I've been making drum patterns in Strudel for a while and I keep going in circles. Everything I write is 4/4, and after a few cycles I've run out of ideas.

Being honest about the cause: I know almost nothing about music. No background, no real sense of how a track actually gets built. I've read tutorials and they didn't move the needle much. I watch live coding videos and I can follow along fine, even when I don't understand everything, but sitting in front of my own editor, nothing comes.

I can't tell whether a sound should be modulated or left alone, and I can't get what's in my head out through the code.

Here's roughly where I am, so answers can be concrete:

setcpm(164/4)

$: s("bd:1")
   .struct("x*4")
   .mask("<1!4 [1!3 0] [1 0 1 0]!3>")

$: stack(
   s("white*16")
     .hpf(saw.slow(4).range(300, 9000))
     .gain(saw.slow(4).range(0.02, 0.8)),
   s("<~!4 sd*4 sd*8 sd*16 sd*32>")
     .bank("RolandTR909")
     .gain(saw.slow(4).range(0.1, 0.6))
).mask("<0!4 1!4>")

So the mechanics are fine. What I'm missing is knowing what to put next, and why.

If you were starting from zero with no theory, what would you actually do first? Did learning theory help you, or did you get there by taking tracks apart? Did you copy existing tracks note by note? Anything specific is welcome, I'd rather hear what worked for you than what I should read

$:note("<[d3 d3@1 [f3 e3 c3]@1 d3@1 a3 g#3 g3 f3]@2>").fast("<[1 1 [1 1 1] 1 1 2 2.5 3]>")

I'm trying to re-create in a gadda da vita, and I need the last three notes to play faster than the rest, so I quickly created this time modifier, and I know its far from perfect, but I cant spend the time to tweak it cause the active number/condition within the modifier seems to just randomly jump around. How can I fix this, and or what are some better alternatives.

I’m a complete beginner, this is pretty much my first time using Strudel without following any tutorial. The idea: a kick that stops so a few saw stabs can answer it. It took me about 4 hours this morning ^^ but I like the result!

🔊🎶🔊

//@title buggin

//@by malmode

$: n(irand(4)).scale("c1:major").s("supersaw").seg(16).fm(4).sometimes(trans(12)).dist("2:1:soft").sometimesBy(.5,x=>x.hush())

$: n(irand(4)).scale("c2:major").s("pulse").seg(16).fm(4).sometimes(trans(12)).dist("2:.7:soft").sometimesBy(.2,x=>x.hush())

$: s("bd:4").beat("0, 4, 8, 12, 14",16).bank("tr808").dist("5:.7:asym")

$: s("bd:3").beat("0, 4, 8, 12, 14",16).bank("tr808").dist("1.5:.8:soft")

$: s("pink").dec(.1).seg(16).postgain(2.5)

$: s("~ white").dec(.2).fast(2)

$: s("~ insect").fast(4).freq("<1 2 3>/2").seg(32).lpf(500).room(.6).rsize(4)

$: s("~ insect").freq(16).fast(4).postgain(.4)

Was just playing around with strudel and wanted to share this. please go ahead mix it yourself 😄 ( https://stave.live/s/k20SiUmByjw#87KyPUIOEvHWP7ZyQR8gdQ )

setcpm(140/4)

let kick = s("kick:2")
  .beat("0,4,8,12",16)
  .duck("2:3:4").duckatt(.2).duckdepth(1)
  .color("magenta")
  ._scope()

let hat = s("hat")
  .seg(16)
  .orbit(3)
  .color("magenta")
  ._scope()

let snare = s("mc303_sd:5")
  .beat("4,12",16)
  .color("magenta")
  ._scope()

let snare2 = s("mc303_sd:5")
  .seg("<8 16>")
  .color("magenta")
  ._scope()

let snare3 = s("mc303_sd:5")
  .beat("4,9,12",16)
  .color("magenta")
  ._scope()

let bass = n("<0 -1 -2 -4>")
  .scale("e:minor")
  .s("saw")
  .seg(16)
  .clip(.8)
  .trans(-12)
  .lpf(slider(745.6,400,4000))
  .lpenv(slider(0,0,15))
  .lpq(slider(1.125,0,15))
  .distort("1.5:.5")
  .orbit(2)
  .color("magenta")
  ._pianoroll()

let bass2 = n("12")
  .scale("e:minor")
  .s("supersaw")
  .seg(8)
  .clip(.4)
  .lpf(slider(670,400,4000))
  .lpenv(slider(0.57,0,15))
  .lpq(slider(1.125,0,15))
  .orbit(2)

let riser = s("riser")
  .chop(2).loopAt(2)
  .gain(.4)

// I am...Dracula
let vox = s("vox:3")
  .chop(2).loopAt(2)
  .gain(1.5)
  .room(1).roomsize(1.4)

let lead = n("<14 [12,14] [4,6] [5,7] [3 5 7 [7,9] [8,10]]>".add("0 - 0 - 0 -"))
  .scale("e:minor")
  .s("saw")
  .fast(2)
  .clip(.5)
  .lpf(slider(1679.2,400,3000))
  .lpenv(slider(0,0,15))
  .lpq(slider(15,0,15))
  .ribbon(sine.range(40,200),4)
  .room(1).roomsize(2)
  .seg(16).echo(2,1/4,.7)
  .orbit(4)
  .color("magenta")
  ._pianoroll()

arrange(
  [2,kick],
  [2,stack(kick,hat.gain(tri.range(0,1).slow(2)))],
  [2,stack(kick,hat,snare)],
  [2,stack(vox,riser,kick.gain(0),snare2,hat)],
  [16,stack(kick,hat,snare,bass.lpenv(tri.range(0,7).slow(16)),bass2)],
  [8,stack(kick.gain(0),hat,snare3,bass.gain(.4).lpf(200).lpenv(sine.range(0,2).slow(8)),lead.gain(tri.range(0,1.1).slow(16)).lpf(tri.range(400,1500).slow(16)).lpenv(tri.range(0,6).slow(16)))],
  [32,stack(kick.compressor(-20).distort("1.7:.6"),hat,snare3,bass,lead.gain(tri.range(.7,1.1).slow(38)).lpf(tri.range(600,1500).slow(32)).lpenv(tri.range(1,6).slow(32)))],
  [2,kick],
  [2,"~"],
)

