Software Classes

TidalCycles (or Tidal for short) is a programming language for live coding pattern. It allows you to make musical patterns with text, describing sequences and ways of transforming and combining them, exploring complex interactions between simple parts. The first London Tidal meetup features short talks from Jack Armitage, PhD Student in Media & Arts Technologies […]

Learn the basics of setting up a live coding session and making soundscapes and beats with sound synthesis and patterns in SuperCollider. SuperCollider is an incredibly powerful, open-source, cross-platform, audio engine and programming language, used not only to create music, but also for machine listening, audio/music reactive installations, performance, interactive systems, research, live-coding and much […]

Learn about making music with code using TidalCycles. Tidal has been developed by Alex over many years, initially for making broken dance music at events now known as “Algoraves,” as well as free Jazz improv, although it is now a free/open source software project with a growing community of users applying it to diverse musics. This […]

In this workshop we will explore many different ways to create sounds from scratch, manipulate recorded sounds and compose these into music. Since computers are used virtually in almost any piece of recorded music in some way, it becomes useful to have an insight into how music technology works behind the user interface or perhaps […]

This hands-on workshop introduces participants to using SuperCollider on Bela, an open source embedded platform for ultra-low latency audio and sensor processing based on the BeagleBone Black. Bela is designed to generate and process audio while connected to the physical world using all sorts of analog and digital sensors. During the workshop we will show […]

In this workshop we’ll be exploring SuperCollider and its use with MIDI for interfacing both hardware and software synths. SuperCollider is a powerful, open-source, cross-platform, audio engine and programming language, used not only to create music, but also for machine learning, audio/music reactive installations, performance, interactive systems, research, live-coding and much more. Requirements: You will […]

Music Hackspace present an Algorave workshop with Alex McLean. Algoraves are about dancing to live music made with code, and over the last few years have become a global night-time phenomena shaping club culture. This day-long workshop will focus on livecoding music using TidalCycles, a free/open source software project instigated by Alex. TidalCycles (or Tidal […]

Throughout May, June and July we have Joanne Armitage leading a series of three SuperCollider workshops. These workshops can loosely be thought of as beginner, intermediate and advanced workshops, and can be attended individually or as a complete series. Workshop 1: Synthesis Techniques (May 30th) Workshop 2: Time, structures and pattern (June 19th) Workshop 3: […]

Throughout May, June and July we have Joanne Armitage leading a series of three SuperCollider workshops. These workshops can loosely be thought of as beginner, intermediate and advanced workshops, and can be attended individually or as a complete series. Workshop 1: Synthesis Techniques (May 30th) Workshop 2: Time, structures and pattern (June 19th) Workshop 3: […]