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Theme music for ReadMe podcast

Source code for the music created for the ReadMe podcast.

You can listen to the final intro music on SoundCloud.

See the live coding jam using this code: YouTube link

All of the music is composed using TidalCycles, and you can get it running on your computer.

You can follow the steps below if you want to get started playing these tracks with TidalCycles!

Getting started

  • Follow instructions to install TidalCycles on your machine: instructions. This may take some time
  • Open SuperCollider, and run SuperDirt.start
  • Open Atom, and choose one of the .tidal files to play

Files:

  • github_readme_theme_music.tidal: the tidalcycles code used to create the main intro music without sending MIDI, and sounds are synthesized or sampled with SuperDirt
  • github_readme_theme_music_midi.tidal: the tidalcycles code used to create the final music, by sending MIDI signals to a DAW or synthesizer.
  • transition.tidal: the tidalcycles file with the transition music – contains both MIDI and SuperDirt versions
  • server.scd: my SuperCollider server code used for the project

Notes:

  • MIDI settings in my server.scd file is set up for MacOSX, using an IAC MIDI driver. Setup looks different for Windows or Linux
  • It can be complicated to set up, feel free to reach out to ask any questions! my website