Summary

• This is a collection of references to live coding music etc.
• Each top level section after “Miscellaneous” is dedicated to one of the tools used to live coding music, there are many more than listed here.
• Often there are more songs than listed here for one person, always also check the sites of the person who wrote a song.

Miscellaneous

Live coding and “immediate connection”

Bret Victor - Talk: Inventing on Principle

• This talk is an absolute must!
• Video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII
• Same video on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/36579366
• Excerpts
  • 04m48s: “[…] How would I ever have discovered that if I had to compile and run between every change? So much of art, so much of creation is discovery, and you can’t discover anything if you can’t see what you’re doing.”
  • 16m07s: “[…] But if we’re writing our code on a computer… why are we simulating what a computer would do in our head? Why doesn’t the computer just do it… and show us?”
• Transcript
  • Blog with reader comments: http://blog.ezyang.com/2012/02/transcript-of-inventing-on-principleb
  • Source: http://github.com/ezyang/cusec2012-victor/blob/master/transcript.md
• Nice example of an interactive website: http://worrydream.com/Tangle

AREPL: Python code tracer

• Project page: http://github.com/Almenon/AREPL

Colt Adobe Flash Live Coding Tool

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsK_syADzQ8

Event Notify Test Runner, entr(1): Notify an application upon file change

• Project page: http://entrproject.org

Figwheel: Live coding ClojureScript

• Project page: http://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel

hydrogen: Partial live coding with any Jupyter kernel in Atom

• Project page: http://atom.io/packages/hydrogen

IBNIZ: Live coding bare metal demoscene demo

• Project page: http://pelulamu.net/ibniz
• Video (warning: turn the volume down): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKMrBaXJvMs

Impatient mode: Live coding HTML in Emacs

• Project page: http://github.com/netguy204/imp.el

JS Bin: Live coding HTML, CSS and JavaScript

• Project page: http://jsbin.com
• Example: http://jsbin.com/quhujowota/1/edit?html,js,output

KLIPSE: Live coding for several languages

• Project page: http://github.com/viebel/klipse
• Clojurescript example: http://app.klipse.tech/?cljs_in=(let%20%5Bn%2040%5D%20(println%20(+%20n%202)))

LIVEditor: Live coding a website

• Project page: http://liveditor.com
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy8OIzr6azw

live-py-plugin: Python code tracer, Python live coding turtle

• Shows a trace of every run of every source code line.
• Project page: http://donkirkby.github.io/live-py-plugin
• Introduction: http://donkirkby.github.io/live-py-plugin/gettingstarted
• Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdr2l3yNFH4 (older versions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3aFRHlAEQ, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrbIVMdChDQ)
• Plugin for Eclipse, Emacs or PyCharm

Tributary.io: Live coding JavaScript

• Project page: http://tributary.io

Hy (Lisp on Python)

• Don’t miss this wonderful Lisp. Its source is translated to the Python AST like any “normal” Python code and then takes the usual Python path: The Python AST is compiled into byte code and executed like any module.pyc.
• Try Hy interactively in a browser without the need to install anything: http://try-hy.appspot.com
• Project page: http://hylang.org

Clojure: MAD (Music as Data)

• For coding with Clojure, written in Clojure.
• Project page: http://mad.emotionull.com

Clojure: Music Compojure

• For coding with Clojure, written in Clojure.
• Project page: http://github.com/mhowlett/music-compojure

Examples

Matt Howlett

• GitHub: http://github.com/mhowlett

Matt Howlett - example_1

• Source: http://github.com/mhowlett/music-compojure/blob/master/examples/example_1.clj

Matt Howlett - example_2

• Source: http://github.com/mhowlett/music-compojure/blob/master/examples/example_2.clj

Matt Howlett - example_3

• Source: http://github.com/mhowlett/music-compojure/blob/master/examples/example_3.clj

Matt Howlett - example_4

• Source: http://github.com/mhowlett/music-compojure/blob/master/examples/example_4.clj

Clojure: Overtone

• For coding with Clojure, written in Clojure.
• Project page: http://overtone.github.io

