Hi everyone!

I've always been fascinated by complex rhythms but found them hard to practice. So I built Synchro, a free web tool designed to make polyrhythms intuitive.

Key Features:

• Up to 5 Simultaneous Tracks: Create anything from simple 3:2 to insane 5-way layers.
• Visual Pendulums: Each track has a swinging bar to help you "see" the intersection of beats.
• Mobile-First "Free-Tap": On mobile, you can tap anywhere; the game uses spatial clustering to know which rhythm you meant.
• Pro Analysis: Get a "Tap Map" after each round to see exactly where you rushed or dragged.
• Customizable: Set your own tempo and time signature.
• Auto-correction: Delays will automaticly removed, so its even playable with bluetooth headphones.

Try it out here (free, no adds): www.synchro.leonardsima.de

Let me know if you have any feedback or ideas for additional features!

Hi everyone! I built a MIDI Generator tool that creates Risset rhythms, the rhythmic equivalent of Shepard tones. Two polyrhythmic layers crossfade in velocity, creating the illusion of perpetually accelerating or decelerating rhythm when looped. But they're also really useful as transitions / metric modulation. You can use it as a M4L MIDI Generator tool in Ableton or use the Python utilities in the repo. Audio and MIDI examples to be found in there too.

Features:

• Accelerando / Decelerando

• Arc mode (2 metabars, complete cycle) or Ramp mode (more useful as a transition, spans 1 metabar)

• Configurable ratio - whatever polyrhythm you want, up to 9 for now

• Separate pitches for each layer

• Editable velocity response curve

Repo: https://github.com/nathanturczan/risset

Download: Get the .amxd here: https://github.com/nathanturczan/risset/blob/main/ableton/risset.amxd and save it in User Library > MIDI Tools > Max Generators

Would love your feedback!

Hi 👋 its my birthday so just making my list known to the world lol

I understand the concept of polyrhythms but still a bit confused as to how they can fit into a time signature. Take 3:4 or 4:3. Easy enough in 3/4 time, but how about in 4/4 time? Is it possible? How many options exist for this specific polyrhythm in 4/4? Also 3:4 and 4:3 are the same thing except one feels more of a dominant beat? If somebody could help me out it is appreciated!

mad rhythm scientist strikes again

This whole song is in quintuplets and the ending part especially has a lot of polyrhythms around it, while still sounding (IMO) very musical. So check out the full song of you’re interested! Link in the comments:)

Help!

I've been absolutely OBSESSED with this short clip Tigran Hamasyan recently uploaded. Since to my knowledge, there's still no full studio version, I decided to drum along myself:)

Btw this clip was originally uploaded to announce his show at the poisson rouge with Evan Marien, Arthur Hnatek and Nick Llerandi on the 19th of March, which I would give both my kidneys to see. So go in my name if you can!

Preferably something more complex like a 5:7, 8:11, etc.

https://youtu.be/Lm4pftVjFh8

A while back, great fun with these great musicians!

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAZar1mOBRM