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+# Matrix pitch + res modulation targets (refactor cycle 1)
+
+**Date**: 2026-06-29
+**Status**: design approved, pending implementation plan
+**Scope**: SuperCollider matrix engine (`sound_algo/data_only/matrix.scd`) + web
+display layer (`web_realart/public/control/js/matrix-state.js`). Cycle 1 of a
+two-cycle matrix refactor.
+
+## Context
+
+The per-voice additive modulation system (shipped 2026-06-29, commits
+`6964831..8daad40`) lets each matrix voice bind modulation sources (19 pose-
+derived scalars, 0..1) to targets via `~matVoiceMods[voice]` — a free list of
+`(source, target, depth)` applied in `~matModPairs`. Current targets:
+`amp`, `cutoff`, `pan`, `rev`.
+
+The user wants logical pose→instrument mappings such as "right-hand y → pitch,
+left-hand x → resonance". Two of those targets don't exist yet. This cycle adds
+them. The richer default-mapping work + preset variety is **cycle 2** (separate
+spec); this cycle is the engine prerequisite only.
+
+### How frequency is computed today (the constraint that shapes pitch)
+
+Melodic voices (`sub, acid, arp, lead, stab, pad, reese, bells, perc, tom`)
+emit a custom `\freq` Pfunc (`matrix.scd:~225`):
+
+```supercollider
+[\freq, Pfunc { |e| (~lpNote.notNil).if({ ~lpNote.(e[\degree], 0).midicps * freqRatio }, { 440 }) }]
+```
+
+`~lpNote(degree, octave)` maps a scale degree to a note (stays in the current
+scale); `freqRatio = 2.pow(octave)`. There is no `\degree→\note→\freq` standard
+chain and no `\ctranspose`/`\detune` key, so the SynthDefs receive `freq`
+directly. Consequence: **pitch modulation cannot be an independent `[\key,
+Pfunc]` pair** — it must fold into this freq computation. `res` has no such
+constraint: it is already an independent `\res` Pbind key, gated by
+`~matResVoices`, and the SynthDefs accept `res` (0..1).
+
+## Decisions (from brainstorming)
+
+- **Two cycles.** This is cycle 1 (engine targets only). Cycle 2 = logical
+  default mappings + preset variety.
+- **Pitch semantics: scale-quantized, bipolar transpose.** A pitch binding
+  shifts the played note by an integer number of **scale degrees** (stays in
+  key), **centered** on the note: source `0.5` = no shift, `<0.5` = down,
+  `>0.5` = up. Per-note (computed at onset) → no glissando.
+- **Res semantics: like cutoff/rev**, an independent `\res` Pbind key.
+
+## Architecture
+
+### 1. `res` target (independent Pbind key, like cutoff)
+
+- `~matModPairs` gains a `\res` branch: additive `Σ (src · depth)`, clipped
+  `0..1`, emitted as `[\res, Pfunc {...}]`. (Res is naturally 0..1, so a direct
+  scaled sum is the right analogue — simpler than cutoff's log curve; no neutral
+  table needed.)
+- A `\res` mod binding overrides the colorDef's static `res` for that voice
+  while present (same precedence as cutoff: the mod pair is spliced after the
+  colorDef `res` pair, so it wins).
+- `~matModTargets[voice]` gains `\res` **only for `~matResVoices`** (`sub,
+  acid, arp, lead, stab, pad, reese, bells, melody, chord`).
+
+### 2. `pitch` target (scale-degree offset folded into the freq Pfunc)
+
+- New helper:
+  ```supercollider
+  ~matPitchOffset = { |name|
+      var off = 0;
+      ((~matVoiceMods[name] ? []).select { |b| b[\target] == \pitch }).do { |b|
+          off = off + ((~matModSourceVal.(b[\source]) * 2 - 1) * b[\depth] * ~matPitchRange).round.asInteger
+      };
+      off
+  };
+  ~matPitchRange = ~matPitchRange ? 7;   // ± scale degrees at full deflection (env-tunable; 7 ≈ 1 octave)
+  ```
+  Bipolar (source 0.5 → 0), additive across pitch bindings, rounded to an
+  integer scale-degree offset.
