Who is this course for?
- • Musicians/producers looking to try live coding for the first time
- • Coders looking to apply their skills in a musical context
- • Anyone who is interested in music and patterns
Course template / hosted architecture draft
Intro to live coding with TidalCycles
In this workshop you will be introduced to the TidalCycles live coding language through Strudel, a new version of TidalCycles that runs in the web browser. This workshop aims to […]
Course overview
In this workshop you will be introduced to the TidalCycles live coding language through Strudel, a new version of TidalCycles that runs in the web browser. This workshop aims to provide you with suitable skills to begin exploring musical live coding.
Requirements
- • Computer and internet connection
- • Optional: software or hardware that can receive MIDI
Course content
Course materials
Access the course materials on the Strudel site
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Course materials
Access the course materials on the Strudel site
Course videos
1. Getting Started · 2. What is live coding? · 3. What is Tidal Cycles?
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Course videos
1. Getting Started · 2. What is live coding? · 3. What is Tidal Cycles?
Session materials
Access the course materials on the Strudel site
Open resource1. Getting Started
Open resource2. What is live coding?
Open resource3. What is Tidal Cycles?
Open resource4. What is Strudel?
Open resource5. Notes
Open resource6. Sounds
Open resource7. Code
Open resource8. JavaScript code syntax
Open resource9. Code commenting
Open resource10. Strings
Open resource11. Rhythm (mini-notation)
Open resource12. Mini-notation_ division, angle brackets, multiplication
Open resource13. Mini-notation_ square brackets
Open resource14. Mini-notation_ rests, parallel, elongation, replication
Open resource15. Mini-notation_ Euclidean rhythms
Open resource16. Mini-notation exercise
Open resource16.1 Piano roll visualisation
Open resource17. Mini-notation example breakdown
Open resource18. Stacking layers of sounds
Open resource19. Debugging a mini-notation example
Open resource20. MIDI and OSC
Open resource21. Samples
Open resource22. Loading custom samples
Open resource23. Sampler effects
Open resource24. Next steps
Open resourceInstructors
Jack Armitage
Jack is a postdoctoral researcher at the Intelligent Instruments Lab with Prof Thor Magnusson, designing and studying musical instruments imbued with artificial intelligence. Jack holds a Doctorate in Media and Arts Technologies from Queen Mary University of London, where he studied in Prof. Andrew McPherson's Augmented Instruments Lab. During his PhD, Jack was a Visiting Scholar at Georgia Tech under Prof. Jason Freeman. Before then, he was a Research Engineer at ROLI after graduating with a BSc in Music, Multimedia & Electronics from the University of Leeds. His research interests include embodied interaction, craft practice and design cognition. He also produces, performs and live codes music as Lil Data, as part of the PC Music record label.