TX Modular audio engine (OS X)

TX Modular is a standalone audio engine, written in SuperCollider (not required) for OS X, that facilitates building fully interactive (generative, improvisatory, etc...) audio systems. The system includes some of the basic modules that you might find in synths and samplers, such as: sample & loop players, envelope generators, filters, and step sequencers, etc. (See List of All Modules for more details). You can choose which modules to use, as well as samples and loops, and build these into a "system" which can then be saved. Audio and modulation signals can be sent around the system allowing for all kinds of ways to link and control modules.

The TX Modular system is free software released under the GNU General Public License (version 2).

Demonstration of eyeSequencer

This video demonstration by Patrick in Karlsruhe of eyeSequencer is based on the imagery of people's eyes used as a generative source. The video analysis is done in Processing and Open Sound Control (OSC) messages are generated and sent to SuperCollider and Ableton Live.

YouTube SuperCollider Overview

A one minute overview of using SuperCollider posted on YouTube. The YouTube page is here.

Today's SuperCollider Links

I continue to be a fan of the open source computer music language SuperCollider which can produce some amazing sounds. I confess to being somewhat of a preset tweaker myself, though many neurons ago, I did spend a lot of time trying to create my own instrument patches in SC as well as CSound. I still seek out SC documentation and examples on the web. Here are a few from the latest round-up:

• Tour of the Unit Generators
• Nick Collins' course on Computational Music 1 and Computational Music 2
• Guide to downloading and installing the latest SC 3 Build in OS X
• The original but deprecated audiosynth page from SC 2
• The Sourceforge Page with links and resources to the eList, Wiki, nightly builds

Synaesthesia and SuperCollider

Here's a SuperCollider-oriented blog that contains some good stuff:

Synaesthesia and the Affect of Programming in SuperCollider
Forming a relationship with [SuperCollider] code in order to realise the body as an immersive environment.

Cymbal Synthesis with SuperCollider

Researcher Dan Stowell has an interesting walk through of cymbal synthesis with SuperCollider that starts with a spectrogram of a real cymbal crash and goes step by step through synthesizing something similar.

ScGraph: 3D Graphics Server for SuperCollider

Here's a quick blog post from Florian Paul Schmidt about ScGraph, his 3D graphics server for SuperCollider. Looks very interesting.

SuperCollider lecture notes on MutantSounds.com

In addition to his SuperCollider lecture notes based on a course he teaches at Queen's University, Jason Dixon's MutantSounds.com web site has a nice variety of interesting tidbits and resources.

SuperCollider Quarks

SuperCollider Quarks are extensions for the SuperCollider programming language, distributed using the Quarks package-manager built into SuperCollider. To install any of these quarks, execute Quarks.install("thequarkname") in SuperCollider, or Quarks.gui for a graphical installer.

IXI tutorials for SuperCollider and PureData

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These IXI tutorials cover basic SuperCollider, PureData, using Python and a hacked DIY gamepad sensor interface.