#supercollider

[where-is-the-quantum-moon]

the quantum moon is in a supercollider. yknow. like a quantum object.

The Quantum Moon is inside of a supercollider!

[yellowmanula]

Welcome to the Machine Xavier Catchot, Roger Pibernat As the creators described it: "meatbags & AI"

A truly brilliant performance at the International Conference on Live Coding, Barcelona 2025 — referencing the dystopian Pink Floyd track and reinterpreting it through the lens of Human-Machine Co-Creativity theory.

Using the live coding software SuperCollider and AI (by inputting prompts), the artists co-created a unique performance together with the machine. Musically, it leaned toward algorave (techno), but also featured some humorous elements:

At one point, the AI declares: "Mortals, kneel before the Goddess of Algorave!"

[radioadd]

Beauty will destroy your mind Spare the gory details Give them gift-wrapped For the man with everything Though I lived a lonely life I was confused A butcher I feel nothing

As it courses up my arms The position of the worms Up, up, through my heart Into my brain

I'm a big slab basic combination Cut out Chopped liver on the block

My heart still pumping My heart still pumping

He's a warrior, a warrior He's a little bitch coming out of him He's a warrior, a warrior He's a little bitch coming out of him Coming out of him

[stroaxk]

Algorithmic music composed with Supercollider.

[josiah-theory]

Oops, Nearly 4 Months Went By

Yikes! Hello!

I guess I should summarize how the past 4 months have gone, music/theory-wise.

I began work once more on my music theory library, Harmonica, in Python, which hadn't been touched in some time. Then, I grew frustrated with Python and learned Rust, and began writing the library in Rust. That's how a lot of June and July went.

Then, over a month ago, I started messing with Pure Data again for the first time since 2020, after listening to some Autechre and watching some computer music talks and going, hey I want to create my own music tools from the ground up again. I grew frustrated with programming logic in Pure Data, so I decided to take a swing at SuperCollider again for the first time since 2017.

At first I was moreso focused on learning to use SuperCollider to, y'know, make sounds - learning the DSP tools and the client-server architecture, etc. Then, in recent weeks, I've been focusing more specifically on sclang, the programming language of the SuperCollider environment. Now, as of a week ago, I've been writing my library, Harmonica, as a SuperCollider extension.

My, quite the language-hopping this library has gone through. My rationale for writing it in SuperCollider is that I feel I may as well use it in an environment that's already specifically geared towards making music/sound experiments. After all, the nature of this project is just that: experimental. Also, I always suspected that my music theory explorations would be best suited towards algo music.

Also, sclang seems so far to be a genuinely competent programming language in its own right. I mean... it's also very... quirky (Quarky?) and I must say, coming from Rust, I am VERY underwhelmed by its error reporting. Overall though... so far so good. The gist of sclang is that it's very OOP, but also very functional and has first class functions. So actually, pretty similar to rust in some aspects!

I will say though, SuperCollider's reputation as a slow-burn of an environment with a steep learning curve is not unwarranted - good LORD it takes a lot of work to get going in this environment! Pure Data, as esoteric and opaque as it looks (those patches you see on YouTube with the million erratic lines connecting confusingly labeled boxes across the screen) is much more plug-n-play in comparison.

Alright, that's all I've got for you. Maybe some day I'll have some actual examples to share. Here's to another 4 months! Or, well, hopefully less this time.

[crawltime]

Cylob playing live at Bangface 2006 with his "Cylob Music System 3000" environment in SuperCollider. Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1xxNFivRQQ https://web.archive.org/web/20070701032731/http://durftal.com/music/cylob/bf/ https://web.archive.org/web/20161017212546/http://durftal.com/cms/cylobmusicsystem.html

[micaelatrombini]

Las sustancias conductivas que se hallan presentes en el zumo de limones, kiwis y frutillas son monitoreadas por sensores específicos de plataforma de código abierto/Arduino ( sensores de conductividad, electroquímicos, de voltaje) contenidas en el interior de los tubos de ensayo.

Esta información (analógica-digital) relevada por los electrolitos en tiempo real son procesadas por el código en software de composición algoritmica, Supercollider, generando frecuencias del espectro del ruido rosa. Las frutas de esta manera, actúan como interfaces, generando distintas señales eléctricas por cantidad de carga contenida.

[olivewinterleaf]

Scientists monitor chevron particle accelerator at the Large Chevron Collider.

[glitchgh0sty]

*Musical intro* don’t mind me,, just cackling away at the Dream a Little Dream of Me fic 😌✨

[ft: little baby sparkling designs, because they are ADORABLE,, *dramatic sob*]

Yall, these first couple of chapters have been an absolute ride ohmigosh,, I think this is the most pure form of chaotic gremlin I’ve ever seen Jazz written as and I couldn’t be happier 🫶😭✨

[clusterchords]

I like this motif and will make a longer version.

[stroaxk]

Electroacoustic Improvisation 034

[youcantsaymylastname]

King Pin has a supercollider

Inception bingo from 2018-2021 (This is a beast of a tale that's unfinished but not unfinished?)

Saito wants to have a super collider like King Pin.