Jul
This piece plunges into a heavy, atmospheric soundscape driven by the collision of overlapping basslines and raw industrial noise.
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2024
Mar
This livecoding piece crafts a suspenseful and ambient sonic environment built entirely from mallet percussion.
Feb
Livecoding: Out of this world (2024-02)
This generative ambient piece is a direct sonic meditation on the philosophy of Alan Watts, specifically his idea that "you don't come into this world, but you come out of this world."
Jan
Livecoding: Dreamy pianos - Study No 2 in B Minor
Hypnotic piano chords and melodies are layered and phased using cosine oscillators, creating an immersive, wave-like sonic space of infinite, shifting sound.
2023
Dec
Livecoding: Dreamy pianos - Study No 1 in C Minor
An experiment using overlapping, cosine-driven piano lines in C minor to demonstrate how simple phasing techniques can produce surprisingly complex and immersive musical effects.
2022
May
Livecoding: exploring Bento noise box
Improvised acid loops using Extempore + Bentō.
Apr
Livecoding: Study for Cello and Double-bass
This piece draws inspiration from the epic, thematic drama of Game of Thrones, featuring a rich texture built from intertwining cello melodic lines.
2021
Aug
Recipe: Making a livecoding screencast with QuickTime and RecordIt
This post shows how to make a livecoding screencast using free macOS technologies.
Apr
"Rhythmic Cycles" is a new livecoding composition created using Extempore and Ableton Live.
Apr
Livecoding visual patterns with Hydra
I had quite a lot of fun live coding visual patterns with Hydra.
Feb
Extempore functions explorer updated to latest library release v0.8.9
The Extempore functions explorer has been updated with the latest version of the Extempore programming language: v0.8.9.
Jan
'The Kryos Noise' is available on Spotify
The prog rock album I worked on years ago with the band Kryos Project is now available on Spotify (and Amazon too).
2020
Nov
I've started a new livecoding project on GitHub called The Musical Code.
Nov
"Piano Scales" is a new experiment in algorithmic composition, demonstrating the captivating simplicity of piano-based systems.
2015
May
Impromptu language documentation back online!
For all Impromptu aficionados: here's a little online application that can be used to search and browse the language documentation: http://hacks.michelepasin.org/impromptu/
2013
Nov
New livecoding screencast: Ziggurat 51
So hard to find time to do something creative these days.
Sep
Building a master volumes UI with impromptu
Based on one of the examples packaged with Impromptu, I wrote a simple function that uses the objc bridge to create a bare-bones user interface for adjusting your audio instruments master volumes.
Feb
A metronome object for Impromptu
Metronome: a device used by musicians that marks time at a selected rate by giving a regular tick.
2012
Mar
Book Summary: Notes from the Metalevel
I've started reading "Notes from the Metalevel: An Introduction to Computer Composition" by Heinrich Taube, and realized I should have done that a long time ago!
Jan
Special issue of CMJ DVD on livecoding
The latest issue of the Computer Music Journal is now available, and it includes a DVD full of livecoding performances and demonstrations.
2011
Dec
Article: Thought and Performance, Live Coding Music, Explained to Anyone
I bookmarked this article on createdigitalmusic.com a while ago (it's from July 2010) and ran into it again today.
Dec
Using Impromptu to visualize RSS feeds
Some time ago, I was experimenting with the processing and display of RSS feeds within Impromptu, and as a result, I built a small app that retrieves the news feed from The Guardian online and displays it on a canvas.
Oct
Article: Algorithmic Composition: Computational Thinking in Music
An article by Michael Edwards on algorithmic composition was published last month in the Communications of the ACM journal.
Jul
Workshop on Live Coding @ RMLL-11
I just got back from Strasbourg, France, where I gave a talk about my experience with live coding and Impromptu at the Cultures et Arts Libres Workshop, part of the 2011 Libre Software Meeting.
Jun
I just came across this interesting article by Brian Eno.
Jun
I hadn't realized that Chrome has a whole bunch of invisible experimental settings that you can turn on just by going to "about:flags".
May
The new Livecoding Error Hook in Impromptu
Impromptu 2.5 has been out for a while now, but I never realized it contained this handy new feature: an 'error hook'.
Apr
Sound Reasoning: an open educational resource
I came across this resource by chance—it's a complete tutorial on musical analysis by Anthony Brandt and Robert McClure.
Mar
An alternative to the 'play' macro: 'iplay' and 'with-instrument'
The other day I was thinking: when I use the play macro in Impromptu (video tutorial), in my head it's already obvious which virtual instrument I want to play.
