Connect documented bluegrass history with a toy mixer
Which claims describe real recordings, and which numbers are this page’s assumptions?
Choose names from an illustrative 21-person roster and adjust five oscillator tracks plus a three-tone harmony. Read the documented history through the sources below. This independent tribute offers no artist recordings, influence graph or verified session lineup.
Roster categories, era labels and role descriptions are authored selections, not a complete historical taxonomy or album credits. Artist choices change the score through their count; they do not change the synthesized sound. The score and status badges do not measure musical quality, vocal resonance or historical influence.
Try a worked example
The default 21 names, levels 0.90/0.85/0.95/0.88/0.80 and harmony 0.85 produce 94. Deselect one name: the score becomes 91 while the sound settings stay identical. With all 21 names and every level at 1, the raw value 103 is capped at 100. One name, zero instrument levels and harmony 0.10 are floored at 10.
Start with actual album credits and historical records
Lindsay Lou’s official album introduction describes Bluegrass Women as ten songs written by women and co-produced with Shani Gandhi. It names Molly Tuttle, Sierra Hull and Laurie Lewis among its contributors, alongside Aoife O’Donovan and Sarah Jarosz. That verifies the album’s broad theme and these examples; it does not certify every name in this page’s list as a contributor. Lindsay Lou: official Bluegrass Women introduction
The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame lists Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard together among its inductees. Its entry records Dickens’s death in 2011. A roster that brings historical figures and contemporary artists together is a learning selection, not evidence that all 21 performed together. Follow documented recordings and credits when studying specific collaborations. Bluegrass Hall of Fame: Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard
Read the score rather than treating it as evidence
Let n be selected names, a the average of the five instrument levels, h the harmony level, and v = |guitar − banjo| + |fiddle − mandolin| + |guitar − bass|. The formula rounds 50n/21 + 35a + 18h − 10v and limits the result to 10–100. An explicit default branch also returns 94. Coefficients and cutoffs are authored assumptions, not measurements or relationship weights.
The four blend labels change at scores 50, 75 and 90. The separate ensemble badge changes at 85. A higher score can simply mean more selected names or louder settings; it does not establish a better arrangement. Filtering changes which cards are visible, not the selected set. The last selected name cannot be removed.
Understand what Play and the animated bars do
Play repeats an eight-step pattern with a 180-millisecond timer. Sine, triangle and sawtooth oscillators approximate short tones; they are not banjo, fiddle or voice recordings. The harmony control scales three sine tones rather than analyzing singers. Instrument levels at or below 0.05 are skipped; harmony at or below 0.20 is skipped. These levels are gain settings, not decibel readings. MDN: OscillatorNode
The bars are calculated from time and the control values, and continue moving when stopped. They are not a measured waveform or spectrum. Real audio analysis would read the signal using an analyser or equivalent measurement, which this display does not do. MDN: AnalyserNode
Use Play/Stop to stop the repeating pattern. Existing short notes may finish afterward. Reset restores all names, the All filter and default levels, but keeps the current playback status and pattern position. It does not stop the sound.
Use exports as records of your choices
JSON and both brief buttons download the current selected names, authored role/era/category labels, levels and calculated metrics. They do not export audio, reproduce album credits or verify biographies. Historical biography prose is omitted from the JSON to avoid presenting unchecked award and career claims as validated data. The source note describes this scope; the sources support the historical context, not the toy’s scores.
Sources and further reading