Negative Harmony
check out Shintos Version, it's better: https://maxforlive....
- Type
- MIDI Effect
- Author
- Demian
- Version
- 0.2
- License
- Attribution
- Live version
- 10.1.13
- Max version
- 8.1.3
- Downloads
- 1,242
- Updated
- 2025-12-24
Description
check out Shintos Version, it's better: https://maxforlive.com/library/device.php?id=13955#27001
Negative Harmony is a theory based on the works by Ernst Levy and recently made popular by Jacob Collier.
Take a look at this explanation by ryant87: https://i.imgur.com/tMNyfze.jpg
Just define your Major Root and the Notes you play will be mirrored around the axis between the Tonic and Dominant (for C the axis is between E and Eb.)
Comments (10)
https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/comments/69fdxk/negative_harmony_made_easy_using_the_tonnetztonal/?ref=share&ref_source=link
thanks for your interest.
this device changes midi notes according to the theory of negative harmony. with such it is possible to play a chord and get it's negative form, which will sound arguably chromatic but will have the same "weight" if we can say so.
just drop it in a midi track and record its output with a second midi track to see the result
How about highlighting the root note in the circle? This could replace the root note selection window. I managed to change the colour of the letters of 'Root', 'In', and 'Out' from white to black. It is more visible in my theme. The smooth line of the mirroring axis is not visible in the bright theme. I like the idea of developing this plugin. Regards
About the colour of elements, yeah, I realized that depending on the theme you use they might not work well. You probably miss the axis line too. But, let's comment about the mod in the modded device page.