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SuperCollider implementation of Andrew Mead's polyrhythm format calculator (for details http://bit.ly/1PSYIjS). Returns the possible formats for two polyrhythmic limbs.
PolyCalc {
*new { |limb1 = 21, limb2 = 25|
var limb1factors = limb1.factors;
var limb2factors = limb2.factors;
var limb1FirstFactor, limb1SecondFactor, limb2FirstFactor, limb2SecondFactor, temp;
var formatDurations;
if(limb1factors.size == 1, { limb1factors.add(1) });
if(limb2factors.size == 1, { limb2factors.add(1) });
if(limb1factors.size > 2, { temp = limb1factors[0]*limb1factors[1];
limb1factors.removeAt(0); limb1factors.removeAt(0); limb1factors.add(temp);
});
if(limb2factors.size > 2, { temp = limb2factors[0]*limb2factors[1];
limb2factors.removeAt(0); limb2factors.removeAt(0); limb2factors.add(temp);
});
limb1FirstFactor = limb1factors[0];
limb1SecondFactor = limb1factors[1];
limb2FirstFactor = limb2factors[0];
limb2SecondFactor = limb2factors[1];
formatDurations = [[limb2SecondFactor/limb1SecondFactor, limb1FirstFactor/limb2FirstFactor], [limb2FirstFactor/limb1SecondFactor, limb1FirstFactor/limb2SecondFactor], [limb2FirstFactor/limb1FirstFactor, limb1SecondFactor/limb2SecondFactor], [limb2SecondFactor/limb1FirstFactor, limb1SecondFactor/limb2FirstFactor]];
("Format A – "+limb1+":"+limb2SecondFactor+"/"+limb1SecondFactor+" "+limb2+":"+limb1FirstFactor+"/"+limb2FirstFactor+
" Number of duration units: "+((limb2SecondFactor/limb1SecondFactor)*limb1)).postln;
("Format B – "+limb1+":"+limb2FirstFactor+"/"+limb1SecondFactor+" "+limb2+":"+limb1FirstFactor+"/"+limb2SecondFactor+
" Number of duration units: "+((limb2FirstFactor/limb1SecondFactor)*limb1)).postln;
("Format C – "+limb1+":"+limb2FirstFactor+"/"+limb1FirstFactor+" "+limb2+":"+limb1SecondFactor+"/"+limb2SecondFactor+
" Number of duration units: "+((limb2FirstFactor/limb1FirstFactor)*limb1)).postln;
("Format D – "+limb1+":"+limb2SecondFactor+"/"+limb1FirstFactor+" "+limb2+":"+limb1SecondFactor+"/"+limb2FirstFactor+
" Number of duration units: "+((limb2SecondFactor/limb1FirstFactor)*limb1)).postln;
formatDurations.round(0.001).postln;
"...".postln;
}
}
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