Siteswap Studio

Music & Motion

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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

Export centre

Share, export, or embed the current scene.

Shareable scene

Copy a link to this exact scene.

Source

Resolution

Video

Frame rateLoops

Include score audioStereo pair

Preparing…

Export ready

Save file

Website embed

Select the panes to include. The iframe adapts automatically to its container.

AnimatorVisualiserScore

Suggested height680 pxCorner radius20 px

Settings

Display, motion, and music controls.

Workspace

Choose which views to show.

Animator appearance

Choose the original figure or a human character.

Overlays

Choose labels, moving guides, path resets and the juggler’s hat.

Labels Reset paths Relative motion Hat

Animator trajectories

Show each object’s full path and a short trail. Route opacity changes only the grey path.

Show trajectories

Route opacity

15%

Trail history

0.25 s

Animation speed

Playback speed relative to real time.

0.50× realtime

Outer branch compression

Adjust the outer paths in Dual-Branch Polar.

0.65

Colouring method

Colour by object, throw value or repeating route (orbit).

Object

Period multiplier

How many repeats of the full pattern the diagram shows.

2×

Rendering 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

Offline access

Preparing offline access…

Optimise throw/catch positions

Find per-value positions that balance collision separation, compact throws and comfortable hand travel.

Dwell ratio

How long an object stays in the hand before being thrown again.

0.35

Shortest-throw dwell

Used for 1s and passing equivalents.

0.35

Juggler speed

Faster juggling uses quicker, lower throws. Animation speed controls how fast you watch it.

1.00×

Special motion

Active 2s Spin on 2s and 0s

Active 2s tosses the object instead of holding it between throws.

Polyrhythmic timing

Set a different rhythm for each hand.

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

Music mode

In C, each note represents a Siteswap value: C = 1, D = 2, E = 3, and so on.

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

A stronger click marks the start of each group of notes.

Metronome

Passing

Choose two to five jugglers and which hand throws on each beat.

Jugglers

Circle diameter 2.00 m

Juggler positions

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

J1 selected

Hand order

Number the hands in throwing order, using each number once. The default goes clockwise: left hands, then right hands.

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.

Optimise throw/catch positions

Throw compactness Hand travel reduction Depth of search