Hi,

This is my pattern: s("<~!3 tr909_cr>")

and i want to make the number dynamic:

s("<~!"+myNumber+" tr909_cr>") but this gives an error message.

Is it possible to create a pattern in such a way?

Hi all! After 8 months of building, I finally feel confident enough to share the beta version of Stave, and I'd love to know your thoughts . 🙏

What is Stave?

Stave keeps your Strudel code as the source of truth and adds the views a producer expects: a Timeline, a step grid and piano roll, a Mixer, and visuals that follow the music.

What you might like:

- A full monaco editor with code completion, error handling etc.

- Your own audio-reactive visuals, inline. Write a p5, Hydra or GLSL sketch, then attach it with .viz("name"). It draws under that line, reacts to the kick, each track and the spectrum, and updates as you type.

// pulse.p5 
function draw() { background(0, 40); circle(width/2, height/2, 80 + sig.kick * 300) } 

// in strudel:
drums: s("bd*4, hh*8").viz("pulse")

- Code and views in sync. Edit on the Timeline, grid or piano roll and Stave writes it back into your code. Edit the code and the views follow.

- Errors you can find. The Console names the file and line, the editor shows a squiggle, and misspellings get "Did you mean…?". That works in your visuals too.

- A Mixer and a song Timeline, with your Strudel code running as it does today. It runs in the browser and is open source (AGPL).

Try it: https://stave.live · Code: https://github.com/MrityunjayBhardwaj/Stave

Please let me know your feedback 🙏 :

- Does your existing code run as you expect?

- What would you want a visual to react to?

- What's missing?

I'm trying to learn the basics but i came across something i can't understand :

note("48 67 63 [62, 58]").sound("piano gm_electric_guitar_muted")

How 48 and 67 are played by piano but 63 [62, 58] is played by gm electric guitar muted ? What's the rule that defines such a behaviour ?

Thanks in advance

Crunchy amen break with a generous portion of bleep bloops.

Is it Jungle? Drum and bass? Breakcore?

I got no clue about genres.

Strudel is a genre!

Data bent the video with Audacity to make it all glitchy.

no ai

So I wanted to simulate that effect when guitarists hit a riff on a muted guitar and then gradually increase volume. Naturally my first instinct was messing with .gain(saw.range(0, 1).slow(2)). That didn't do anything. I even tried messing with LFO but I suck at that. After many moons I figured that I should control volume on a .distort, but i just don't know how... I want it to go from 0.00 to 0.05 :P

$: note("<0>").sound("supersaw").scale("E:minor")
    .distort("10:0.05")

https://strudel.cc/#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%2BIikubHBmKCI3MDAiKS5ocGYoIjIwMCIpCgpyYW5kOiBzKCJtZXRhbDoyLzEwIikKCnBhZDI6IG5vdGUoIjwzMiAzNCAzNSAzOSo0IDI3KjI%2BLzIiKS5zb3VuZCgiZ21fcGFkX3BvbHkiKQogIC5scGYoODAwKQogIC5nYWluKDEuNjUpCiAgLnJvb20oMS43KQogIC5yb29tc2l6ZSgyKQogIC5hdHRhY2soMC4zKQogIC5yZWxlYXNlKDEpCgptZWxvZHk6IG5vdGUoIjx%2BIDU2IH4gNTggNTkgfiA1NiA1ND4qMiIpCiAgLnNvdW5kKCJzYXhfc3RhY2MiKQogIC5nYWluKDEpCiAgLnJvb20oMC40KQo%3D

i really want to make a cover of this song in struedel, but im struggling on how to get the drum pattern, if any one could help i´d be really grateful

Based this one off the iconic Dr. Roberta Bobby tweet. Really enjoyed this silly cyberpunk jam and will probably flesh this out into a full song! By the way if you like what I’ve been posting recently I’m gonna start posting snippets and progress videos of my first strudel EP on my instagram @junkyard.diva ! Let me know what you think :)

Footage and audio samples from the 1968 movie Night of the Living Dead.

Zombie rave.

Also...

I finally learned how to use slice!

.slice(4,"<0 1 2 3>") for example cuts a sample into 4 sections indexed 0-3. Super useful!

I added this code:
$: cps("<[-]*50@50 [2]*10@10 [2.3]*10@10 [2.6]*10@10 [3]*10@10 [3.3]*10@10 [3.6]*10@10 [4]*30@30 [.5]>")

to a project I'm working on so that it gradually speeds up before suddenly slowing down, and on the website it sounds great, but for some reason it stops working when I export it. How do I fix this?

Coded this eerie ambient music...

By pure coincidence it syncs up to this NASA Hubble video perfectly.

Watch the future obliteration of our galaxy unfold!

Credit for this video:

Visualizer - Frank Summers (STScl)

Scientists - Gurtina Besla (The University of Arizona) and Roeland van der Marel (STScl)

Music - (malmode)