#supercollider

[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.

[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.

[stroaxk]

Electroacoustic Improvisation 034

[lonestardust]

'The centre of my universe is in your arms'

Tarlos throughout the seasons.

[that-butch-archivist]

"Today, I am wearing my hair long and permed into full curls around my face, tying it up in sheer, silken scarves. I often choose to be late for a date rather than go out feeling "unfinished," which some days means a little powder and Chap Stick and other days means a total makeover. I wear long silk shirts and fluffy sweaters when I want, and regard the word pretty as a compliment again. Still, I know I am regarded as a failure and even a traitor by many in this [lesbian] club because I suffer occasional self-recrimination for being a size sixteen instead of a size six, because I enjoy wearing miniskirts and stockings, because I apparently care about and conform to the opinions of the "wrong" people (people in that other world who label us unacceptable or unfit). They say I am selling out, catering to patriarchy, being codependent on my mother and her opinions. Choose your descriptors, choose your chains. Too often, the saleswomen of the so-called freedom are more like the neo-conservatives and fundamentalists of the world, who say, "Do it our way or don't expect any privileges." They are not selling us the right to be who we want to be, they are selling us the right to be what they believe we should want to be. Sometimes, those rights are the same thing. More often, they are not. And when they are not, worlds may collide in a firestorm of indignation, embarrassment, and rage. I want that freedom they sold me. I want the freedom to love women, passionately and overwhelmingly. I want the freedom to love them the way I want, whether I wear a lace dress or jeans, whether I wear press-on nails or no lipstick. I want the freedom to feel sexy at 170 pounds. I want to do aerobics without resorting to stealth maneuvers. And I want the freedom to be who I am, without embarrassment or fear. I want no exceptions, no contingencies, no caveats. And if our community cannot--or will not--grant that freedom, I, and those like me, the rebel-conformists if you will, will take it. We will even steal it if we must. They'll be surprised at how fast we can run in those tight skirts and pumps."

- An excerpt from "Supercolliding over a Twinkie: Angry Musings from a Femme in the Deep South," an essay written by Constance Lynne and found in The Femme Mystique. (Emphasis in bold my own.)

[abigailspinach]

BREAKING: CANADA TO TARGET REPUBLICAN STATES WITH RETALIATION PLAN.

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From the comments

"Nova Scotia here - our premiere just announced all US liquor will be pulled from the shelves and commercial trucks from America will pay double on toll roads. This is just the beginning… Really unfortunate to see what once was a strong relationship with our neighbours crash"

Will this be the one time the Blue states and 92%ers don’t have to FAFO?!

As someone from a red state, I didn't vote for this, but I get it. 😩

Good for them. We warned trump voters of this and they didn't listen. Maybe this will help them remember for next time

Now, don’t let a single Republican in your state have a moment of peace until it’s changed. We are all collateral damage of this tyrant, but we can’t go down without a fight. Call your reps and make noise!