• ●  ●  Dunno why but makes me think of 'Carol of the Bells'. 1+2+9 with the Folk Tradition Flutes, particularly with the FT set to vary over time, it just transports me to another place entirely! Animated, this swings through several beautiful, driving rhythms alternating with calm meditative ones. ●  ●  Soothing, simple, but interesting enough to keep my mind occupied, or relaxed, or whatever I need. ●  By constantly balancing the listener's attention between the individual beats and the ever-changing resulting pattern, polyrhythms offer a strong hypnotic character and can induce a trance after a prolonged period of listening. Basically, the African Trance is the perfect backbeat for any of the other sounds on this site. Shamanic ritual & war dance vibes. ●  ●  ●  Polyrhythms are the generating principle behind many sub-Saharan African music styles. Jovial but unhurried, drums to add a little dance to your day! There was always a certain point in drumming where you almost left your sense of a body behind as you became ingrained into the rhythm. This is very useful for understanding and practicing polyrhythms. ●  Simple yet addictive. I really suggest trying to put two Noise Machines together. Each slider controls a particular rhythm: the first slider sets the downbeat reference, the second slider plays twice as fast, the third, three times as fast, the fourth, four times, ... up to the last slider, ten times as fast. But here is the clever bit: in a polyrhythm, one reoccurring rhythm should not derive from the other! Sounds jazzy and feels like pop at the same time. If nothing happens, download Xcode and try again. A rhythm is the reoccurrence of a beat, and a polyrhythm is the combination of two or more rhythms. Three drums, beating in 3, 5 and 7, will keep your hands, head and feet moving independently but together - a lovely way to loosen up :-) I'd try and dis-associate the "time signatures", as you can have a polyrhythm without musical notation. ●  Rozeta: MIDI Sequencers and Control Plugins Introducing the first iOS plugin suite for sequencing and controlling MIDI instruments. ●  Playing this with the Shepard rising tone is a great way to build up tension, infinitely... Basically, the African Trance is the perfect backbeat for any of the other sounds on this site. A Polyrhythm is more than one different rhythm happening at the same time. Meet Euclid Rhythm Generator, the first Euclidean gate sequencer for Reason! Like a tier up from a normal metronome. This beat keeps me amped. While this helps me focus, it's also hard to stop tapping along with my pen/pencil to add additional rhythms over the top. ← → If you concentrate, you can hear either the slower (6-over-4) or the faster (9-over-6) beat. The best place to start using polyrhythms is in your drum beat. 10/10 would listen It is beautiful. Relaxing and exciting at the same time Perfect for chilling out or just on the background while playing games or somesuch, gets you in the zone. ●  Most of the time when I'm trying to concentrate on math, noise generators of any kind drive me crazy. ●  Inspiring and majestic This polyrhythm is fun because it mixes two different 3-over-2 beats. I use this to practice my drumming. In this free drum lesson, Dave Atkinson explains what’s a polyrhythm and shows you how a polyrhythm sounds on the drum set. ●  Sounds interesting and different from what I usually listened to. Reminding of a horse or tribal judgement. It's a lot of fun! 4, 5, 10 sounds super dope. Polyrhythm sequencer ... A video tutorial on how to set up and connect this sequencer for Reaktor internal ensembles or external VST´s in DAW´s, would be so helpful for beginners (dummys :-)) like me. This is what we used to call 'a long walk'. I feel this one makes me happy, and in general sounds real good :) This arrangement sounds amazing! Reset, ℗ Start Raining drums! ●  Bongo! ●  1, 3, and 4 -- sounds a little like 'Money' by Pink Floyd lol. ●  Love it! Wow I love this one. Density: Density codes for the number of notes in each sequences. ●  ●  ●  Fight for your life. Goes well with pads or melodies. Now this is a BEAT so energetic and exciting; my BRAIN is DANCING! The African Trance generator is lovely, but definitely not the same at all; it is possible, with some fiddling, to run them both concurrently, giving a much more drum-based trance experience. I suggest 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 all together at the same volume. This is really intense! ●  ●  Simply beautiful, it calms me so much when I'm having a stressful day. This is a trance beat i did not found on the other presets. Three, five and their multiples. There's a lot of really cool subtleties going on in this 5-against-2. Strong 1 and lower with 7 and 8: seems like the time slows down... ●  I have a smart child and she made this! Absolutely gorgeous with singing bowls, sliders on animate. Polyrhythm Polyrhythm allows a phrase to include notes that are off-beat or uncommonly-placed. Very inspiring when I need something dynamic and primal to fuel me. 3-against-2 • 4-against-3 • 6-against-4 • 8-against-6 • Tribal • Groovy • Swingy • Restless • Rejoice • 10/10 • Shaman Call • Shamans • War Drum • Extremes • Reminds me of knights galloping into battle, with the epic