+- The melodic freq Pfunc (`matrix.scd:~225`) changes to add the offset to the
+  degree **at note onset**:
+  ```supercollider
+  [\freq, Pfunc { |e| (~lpNote.notNil).if(
+      { ~lpNote.(e[\degree] + ~matPitchOffset.(name), 0).midicps * freqRatio }, { 440 }) }]
+  ```
+  Because `~lpNote` maps degree→scale note, an integer offset stays in key.
+- `pitch` is **NOT** produced by `~matModPairs` (freq is already handled);
+  `~matModPairs` simply never emits it (it is filtered as a non-`amp/cutoff/
+  pan/rev/res` target). The freq Pfunc is the sole consumer, via the helper.
+- **Apply the offset to every freq Pfunc for pitch-capable voices.** A melodic
+  voice may render via the step-pattern path (`~matColorStepPattern`) when it
+  has steps, or via the overlay path (`~matVariationOverlay`) when it does not.
+  The implementation must add `+ ~matPitchOffset.(name)` to the degree in
+  **each** place a melodic `\freq` Pfunc is built (grep `\freq, Pfunc` in
+  matrix.scd), so pitch modulation works regardless of which path a voice
+  takes. If only the step-pattern path computes freq from degree and the
+  overlay path inherits the base pattern's freq, document that and patch the
+  one true site.
+- `~matModTargets[voice]` gains `\pitch` **only for the freq-Pfunc voices**
+  (`sub, acid, arp, lead, stab, pad, reese, bells, perc, tom`).
+
+### 3. Target gating (already enforced — no new gate)
+
+`~matSetVoiceMod` already drops bindings whose target ∉ `~matModTargets[voice]`.
+Extending `~matModTargets` is therefore sufficient: `pitch` bindings on a
+non-melodic voice (e.g. `kick`) and `res` bindings on a non-res voice
+(e.g. `hats`) are rejected at set time, by both the OSC route and the web UI.
+
+### 4. Web display layer
+
+- `matrix-state.js`: `MOD_TARGET_LABELS` gains `pitch: "pitch"`, `res:
+  "résonance"`. `MATRIX_MOD_TARGETS` (the per-voice target lists, mirrors SC)
+  gains `pitch` on the 10 melodic voices and `res` on the 10 res-voices.
+- No other UI change: the target dropdown is already filtered by
+  `MATRIX_MOD_TARGETS[voice]` and labelled via `MOD_TARGET_LABELS`.
+
+## Testing
+
+- **SC** (`test/test_matrix.scd`, existing harness — no server, `pass`/`try`,
+  `TEST PASS`):
+  - `res` additive: two res bindings sum and clip 0..1; `~matModPairs` emits a
+    `\res` pair for a res-voice with the summed value.
+  - `~matPitchOffset`: bipolar (source 0.5 → 0), additive, rounded; e.g.
+    source 1.0, depth 1.0, range 7 → +7; source 0.0 → −7; two bindings sum.
+  - freq integration: with a pitch binding active, `~matVariation` of a melodic
+    voice produces a `\freq` that equals `~lpNote(degree + offset, 0).midicps *
+    freqRatio` (assert the transposed freq differs from the un-modulated one in
+    the expected direction).
+  - gating: `~matSetVoiceMod` drops a `pitch` binding on `\kick` and a `\res`
+    binding on `\hats` (target not in `~matModTargets`).
+- **Web** (`test/matrix-state.test.mjs`, `node --test test/*.test.mjs`):
+  - `MATRIX_MOD_TARGETS` includes `pitch` for melodic voices and `res` for
+    res-voices, and does NOT include them for ineligible voices (e.g. kick has
+    no pitch, hats has no res).
+  - `MOD_TARGET_LABELS` has entries for `pitch` and `res`.
+
+## Out of scope (→ cycle 2)
+
+- Default per-instrument pose→target mappings baked into presets.
+- Preset variety / richer arrangements.
+- Any new modulation SOURCE (the 19 are unchanged).
+- New SynthDef args (pitch uses the existing degree→freq path; res uses the
+  existing `res` arg).
+
+## Decided defaults
+
+- `~matPitchRange` = 7 (± scale degrees at full deflection), env-tunable.
+- Pitch is bipolar (neutral at source 0.5); res is direct (source 0 → res 0).
+- Pitch-capable voices = the 10 freq-Pfunc voices; res-capable = the 10
+  `~matResVoices`.