13248 · Rubatoline

The breathing rubato of Karel’s piano, drawn as ink

Real-time, causal onset detection runs on one of Karel’s own recordings. Where his time is steady the ink marks fall evenly; where he pushes and pulls, they bunch and spread and the tempo-curve baseline breathes to match. A stability readout tells intentional rubato from metronomic time.

muted demo · seeded rubato demo
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rhythmic stabilityCV 0.00
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Muted seeded demo — steady phrases (even marks) alternate with rubato phrases (bunching + a breathing line). Press Play for Karel's real audio.faint verticals = predicted pulse
The dream lab — Karel Barnoski