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74 lines
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:generative:
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= start =
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to start tidal cycles:
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run 'scide' (or run the SuperCollider IDE) in terminal to start SuperCollider server
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execute the following code in scide:
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include("SuperDirt")
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SuperDirt.start
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open a new terminal and run tidalvim
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you should now be running tidal, use ctrl+E to pass lines to tidal from vim
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= basics =
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when you add more sounds to each cycle, it speeds up, the time of the cycle remains constant
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----- is the buffer to super collider, there are 9 opened by default in tidal
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/ --- the "command" to run
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v v
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d1 $ sound "bd:2 bd bd ~"
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^ ^ ^
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\ \ --- is a rest note
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\ --- is the sound that is going to be played; play the 3rd (0 indexed) sound in bd
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--- magical $ notation
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= subsequences =
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using [] we can create sub sequences that run "together" in the same step of each cycle
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this can be done recursively
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using this we can achieve nice compound time signatures:
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d1 $ n "[0 2 1] [4 4 5]" # s "drum"
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alternative notation:
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d1 $ n "0 2 1 . 4 4 5" # s "drum"
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= speeding, slowing, repeating =
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* is the same as a subsequence (s "kick*2" == s "[kick kick]")
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! is the same as repeating the sound (s "kick!2" == s "kick kick")
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/ "divides" the step into n steps and alternates them
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we can combine these to shorten lengthy things:
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s "[kick [lo hi]/2]*2" == s "kick lo kick hi"
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= polyphony =
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, allows us to have multiple "tracks" in the same pattern but they must be in a subsequence!
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d1 $ s "[bd sn, lo hi lo lo]"
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d1 $ s "bd ~ sn ~"
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d2 $ s "lo hi lo lo"
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are the same
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{} changes tidalcycles to make the steps align instead of the cycles aligning
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= effects & commands =
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stut - create echos
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example
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d1 $ stut 4 0.5 (-0.1) $ s "bd sn"
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= adding a samples directory =
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File > Open Start Up File > Add line ~dirt.loadSoundFiles("path/to/directory/*");
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= pipes =
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|> is the same as #, it takes values from the right and structure from the left
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| indicates which side to take structure from
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and the arrow indicates which side to take values from
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hence with the following combinations
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we can mix and match any combinations
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