Hi folks. I am hoping to find some people that are into algorithmic composition, creating music with code, designing algorithms, etc.
- Are you one of those people?
- Do you know others?
- Can you recommend any other communities for that?
- Is there interest for having that kind of community here?
Thanks!
12 Comments
ChappIO@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
I am a decent coder but not great with algorithm design. (Rather a developer that builds scalable platforms).
But I will keep an eye on what’s going on here because I am definitely interested.
ralbus@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
I also build scalable platforms for my day job. I was a bit trepidatious when I started with audio coding personally. There have been some challenging concepts to learn along the way (of course), but I personally have found it to be no less accessible than other complex code/infra work. In my experience it will take some endurance and persistence to make ground - but you already clearly have some background in the musical domain. That would carry you a long way!
ChappIO@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
That’s good to hear. Ik currently struggling with managing my workload but audio programming definitely is a curiosity I have. But it’s competing for my my attention right now.
mcc@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
In short: Yes :)
I spent years composing music generated by simple C programs and then some years more making algorithmic A/V toys disguised as video games, and I am currently making a commercial video game where all the music is generated in realtime by PureData.
I got interested in eurorack primarily because I thought I could control everything DAWless by algorithmic voltage control from an Arduino or something. That project's actually been a total failure LOL
I think the places I'd recommend for this sort of thing RN are the forum https://llllllll.co/ and the various members of the highly inspirational Mastodon server https://merveilles.town/ , though the best discussions there require you to join so you can be a member of the local feed.
daguito81@waveform.social · 1 pts · 3y
That mastodon instance is invite only right? I'm very new to this fediverse. Are some feeds in mastodon private? I thought you could see the content from other instances
mcc@waveform.social · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah, although they're approachable so asking for an invite might work if you mesh with their Idiom. You don't need to join to read their feeds, no. I think you won't be able to get the combined feed is all. I just follow a bunch of Mervilles people normal type.
Some Mastodon servers have a special "show only server local" visibility type, but it's very rare, since usually the point of Mastodon is the interconnectivity.
mustbetuesday@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
I’m interested (but not very experienced) in making music with code, as in ChucK, and making music with nodes and branches, as in Midinous, but not randomly generated music. I would be interested in chatting with others about music with code and music with nodes, but I don’t already know a community for that. :)
ralbus@waveform.social · 1 pts · 3y
That's awesome! ChucK is how I got started with music coding a couple of years ago. Moved to C++ when I found the edges of ChucK's performance, type system, etc.
ralbus@waveform.social · 1 pts · 3y
I have created algorithmic_music. Come say hi!
Shadowbait@waveform.social · 2 pts · 3y
I'm a developer and have been interested in making a VST and/or DAW for a long time, but I'm too busy with other projects to dive into that any time soon. I think making a community for that kind of thing makes sense though.
ralbus@waveform.social · 1 pts · 3y
I have created algorithmic_music. Come say hi!