Details

• Defines scales with incremental intervals.
• Quick Intro to Overtone, Sam Aaron:
  • Video: http://vimeo.com/22798433
  • Source: http://github.com/overtone/overtone/blob/master/src/overtone/examples/getting_started/video.clj
• Podcast with Sam Aaron: http://twit.tv/shows/floss-weekly/episodes/197
• Meetup with Sam Aaron (see link to audio file): http://www.meetup.com/de-DE/zh-clj-Zurich-Clojure-User-Group/events/108855442
• Emacs Org and Overtone quick intro, Bastien Guerry: http://github.com/bzg/org-overtone-intro
• MIDI: http://github.com/overtone/overtone/wiki/MIDI
• Play samples: http://github.com/overtone/overtone/blob/master/src/overtone/examples/synthesis/samples.clj
• Instrument B3 organ (see definst b3): http://github.com/overtone/overtone/blob/master/src/overtone/inst/synth.clj
• “Once you’ve caught the bug, check out Sonic Pi’s big brother: Overtone.” – Sam Aaron in http://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/sonic-pi-free-music-and-computing-resource/#comment-266194

Enhancements

Leipzig

• Project page: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig
• Leipzig get started: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig/blob/master/README.md#get-started
  • For Leiningen the suggestion is to use the Leipzig Template: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig-template
  • In case of dependency problems when not using the Leipzig Template try with tempo and all added:

    (require '[leipzig.melody :refer
               [tempo all bpm is phrase then times where with]])
            

Disclojure UI

• Project page: http://github.com/pjagielski/disclojure-ui

Musical Universes of Discourse

• Project page: http://github.com/josephwilk/mud

Oberon

• Project page: http://github.com/blinks/oberon

Examples

Adam Blinkinsop

• GitHub: http://github.com/blinks
• SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/hackerblinks

Adam Blinkinsop - Oberon Opus 1

• Audio: http://soundcloud.com/hackerblinks/oberon-opus-1

Adam Blinkinsop - Oberon Opus 2

• Audio: http://soundcloud.com/hackerblinks/oberon-opus-2

Chris Ford

• Blog: http://literateprogrammer.blogspot.ch
• GitHub: http://github.com/ctford
• SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/ctford

Chris Ford - Goldberg Variations

• Source: http://github.com/ctford/goldberg

Chris Ford - Kraftwerk

• Source: http://github.com/ctford/kraftwerk

Chris Ford - Overtunes

• Source: http://github.com/ctford/overtunes

Chris Ford - Row Row Row Your Boat

• Source: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig/blob/master/src/clj/leipzig/example/row_row_row_your_boat.clj

Chris Ford - Song

• Source: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig-template/blob/master/src/leiningen/new/leipzig/song.clj

Chris Ford - Talk: Functional Composition

• Video of [2015-05-11 Mon]: http://vimeo.com/128467879
• Video of [2013-08-27 Tue] (the later video of [2015-05-11 Mon] has better readable slides and is overall better but the graph at 24m35s is missing there): http://www.infoq.com/presentations/music-functional-language
• Source: http://github.com/ctford/functional-composition

Chris Ford - Talk: Kolmogorov music

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg3XOfioapI

Chris Ford - Talk: Leipzig from Scratch

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp_kQh34EWA
• Source: http://github.com/ctford/leipzig-from-scratch

Chris Ford - Whelmed

• Audio: http://soundcloud.com/ctford/whelmed
• Source: http://github.com/ctford/whelmed

Piotr Jagielski

• Blog “Overtone Recipes”: http://overtone-recipes.github.io
• GitHub: http://github.com/pjagielski

Piotr Jagielski - Functional Coldplay

• Source and sound snippets: http://overtone-recipes.github.io/remake/2016/09/01/functional-coldplay-saws.html

Piotr Jagielski - Recreating Daft Punk’s Da Funk

• Source and sound snippets: http://overtone-recipes.github.io/remake/2016/04/03/recreating-da-funk.html

