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Harmonic Square 1.0
The Harmonic Square is a revolutionary new musical instrument conceived by theoretical physicist and inventor Nick Charlton. It has a set of 25 keys arranged in a square, each one playing a harmonic of a particular base note. This arrangement enables the player to produce a far richer selection of harmonics of a given note than an ordinary keyboard.
The Harmonic Square is more like a 2-dimensional keyboard. Keys are one of two colours. The dark keys correspond to notes that already exist on a keyboard. The light keys correspond to new harmonics that cannot be produced on an ordinary instrument.
To change the base note or to choose how long the note sustains select preferences from the options menu. Select a note from the list on the left and then choose a note length from the buttons on the right.
Get the latest version of Harmonic Square from www.sunsetandlabrea.co.uk.
Find out more about the Harmonic Square, and many other ideas, in the book 'The Gravity Underworld'.
This application was written using Quartus Forth, an excellent development environment for the Palm Platform. Visit them at www.quartus.net
Harmonic Square is "freeware", meaning it's copyrighted software and Richard Chamberlain retains all rights to it.
THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM.