"I was astonished when I realized the sounds I was seeing."

    Everybody has a different way of playing Pixound.

    Pixound is very sensitive and can register significant musical changes between even two pixels! Most first time players tend to snap the cursor around an image in broad strokes. Try short flowing movements and listen to the underlying rhythm. A "less-is-more" approach works well.

    Controlling Pixound

    Several of the screens in our on-line gallery display a Pixound Control Bar, usually at the top or bottom of the page. The Bar has two forms:

    1) A thin strip with the word "pixound" and a color bar (click example below)

    2) A larger controller with two sliders and a pause button.

     

    Click the bar above to activate Pixound keyboard controls:

    VOLUME: Cursor UP and DOWN

    SPEED/TEMPO: Cursor LEFT and RIGHT

    MUSICAL KEY: z,s,x,d,c,v,g,b,h,n,j,k,, changes the pitch (sometimes key) of Pixound

    OCTAVE: [ moves the octave lower, ] moves the octave higher

    DRUMS: Shift D turns drums off/on

    BASS: Shift B turns bass off/on

    MODULATION: Shift M; Opt-M resets it (Shift-M toggles this on Win95)

    SOUND: SPACE BAR toggles Pixound off/on

     


    NOTE: If you experience any difficulties after following these instructions, go to the trouble-shooting section.

MAC

WINDOWS



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