drummers close behind. Feels like going on a dangerous hunt with this preset... The interactions between the sounds are so interesting, yet calming. In other words i feel epic. It feels very active. It is truly amazing how much the texture changes as the five rhythms ebb and flow. Polymeter Polymeters can be easier to understand and implement in a DAW than polyrhythms. Chaotic and solid at the same time. Jovial but unhurried, drums to add a little dance to your day! ℗ I like putting this and Winter Walk (using only the stream and birds) and writing books. If nothing happens, download the GitHub extension for Visual Studio and try again. Sounds a little silly and serious at the same time. A Rozeta is a collection of MIDI Audio Unit plugins that let you sequence and generate MIDI instruments, such as Audio Unit plugins, IAA apps and even your external MIDI hardware. Relaxing in a way. Drum Rudiments like a "vocabulary" of drumming, such as paradiddles The fight has begun. It feels like I'm running away from something in a suspense-action film. This sounds almost like a bodhran doing a 4/4. Rush! Good for trance too. For a less insistent sound, lower the first slider a bit. WebGL video synthesizer JavaScript 2 scrolling101. I can use this for compositional ideas! I really like this tribal beat... ●  But this one is really helpful; something about the intensity keeps up with my mood when I feel frustrated, and keeping it on animate keeps it from getting to repetitive--there's always a slightly different rhythm rising to the top. This is exciting! -E- ●  This is my war song: keyboard warriors unite! ●  Try 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8. ●  This feels like a chase scene on a nature documentary and it's awesome! LOVE IT. Relaxing and exciting at the same time, ← party crasher because at some point it sounds like it gets dark. ●  Implanted Memories is calming, and the drums fit in so perfect as a "driving" energy! This one sounds like hundreds of people slowly marching to battle, or maybe panning around a treacherous terrain that the characters have to cross. 2-3-4-6 This sound like a tribal chant! Shuffle! This one sounds almost Native American. In other words i feel epic, Save in URL Pair this with Digeridrone and Tibetan Choir for the ultimate in ambiance. 5 4 3 has been giving me a lot of trouble, but now with this, I can hear and play the rhythms clearly! This beat keeps me amped. You can play with the synchronization by restarting one of the players. Now this is a BEAT so energetic and exciting; my BRAIN is DANCING! So here I am, studying for my accounting final... at the same time here I am facing my own mind in glorious battle. With NASSeq you can create polyrhythmic patterns, automate and variate your favourite plugins infinitely. ●  ●  ●  :) Cheers! ●  Because both are very different soundscapes, but amazingly they help me focus in way that I have never been able to do before. JJ-Sequencer. I use this to practice my drumming. Perfect for work and helps to avoid overwhelm when I have a pile of things to do! Try with Canyon Drone. ●  I want this to be played at my funeral so no one has the chance to be sad. Sounds like they're dancing and beating drums around a fire pit. I like altering the beats until it works for me, catching enough of my 'distraction radar' to stop me form actually being distracted! bpm: OPTIONS . For a less insistent sound, lower the first slider a bit. ●  A polyrhythm is a combination of two or more rhythms played simultaneously while moving at the same linear tempo. It allows you to write a ratio of beats in one bar, for example 3:4 or 6:8. This sounds so intense, like running from a wild animal! But here is the clever bit: in a polyrhythm, one reoccurring rhythm should not derive from the other! Notice how both voices coincide and have emphasis on the first beat of each measure (or rather each complete beat ratio). Great when paired w/ the fireplace. Together, they hit almost all of the sixteenth notes! Makes me feel that I am escaping a village and into the jungle! I used one of the presets mentioned here and combined it with Canyon. ... make sure that your envelope generator release/decay is short enough to hear it ;) I'm not sure what situation it fits in, but it's definitely not calm. No Max for Live dependency. ●  ●  ●  I personally used the African Trance along side Indian Drone and just set both of them to animate. Box Of Secrets is a collection of 128 nki presets by renowned sound designer Ian Boddy. ●  It's a 2\3\4\5\6\7\8! ●  1-(2)-3-(4)-(6) is really nice and interesting :) Send and modulate CV to and from your modular setup or other CV-based gear and Ableton Live using a compatible dc-coupled audio interface. ●  I've got it on a Fibonacci sequence of 1, 2, 3, 5, and 8... then animate it! Wow. Using this Rhythm with Marimbas helps me focus. African death-robot march :D Sounds like an fight or chase scene. Decapod Gallop: Frequencies increasing arithmetically by three, gives rise to a galloping 1:4:7:10 polyrhythm that is quite mesmerising. ●  ●  I'm not sure what situation it fits in, but it's definitely not calm. Polyrhythm Here is a simple example of 5:4 polyrhythm notated in 4/4 time. I really suggest trying to put two Noise Machines together.