The settings dialog contains the following options: click “apply” to operate the profile and re-load the analysis:

Include triads
This setting allows users to include or exclude triads from the analysis. (Because, in drive analysis, triads are considered to have a weaker sense of drive than most seventh chords, users may not wish to include them in the search).

Include anacrusis
In pieces which commonly have an “up-beat”, this option may be useful. It joins the upbeat to the subsequent chordal analysis.

Arpeggio searching
Where chords are commonly constructed as arpeggios (i.e., the notes are not literally all present at the same time), turn this option on.

Neighbour notes
This option records both passing notes in the melody and any neighbour notes that resonate with a recognisable chord in the harmony. Be warned, this can lead to a heavily populated graph.

Remove repeated patterns
In music with significant repetition, it can be desirable to reduce the chord progressions to show patterns only once. For example, when selected, this option will reduce a pattern of events ABABA to ABA. It will, however, allow ABCAB.

Include non-drive events
Where four-pitches that do not produce a common chord are found together, this option returns the result “no recognisable drive”, registering only the bass note. This is only recorded at moments where there are no other common chords present. Thus, the pitches c, c#, d might yield the result: “no recognisable drive (bass C)”, put the pitches c, c#, d, g, b would still record “G” as a triad.

Merge Similar Events together (slider, 5 positions)
This merges or collapses events together when there is very little variety between them. You may find this useful in music with small harmonic changes that are barely worth noting.

Position 1: low merging (events must be very similar/close to merge)..
Position 2: Conservative merging
Position 3: Balanced (default))
Position 4: quite strong merging
Position 5: Aggressive merging (shows fewer events).

Note detail sensitivity

As with event merging, this slider bar changes the amount of detail you want to capture. Choose 5 if you want more detail (captures shorter note durations); Choose 1 if you want less detail (filters out notes with shorter durations)

Show Grid
The scrollable grid shows detected musical events. Time flows along the x-axis, showing every recorded event; the y-axis represents the circle of fifths. Tetrachords are shown in circles; triads are shown as triangles (upward pointing = major; downward pointing = minor).
The grid has three optional parameters:

Show resolution patterns
This produces arrows where drives move to their related local “tonic”. Assuming no global tonic, the option simply shows patterns of local V-I or II-V progression. It only considers the root, and does not consider the modal quality of the chord.

Colour-code chords
When checked, this codes the chords in terms of their strength. The strongest chords are rendered in black; the weakest in white or light grey. Strength is determined by 8 variables; the inner-workings of this formula can be examined by clicking "show entropy" and exploring the grid contained there.

Show entropy
This is an advanced feature, following the method of calculating entropy shown in this video. In brief, the feature calculates the tonal “randomness” at any given moment. The strength of each chord within a complex is modelled and returned as a probability score, essentially asking the question: “if any one of these chords is going to resolve; what’s the chances of it being this one?” This is then fed into Claude Shannon’s formula for calculating “entropy” or “information” (measured in bits) and plotted on a line graph beneath the main grid. The individual variables used to calculate the probabilities (strengths) themselves are shown on a list at the foot of the pop-up window table of information.

Save as pdf
This option produces a beautifully rendered pdf version of the scrollable window.

Save / Load
Save as a text file; Load a text file. Useful if you have particular settings that you want to keep, or you want to edit the results yourself later on.

Keyboard
This opens a keyboard window in which users can either (1) click the keys with the mouse, or (b) play live using a midi-device if available. Playing this keyboard does not affect, or draw from, the main analysis; it’s just a place to noodle around and play chords with a display that shows the drives present. Have a play around below!