Piotr Jagielski - Smack My Lazer

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUq-YnuFt8w
• Source and sound snippets: http://overtone-recipes.github.io/live-coding/remake/2016/04/25/smack-my-lazer.html

Sam Aaron

• Personal page: http://sam.aaron.name
• GitHub: http://github.com/samaaron

Sam Aaron - MAD

• Adapted from MAD project.
• Source: http://github.com/overtone/overtone/blob/master/src/overtone/examples/notation/mad.clj

Sam Aaron - MAD2

• Adapted from MAD project.
• Source: http://github.com/overtone/overtone/blob/master/src/overtone/examples/notation/mad2.clj

Clojurescript: Klangmeister

• For coding with Clojurescript, written in Clojurescript.
• Project page: http://ctford.github.io/klangmeister

Haskell: Tidal

• For coding with a Haskell DSL.
• Project page: http://slab.org/tidal

Details

• Toplap: http://toplap.org/tidal
• Guide: http://github.com/yaxu/tidal-guide

Python or Hy: FoxDot

• For coding with Python or Hy, written in Python.
• Project page: http://github.com/Qirky/FoxDot

Details

• Defines scales with absolute intervals which seems to be unusual but advantageous for microtuned scales.
• It has a nice notation for drum patterns with repeating variations: http://github.com/Qirky/FoxDot#sample-player-objects
• Toplap: http://toplap.org/foxdot-live-coding-with-python-and-supercollider

Examples

Ryan Kirkbride

• GitHub: http://github.com/Qirky
• YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoFrvfpBHPMvXi9kWsZyGCQ

Ryan Kirkbride - Gooey

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETf4tyjrZQ
• Drum patterns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GETf4tyjrZQ&t=2m15s

Python or Hy: Blender live coding

• Not music, but at least live coding.
• For coding with Python or Hy, written in Hy.
• Project page: http://mccormick.cx/news/entries/live-coding-blender-with-hy

Details

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRBdqsaKmuU

Python or Hy: Hyasynth

• For coding with Python or Hy, written in Python.
• Project page: http://github.com/oubiwann/hyasynth

Python or Hy: muse

• For coding with Python or Hy, written in Python.
• Project page: http://github.com/paultag/python-muse

Examples

Paul Tagliamonte

• Personal page: http://pault.ag
• GitHub: http://github.com/paultag

Paul Tagliamonte - lysergide

• Source: http://github.com/paultag/lysergide
• Some drum pattern: http://github.com/paultag/lysergide/blob/master/eg/drum.hy

Python or Hy: python-sonic

• For coding with Python or Hy, written in Python.
• Project page: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-sonic

Details

• Defines scales with incremental intervals.
• Using python-sonic is expected to leave the path open to run the coded music on the Raspberry Pi.
• GitHub: http://github.com/gkvoelkl/python-sonic

Ruby: Sonic Pi

• For coding with Ruby written in Ruby, Clojure, C++, and Qt. On the desktop computer or Raspberry Pi.
• Project page: http://sonic-pi.net

Details

• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Pi

Examples

Sébastien Rannou aka mxs

• Personal page: http://aimxhaisse.com
• GitHub: http://github.com/aimxhaisse

Sébastien Rannou - Daft Punk, Aerodynamic

• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cydH_JAgSfg
• About, with detailed instructions: http://aimxhaisse.com/aerodynamic-en.html

Scheme: Extempore (successor of Impromptu)

• For coding in Scheme, written in Scheme and C.
• Project page: http://extempore.moso.com.au

Examples

Andrew Sorensen

• GitHub: http://github.com/digego

Andrew Sorensen - A Study in Keith

• Solo piano, a study in Keith Jarrett.
• Video (no sound until 1m53s): http://vimeo.com/2433947
• Referenced on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_coding

Andrew Sorensen - Talk: Guide To Western Music

• A guide to history of western music.
• Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpSYWd_aIiI

Ben Swift

• Personal page: http://benswift.me
• Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/benswift

Ben Swift - Another Late Christmas

• Video: http://vimeo.com/86664303