0>" + 2 - "[24,36]")
  # "bassWarsaw" # voice 0.05
  # lpf (range 300 1800 "^32") # resonance 0.2
  |* gain ("1@5 0.94 0.98 0.92" * 1.15)
 d4 $ gF2 $ gM3 -- Claude's Gesture
  $ midiOn "^45" (# crush 6)
  $ (0.125 <~)
-  $ note (scale "aeolian"
+  $ midiOn "^44" (note (scale "aeolian"
      "<[0 3 0@14] [0 <2 4> 0@14] [3 0 2@14] [0 3 <0 -3>@13 ~]>"
+      + 2 - "[24,36]"))
+  $ midiOff "^44" (note (scale "aeolian" 
+      "0@5 0 <2 3> <1 0>" 
      + 2 - "[24,36]")
-  # "bassWarsaw" # voice 0.05
+  )
+  $ "bassWarsaw" # voice 0.05
  # resonance 0.2
  # crushbus 41 (range 16 3.5 "^52")
  # room 0.4 # sz 0.5 # dry 1.1
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ d6 $ gF1 $ gM3 -- ACID ARP: D minor, 4/16 square rises, ^59-driven
  # s "superzow" # voice 0.05
  # lpf (range 500 5000 "^58") # resonance 0.35
  # gain 0.8
-d5 $ gF3 $ gM3 -- 
+d5 $ gF3 $ gM3 -- Piano Desirable show 
  $ midiOn "^89" (ply "<2 4 [<4!3 16>  <8 16>]>")
  $ slice 4 "<0 1 2 3>" 
  $ "desire" # n "<1!4 2!4 3!7 4 3!6 2 2 3!7 4>" 

--- a/live/collab/raph/mafia_sans_serif.tidal
+++ b/live/collab/raph/mafia_sans_serif.tidal
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ d7 $ gF3 $ gM3 -- "FIXME ACID WEIRD NOT GOOD" — found it, 2026-08-02. THREE co
               -- cut 7 and slots 71/72. TODO @PLN verify — the acid should stop
               -- stuttering against the bass.
  $ midiOn "^91" (ply 4)
-  -- $ slow 2
+  $ fast 2
  $ note (
    "<e3!4 b2!4>"
    +  (arp "up" "c'majPent'4")
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ d7 $ gF3 $ gM3 -- "FIXME ACID WEIRD NOT GOOD" — found it, 2026-08-02. THREE co
  # cut 7
  # crushbus 71 (range 16 2.5 "^35")
  # octerbus 72 (range 0 2.5 "^55")
-  # gain 1.1
+  # gain 1.5
  -- FIXME(#54) d7 3rd+ effect: the grid gives d7 B7 + C7. Fold ^19 in via gSel rather than borrowing a column.
  -- FIXME(#54) d7 drives more controls than the grid gives it (B7 + C7). ^19 now belongs to another orbit, so the line(s) below are COMMENTED OUT rather than left firing across columns. Nothing is lost — restore by removing the dashes once gSel folds this onto d7's own control.
  -- # width (range 0 5 "^19")

--- a/live/midi/nova/dnb/liquid/you_my_sunshine.tidal
+++ b/live/midi/nova/dnb/liquid/you_my_sunshine.tidal
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ d3 $ gF1 $ gM2 -- Highest hats
  -- so it hits(4,8,1)". struct puts the hats ON the euclid rather than thinning
  -- what is already there (mask would only remove); ply 2 doubles each hit into a
  -- running 8. Released, the liquid pattern below returns. TODO @PLN verify.
-  $ midiOn "^43" (ply 2 . struct "t(4,8,1)")
-  -- FIXME(#94) d3 drives more controls than the grid gives it (BT3 only — BL1-3 are the family mutes). ^76 now belongs to another orbit, so the line(s) below are COMMENTED OUT rather than left firing across columns. Nothing is lost — restore by removing the dashes once gSel folds this onto d3's own control.
+  $ midiOn "^43" (struct "t(4,8,1)")
  -- $ midiOn "^76" (ply 2)
  $ sometimesBy "0!3 <0 0.5>"  (# n 12)
  $ sometimesBy "0!3 <0.1 0>"  (# n 13)
-  $ "~ d ~ d d d d*<1 1 2 1> d"
-  # "rampleS34:6"
+  $ midiOff "^43" (<| "~ d ~ d d d d*<1 1 2 1> d")
+  $ "rampleS34:6"
  # cut 3
  # legato (range 0.28 1 sine)
  # gain (1.4 * (range 0.85 1.05 (fast 4 perlin)))

--- a/live/techno/vague_de_crime.tidal
+++ b/live/techno/vague_de_crime.tidal
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ d3 $ gF1 $ gM2  -- TODO Less solid than in do it right or drops or ouais maybe? 
  $ "drums" 
  # cut 3 # gain 1.6
  # pan (range 0.4 0.8 perlin)
-d4 
+d4 -- CRIMINAL BASSLINE
  $ gF2 $ gM3 
-  $ chop 4 -- CRIMINAL BASSLINE
+  $ chop 4 
  $ midiOn "^76" (ply "<[2 <2 [4 2]>]!3 [2 4]>")
  $ slice 4 "<0 1 2 3>" 
  -- $ chop 4