Feb
'Show us your screens': new Live Coding documentary
A nice documentary about live coding practice by Louis McCallum and Davy Smith.
Feb
What is the reaper time in Impromptu?
I came across this information while reading the Kontakt 4 documentation, and I thought it was useful to pass along.
Jan
Opening a Finder window from Impromptu (or how to use the AppleScript bridge)
Imagine you have a bunch of audio samples you want to load up while live coding with Impromptu, but you can't remember exactly their names.
Jan
Live-processing is a Processing clone with live coding capabilities.
2010
Dec
"Turborobot" is a happy, high-energy electronica piece with a distinct electro-disco vibe that throws back to the 80s.
Dec
Event: Livecoding Xmas event @ Goldsmith College, London
Recording from Thursday Club Xmas party at Goldsmiths college, London.
Dec
JMusic: music composition in Java
jMusic is a project designed to provide composers and software developers with a library of compositional and audio processing tools.
Nov
Last week I discovered the work of Ryoji Ikeda [official site] and soon got hooked up by it.
Nov
If you're coming from Lisp, and then start using Scheme (or the other way around) there are a few small differences between the two languages that it's useful to always keep in mind.
Oct
A video that may convince you that LISPers are a bit crazy
LISPers are a definitely a rather eccentric developers' community.
Oct
Good news for livecoders: a new version of Impromptu is available (direct link to the 2.5 dmg package).
Sep
Musorg : tons of classical music for free
I found out about this via o'reilly radar's blog..
Sep
Little brilliant music player: Pico Play
The purpose of Pico Play is very simple: don't get in the way.
Aug
Jul
A spiced up version of the original space invaders from Taito.
Jun
ReBirth faithfully emulates dance music's three backbone devices: The Roland TB-303 Bass synth and the Roland TR-808 and 909 drum machines.
Mar
Algorithms are Thoughts, Chainsaws are Tools
A short movie about livecoding, Andrew Sorensen (creator of Impromptu), TOPLAP and other related stuff.
Feb
Nanoloop is a mobile music software that provides all functionality you need to create nice electronic music.
Feb
Impromptu: access the Wiki docs from the editor
When you're Impromptu-ing but don't know the meaning or syntax of a function, the usual thing to do is calling (help function-name) to get some help about that function, or (help function-name #t) if you want to see also the examples associated with it.
Feb
Event: livecoding session @ Anatomy Theatre, King's College, London
"Untitled 12" is an electronic music experiment performed via livecoding at the Anatomy Theatre, King's College, London.
Jan
Yesterday I finalized a song from last year..
Jan
A new experiment, "Xanadu". Requires patience as the complex song base builds before revealing its most interesting and evolving sonic layers.
2009
Dec
Lots of patches available for Zebra you won't risk getting bored during these holidays!
Nov
Livecoding: Kali (an experiment with Impromptu)
An ambient musical experiment created with Impromptu, designed to transport the listener to Kali, a serene Japanese musical garden.
Nov
Graphics over code in Impromptu
Andrew Sorensen posted some code in the Impromptu mailing list showing how to add graphics (and various other things) on top of a code 'image'.
Oct
Hey there - this morning I checked out a nice screencast by Ben Swift and was struck by the if-mod construct he's using.
Oct
LilyPond: music notation for everyone
LilyPond is a free piece of software for generating nice musical sheets from specifications written on a text file.
Oct
Impromptu & Zebra: a perfect match!
I've been having so much fun using Impromptu with the Zebra audiounit lately (I just got the demo version for now).
Oct
Event: Livecoding at the Shunt, London & a few lessons learned
Initially conceived as 'Voices Slowly Talk To Me,' this piece quickly took on a life of its own, demonstrating the unpredictable nature of livecoding.
Jun
Algorithmic music: first steps
I finally managed to find time to play more seriously with the fantastic impromptu - here's a first screencast, it doesn't sound that good but it made my day!
Jun
Visualizing Bach, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, organ
A classical piece from Bach, delivered in a rather unusual way.
May
The IBM Glass Engine enables deep navigation of the music of Philip Glass.
Apr
Augmented reality with MIT's \"Sixth Sense\" game-changing wearable tech
link to the full video here
Jan
Guitar Rig 3 Demo - Audio Line-In glitch fixed!!
The other day I decided to have a go with the already-famous Guitar Rig 3 (a music production software for guitarists, including amplifiers, effects etc etc).
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