Setting up tidal

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  • Install tidal cycles: curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tidalcycles/tidal-bootstrap/master/tidal-bootstrap.command -sSf | sh from MacOS | Tidal Cycles
  • tidal is a DSL based in haskell, to talk to supercollider index | SuperCollider
  • open Supercollider, run SuperDirt.start and maybe faff with settings. cmd-enter to run lines. Check for the server to be happy log lines, and green numbers at the bottom

Server.killAll // kill server
SuperDirt.start // start the server

// list devices
ServerOptions.inDevices
ServerOptions.outDevices

//set output devices (headphones on mac mini)
Server.default.options.outDevice_(ServerOptions.outDevices[3])
Server.local.options.outDevice_(ServerOptions.outDevices[3])

You might need to change input sample rate, do this with raycast ‘audio MIDI setup’. After this, you can ignore supercollider.

pretty simple lil drum pattern

d1 $ sound "bd*2"

d2 $ sound "hh hh*<1 2> hh [hh*<1 2 1 8>]"

d3 $ slow 2 $ sound "~ sd ~ [sd*<1 1 1 3>]"

hush

• euclidean rhythms d1 $ sound "bd(<3 2 3 4>,8)" put 3 beats across (then 2 then 3 then 4)

• you can write lots of lines of code for one channel, switch between which ones you are running. Switch things up a lot so they don’t get stale, remember you have the power to turn things off too Open VsCode (kinda like atom?), open a .tidal file. Run lines with shift-enter. remember hush to make it stop playing see Dan on youtube

• ableton has a learn synthesis thing Learning Synths. We are using supercollider as an audio synthesiser. The drums are samples

• supercollider can show you graphs of what it does - menubar -> server -> show scope

• lpf low pass filter, room for some reverb, legato for how much of the space the note takes up

• https://dotpiano.com you can send midi (to get nicely sampled piano).

• you can bring tidal outside of supercollider’s sounds by setting it up as a midi client

MIDIClient.init;

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