Velato: A music programming language
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Velato: A music programming language
This a language that uses MIDI, instead of text, as source code (it's NOT a language used to create music). I tried to allow enough flexibility that you could compose something that both sounds good and works as a program.
You can find a "Hello, World" program tutorial here. I ended up with a very free-form jazz kind of sound -- I'm curious how much of that is due to my approach to composition (using notepad) and how much due to the intervals demanded by the language.
This a language that uses MIDI, instead of text, as source code (it's NOT a language used to create music). I tried to allow enough flexibility that you could compose something that both sounds good and works as a program.
You can find a "Hello, World" program tutorial here. I ended up with a very free-form jazz kind of sound -- I'm curious how much of that is due to my approach to composition (using notepad) and how much due to the intervals demanded by the language.
RustyBrooks -- it's an esoteric language, not designed for practical, every-day use (although don't let me discourage you from writing production code with it!). I was inspired to write it, in part, by Piet, but as an audio equivalent. I figured it offers an unusual challenge: to write something that both sounds musical and works as a program.
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