21 comments

  • jodrellblank 2 hours ago

    Marshall Lochbaum's APL-derived language BQN has some nods towards audio synthesis too:

    https://mlochbaum.github.io/BQN-Musician/synth/index.html

    • bradrn 32 minutes ago
      • octetta 25 minutes ago

        Wowie! I'M NOT WORTHY! Cool stuff!

        • bradrn 21 minutes ago

          It’s not my language, to be clear! In fact I’ve never even tried it… my array programming experience so far has mostly been with J.

          • octetta 18 minutes ago

            Doesn't matter. Just happy people are doing weird stuff like this and appreciate the share. I looked at a bunch of APL-ish implementations and kind of ran with the K-simple code (links on the repo). What background do you come to J from? Another programming language? How do you like it?

    • octetta 2 hours ago

      BQN kicks-ass and I've spent hours listening to the Array Cast podcast while in SoCal traffic. I'll check his stuff out with an eye towards the audio stuff.

      I'm an APL newb... while I've been writing code-for-cash forever (C, etc.) I've had a long-time interest in APL languages, but I'm just messing around after working on waveform generation for another sound project I have in the works (https://github.com/octetta/skred ... https://youtu.be/L5-3gBpJsAo?si=JdBlntzn4doY-c3s).

      While I was working on this I remember the first book I saw in the public library on computer programming was about APL (probably sometime around 1976)... I didn't have access to a "real computer" for another year after that and no APL for decades, but some ideas stick around, LOL.

  • jart 2 hours ago

    How do we get it to play Kompressor? https://youtu.be/9tlA0IyKjiI

    • octetta 2 hours ago

      Wowie... Jart commented! I'm on it my friend. Certainly sequencing is a good thing to add.

  • octetta 2 hours ago

    I have a CLI and desktop versions on github (all MIT license)

    https://github.com/octetta/k-synth https://github.com/octetta/ksynth-desktop/

    it's been a blast to play with... and a great excuse to learn array languages

  • hmokiguess 3 hours ago

    Pretty cool, one suggestion for the site would be to have templates you can quickly load, copy, edit, and share. Sort of like strudel.cc has!

    • octetta an hour ago

      At any rate, in case it's hard to see, definitely try loading the dm-bell.ks patch, putting it in slot one so the melodic pad can play it... it's quick and dirty to see what's capable in a few keystrokes... although I'm sure the PD and ChucK and SC and ... wizards could put me to shame in a showdown, LOL.

    • octetta 3 hours ago

      i wimped out and just have the patches being loaded from my github repo. good suggestion though.

      • xrd 2 hours ago

        Did you know you can embed strudel?

        https://strudel.cc/technical-manual/project-start/

        • octetta an hour ago

          Strudel (and PureData, and ChucK, and SuperCollider, and AMY) are all great projects, but they weren't scratching my itch, so after I got laid off from a FAANG role, I rage/anxiety started writing code for stuff fun-ner than writing code for radios and routers and satellites... this is where my cortisol / dopamine lead me. No disrespect to those other projects... all have been inspirational and are a heck of a lot more "respectable" than my playground code.

        • hmokiguess an hour ago

          I don’t think this is relevant to my analogy there, what were you thinking here?

          • xrd an hour ago

            You are right but I wondered if octetta had considered combining his ui with strudel. I am fascinated by it and have been attempting to riff off it and create new creative interfaces.

            • octetta 40 minutes ago

              I'll take a look... it's probably not obvious, but the language engine is actually written in C and emscripten-ed to WASM, so I've already crossed several bridges to get this done. Absolutely riff off this interface... would love to see what you can make. My stuff is MIT licensed, so tear it up! On a side note, I was able to meet Sam Aaron of SonicPi / Tau5 at Goarmire back in September which was cool... he teased us with Super Collider in JS then and and since, he's crossed the finish line on that stuff. We live in amazing times! Have fun!!!

  • steveBK123 3 hours ago

    This is great

  • jdontillman an hour ago

    See also: Stanley Jordan, "APL For Music".

    https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/75144.75174

    (!!!)

    (Wait, what? That Stanley Jordan?) (Yep.)

    • octetta 44 minutes ago

      Wow! I had no idea, will look here for inspiration too. Thanks!