Examples
Olivia Rodrigo - "Get Him Back"
Analysis of instrumentation and texture. Functional layers (a texture concept from Allan Moore) are illustrated with color and vertical separation.
Sufjan Stevens - "Come On! Feel the Illinoise!"
Analysis of rhythmic motives. Patterns are used on layers to show beat class sets/subsets (i.e., rhythms that share certain salient onsets).
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 - "Launch Pad Zone"
Analysis of instrumentation and texture. Functional layers (a texture concept from Allan Moore) are illustrated with color and vertical separation.
Tutorial
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Split | s | s |
| Zoom in | + | + |
| Zoom out | - | - |
| Forward 10 seconds | ⇨ | ⇨ |
| Backward 10 seconds | ⇦ | ⇦ |
| Unselect all | esc | esc |
| Delete (opacity to 0) | delete | backspace |
| Undo | ⌘+z | ctrl+z |
| Redo | ⌘+y | ctrl+y |
| Select Multiple Groups | shift+click | shift+click |
| Select Multiple layers | shift+click (layer name) | shift+click (layer name) |
About Auralayer
Auralayer is a web app developed primarily by music theorist Brian Edward Jarvis with input from Megan Lavengood (music theory) and Evan Williams (data science). Auralayer is designed to be an easy-to-use tool for creating compelling visualizations of timbre analyses. It can also be used to visualize instrumentation, timbre, and processual approaches to form.
Auralayer is written entirely in Javascript. Development began in September 2023 and is ongoing.