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Compass Rumpus is a mobile app for noise musicians that generates sounds based on the magnetic orientation of a cell phone. Different orientations correspond to different parts of the octave. Try it out right now at noise.bike!

• Magnetic Orientation: Uses the phone's compass to detect orientation and produce corresponding musical notes.
• Chord Selection: Choose and adjust Root, Third, and Fifth chord voices.
• Effects Racks: Apply up to five different audio effects with customizable parameters.
• Auto-Sting: Enable and adjust automatic sound effects (stingers) with customizable timing.
• Recording: Record audio and bearing data.
• Profile Management: Load and save audio profiles and bearing data for customization and playback.

1. Tap the compass image to start the application.
2. Move the phone to change orientation and explore the sounds.
3. Adjust settings for chords, stingers, and effects.

• Chord Voices: Enable or disable Root, Third, and Fifth chord voices using checkboxes.
• Volume Controls: Adjust the volume of chords and stingers using sliders.

• Select Effects: Choose from various audio effects.
• Customize Parameters: Adjust parameters for each effect.
• Bearing affinity: You can make it so that an effect param is tied to a direction, for instance set it to W when you're facing west, it's maxed out. It's the drop-down to the left of an effect.

• Enable Auto-Sting: Use the checkbox to enable automatic stingers.
• Adjust Timing: Set the timing for auto-sting using the slider (in milliseconds).

• Record Session: Click "Record Audio/Bearing" to start recording audio and bearing data.
• Stop Recording: Click "Stop" to stop recording.
• Save Recording: Click "Save" to download the recorded audio and bearing data.

• Load a Profile:
  1. Click "Load Profile".
  2. Select a JSON file from your device to apply the settings.
• Save a Profile:
  1. Click "Save Profile".
  2. Download the current settings as a JSON file.

• Load Bearing:

  1. Click "Load Bearing".
  2. Select a file containing bearing data to use the loaded data.

• Play Bearing:

  • Click "Play Bearing" to play back the loaded bearing data as if it was happening live.