"actively under development"! Music (sorry) to my ears! The Lisp and ADD genes must overlap seriously. I started one of the videos. Really nice live coding.
I'll make sure our code camp grad school uses CL. Thx! -hk On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 8:11 PM Andy Peterson <andy.ar...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://github.com/byulparan/cl-collider > "A SuperCollider <http://supercollider.github.io/> client for CommonLisp > <https://www.common-lisp.net/>" > > Never tried this but I've been following it for a few years and it is > actively under development. > > Andy > > On Mon, 6 Jul 2020 at 13:57, Ken Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the seconding motion! But part of the plan is high >> accessibility, and low cost. I just noticed the pricing on OpusModus, bit >> of a showstopper there. >> >> We would use Clojure Overtone https://overtone.github.io/ but that sits >> atop Supercollider, not sure if that would make installation a PITA. >> Ideally we would have sth built atop Web Audio, but then we really are >> super low-level. I think! Have to look into that. >> >> We *would* want to hook the students with solid music before taking them >> down to the basics, so existing effects etc would be great to have, but >> again, this is about coding in general, not music generation. That is just >> the hook. >> >> Thx again! If some campers get more turned on by music than coding that >> will be a great next step. >> >> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 1:43 PM d...@refined-audiometrics.com < >> d...@refined-audiometrics.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Yes, I was also going to suggest OpusModus. I see little purpose in >>> reinventing any portion of what they have done. >>> >>> I have been a user for about 2 years now. It seems to be the defacto >>> replacement for an earlier product done in Lispworks, from Italy, called >>> Symbolic Composer. OpusModus is very good, and getting better every day. >>> They just implemented live MIDI recording in the latest version. >>> >>> - David McClain >>> Refined Audiometrics Laboratory, LLC >>> Tucson, AZ, USA >>> refined-audiometrics.com >>> >>> >>> On Jul 6, 2020, at 8:11 AM, Ken Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sounds great, I will keep it in mind if we loosen the web/mobile-native >>> constraint. Or maybe as a direction for campers who take off -- no need >>> then to fret over platform, power will matter. >>> >>> Thx! >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 10:54 AM Stonewall Ballard <sto...@sb.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Ken, >>>> >>>> Are you familiar with Opusmodus? >>>> <http://opusmodus.com> >>>> >>>> It’s written in Clozure ccl, and besides providing an incredible array >>>> of music manipulation functions and structures, it’s got a beautiful window >>>> system. Mac only. >>>> >>>> Your idea of using music as a hook to learn Lisp sounds plausible. Good >>>> Luck! >>>> >>>> - Stoney >>>> ———— >>>> Stonewall Ballard sto...@sb.org http://stoney.sb.org >>>> >>>> On Monday, July 6 at 8:15:31 AM, Ken Tilton (kentil...@gmail.com) >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> So I got to thinking about creating an approachable pathway to IT >>>> careers for anyone really, but in the spirit of today one focused on >>>> creating career opportunities for African Americans. >>>> >>>> The idea would be a code camp developed around algorithmic generation >>>> of music. I know nothing about music theory, except that there is prolly >>>> enough there to introduce most if not all fundamental programming concepts. >>>> >>>> For those campers that accidentally get hooked on programming itself, >>>> which is how many of us ended up in IT careers, away they go! >>>> >>>> The idea is to: >>>> >>>> - use music as the hook; >>>> - defer as long as possible the annoying things about programming >>>> (I am looking at you, node.js); >>>> - part of that ^^^ will be using a powerful language with the >>>> parentheses in the right place, prolly ClojureScript since that could >>>> run >>>> where JS runs; >>>> - keep programming as the focus, as tempting as the music will be. >>>> Sonic Pi comes with all sorts of built-in sound capabilities, but we >>>> want >>>> to *develop* those in the code camp; >>>> - tailor the program to specific musical genres, to maximize the >>>> musical hook. >>>> >>>> I am dropping this here since I know many Common Lispers have a strong >>>> musical bent. My questions are: >>>> >>>> - Could we use CL instead? I do think this almost has to be a web >>>> app, perhaps even mobile. Hmmm, we *could* CL-ify CLJS with >>>> sufficent clever macrology. >>>> - What do you think? Can a solid programming fundamentals course be >>>> expressed in music theory? Hint: HTTP is not a programming fundamental. >>>> - If there is any interest, what would be a good place for an >>>> ongoing discussion? Google groups? >>>> >>>> Ideas, comments, suggestions all welcome. >>>> >>>> -hk >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kenneth Tilton >>> http://tiltontec.com/ >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Kenneth Tilton >> http://tiltontec.com/ >> > -- Kenneth Tilton http://tiltontec.com/