Researching Symplectic Energy Redistribution
Investigating state-dependent transfer systems, continuity formation, hysteretic energy flow, and temporal cohesion in musical signals.
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Research Thesis
Most audio processing systems are described using saturation, compression, harmonics and analog coloration.
Acamposoft investigates whether some musical behaviors may be better explained as state-dependent energy redistribution processes.
Current evidence suggests that continuity-like behavior may emerge through state-dependent redistribution of energy across time.
The goal is not to recreate vintage hardware, but to understand the mechanisms responsible for continuity, cohesion and musical flow.
Research Observations
Following abrupt transitions, measurable state differences persist and decay gradually rather than resetting immediately.
Recovery toward equilibrium occurs over tens to hundreds of milliseconds, suggesting a dynamic state mechanism rather than a static transfer function.
Across short, medium and long transient material, the system produces extended envelope trajectories that persist beyond the natural decay of the source.
Rather than terminating abruptly, energy remains active for longer periods of time, reducing the perceptual separation between adjacent events.
This behavior may contribute to the increased sense of continuity, timing cohesion and musical flow reported during listening tests.
Relative to the dry reference, CALMAG redistributed spectral energy away from the lowest bass region and toward the low-mid, midrange, presence, and air frequency bands.
The examples below use the same 60-second section analyzed throughout this report.
Source Material:
Take A Daytrip – “Manzana” (Logic Pro Demo Project)
Bars 65–105
The Dry and CALMAG versions were rendered from identical source material and LUFS matched prior to comparison. The CALMAG example uses the research configuration that produced the measurements shown above.
Gain 0.0 dB
Bias -1.0
HF -0.414 dB
Out 0.0 dB
Head 0.5
Hyst 0.0
Mix 100%
Auto Level On
No additional processing was applied after rendering, aside from LUFS loudness matching for comparison.