Comments on: Velato: A music programming language

Velato: A music programming language

rottytooth — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:37:02 -0800

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.

By: RustyBrooks

RustyBrooks — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:51:33 -0800

Can I ask, um, why?

By: rottytooth

rottytooth — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:54:56 -0800

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.

By: johnstein

johnstein — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 21:55:37 -0800

I think this sounds pretty cool. Nice work :)