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Music Programming for Java and JVM Languages

44 points by weeber 11y ago

FilterSweep 11y ago
Very cool! I wonder how this compares to Princeton/Stanford's collaborative project ChucK in terms of performance: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ My main criticism of ChucK was the fact that it would oftentimes crash during compiling. The benefit is that the timing in ChucK is impeccable - a necessity for music programming. And if you combine either of these two languages with single-hit drum samples + some processing, it would be funny to see people automate the garbage we hear on the radio.
- th0ma5 11y ago
  Actually, this library appears to be MIDI only.
rational-future 11y ago
I thought, based on the title, this is something similar to Music to Code by - http://mtcb.pwop.com/ http://mtcb.pwop.com/
crucialfelix 11y ago
some others: clojure: http://overtone.github.io/ http://overtone.github.io/ scala: https://github.com/Sciss/ScalaCollider https://github.com/Sciss/ScalaCollider
dmichulke 11y ago
While not related to the JVM, the functional aspect might be interesting for the scala and clojure people. http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/euterpea/haskell-school-of-music/ http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/euterpea/haskell-school-of-music/
tremendo 11y ago
Is this somewhat equivalent of Sonic Pi? http://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi http://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi http://sonic-pi.net/ http://sonic-pi.net/ Maybe not Sonic seems focused on live performing.
mindcrime 11y ago
Oh man, this is officially Cool As Hell. I never bothered learning to play an actual instrument, but I've been intrigued by dabbling with one of these various "program music" environments for a while. But the learning curve and what-not seemed just steep enough to put me off digging in. But this... this is Java! And that's my domain. (Yeah, yeah, bring on the flames, I don't care). In about two minutes I had some of their examples up and running and can already see how to start having fun with this. I don't think I'll ever be a great music composer, but this might at least motivate me to finally learn some music theory.
- gtani 11y ago
  if you can borrow a laptop (and MIDI controller) that has reaper, ableton, garage band or Logic Pro X loaded, i bet you'd be amazed at how they make harmonic and rhythmic structures accessible to anybody that wants to play music. GB is probably the most accessible of those There's some other DAWs that i hear a lot about, FL studio, cubase, reason. Probably good also, i just don't know anything about.
  - mindcrime 11y ago
    It seems like when I hear people talking about "music programming" the most common software I hear mentioned is SuperCollider. How does that compare to the ones you just mentioned? Sorry if that's a dumb question, but I'm actually pretty clueless about this field. I'm just fascinated by the idea of being able to "play" music without the additional challenge of learning all the physical motions / muscle memory / coordination needed to: play guitar, play piano, etc. I also like not having to go out and buy an instrument. :-)
    - dbattaglia 11y ago
      I highly recommend checking out the demo for Reason: https://www.propellerheads.se/reason https://www.propellerheads.se/reason And eventually you may want to check out Max/MSP for a more "programmy" composition environment (graphical programming but it supports Java and JavaScript coding as well).
dmoo 11y ago
Also add earsketch to the list of others http://earsketch.gatech.edu/landing/ http://earsketch.gatech.edu/landing/

44 points by weeber 11y ago

Very cool! I wonder how this compares to Princeton/Stanford's collaborative project ChucK in terms of performance: http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ http://chuck.cs.princeton.edu/ My main criticism of ChucK was the fact that it would oftentimes crash during compiling. The benefit is that the timing in ChucK is impeccable - a necessity for music programming. And if you combine either of these two languages with single-hit drum samples + some processing, it would be funny to see people automate the garbage we hear on the radio.

th0ma5 11y ago
Actually, this library appears to be MIDI only.

rational-future 11y ago

I thought, based on the title, this is something similar to Music to Code by - http://mtcb.pwop.com/ http://mtcb.pwop.com/

crucialfelix 11y ago

some others: clojure: http://overtone.github.io/ http://overtone.github.io/ scala: https://github.com/Sciss/ScalaCollider https://github.com/Sciss/ScalaCollider

dmichulke 11y ago

While not related to the JVM, the functional aspect might be interesting for the scala and clojure people. http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/euterpea/haskell-school-of-music/ http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/euterpea/haskell-school-of-music/

tremendo 11y ago

Is this somewhat equivalent of Sonic Pi? http://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi http://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi http://sonic-pi.net/ http://sonic-pi.net/ Maybe not Sonic seems focused on live performing.

mindcrime 11y ago

Oh man, this is officially Cool As Hell. I never bothered learning to play an actual instrument, but I've been intrigued by dabbling with one of these various "program music" environments for a while. But the learning curve and what-not seemed just steep enough to put me off digging in. But this... this is Java! And that's my domain. (Yeah, yeah, bring on the flames, I don't care). In about two minutes I had some of their examples up and running and can already see how to start having fun with this. I don't think I'll ever be a great music composer, but this might at least motivate me to finally learn some music theory.

gtani 11y ago
if you can borrow a laptop (and MIDI controller) that has reaper, ableton, garage band or Logic Pro X loaded, i bet you'd be amazed at how they make harmonic and rhythmic structures accessible to anybody that wants to play music. GB is probably the most accessible of those There's some other DAWs that i hear a lot about, FL studio, cubase, reason. Probably good also, i just don't know anything about.
- mindcrime 11y ago
  It seems like when I hear people talking about "music programming" the most common software I hear mentioned is SuperCollider. How does that compare to the ones you just mentioned? Sorry if that's a dumb question, but I'm actually pretty clueless about this field. I'm just fascinated by the idea of being able to "play" music without the additional challenge of learning all the physical motions / muscle memory / coordination needed to: play guitar, play piano, etc. I also like not having to go out and buy an instrument. :-)
  - dbattaglia 11y ago
    I highly recommend checking out the demo for Reason: https://www.propellerheads.se/reason https://www.propellerheads.se/reason And eventually you may want to check out Max/MSP for a more "programmy" composition environment (graphical programming but it supports Java and JavaScript coding as well).

dmoo 11y ago

Also add earsketch to the list of others http://earsketch.gatech.edu/landing/ http://earsketch.gatech.edu/landing/