A language for composing mictoronal music built in Rust. You might find this language useful if you want to make cool sounds and impress your friends/pets/plants.
This language is designed to be easy to use, and you don't need any prior knowledge of microtonal music or computer programming. However, experience in either area will certainly be helpful.
The WereSoCool CLI is availble on macOS, Linux and Windows. You can also explore the language in a Firefox or Chrome browser on a desktop computer in the WereSoCool Playground. Live coding in the browser currently only works on desktop in a Firefox or Chrome browser.
If you want to learn how to make cool sounds using WereSoCool, you'll find cool documentation in English, Portuguêse, and Español at weresocool.org.
I recommend following the tutorials in order and writing your own composition after completing each one. Additional documentation is currently being worked on, as well as a record featuring a great band, so stay tuned.
On mobile, you can still view the tutorials, but you won't be able to hear anything.
brew tap xasopheno/weresocool && brew install weresocool
Available on the AUR here.
WereSoCool can be installed on macos, linux, and windows via cargo. You'll also need to install the "Necessary Dependencies".
Install cargo by installing Rustup.
cargo install weresocool
Macos:
brew install lame libvorbis
Arch Linux (ALSA):
sudo pacman -S lame vorbis-tools
Ubuntu (ALSA):
sudo apt-get install lame vorbis-tools
Raspberry Pi OS:
sudo apt-get install libmp3lame-dev libasound2-dev
This software runs on Windows, but in a slightly limited capacity. On Windows, this software is compiled without mp3 and oggvorbis support. I mostly work on macos and linux machines, so I feel a bit out of my depths in Windows land. If you'd like to help work on the Windows implementation, please reach out.
You can install WereSoCool from source or via cargo.
You'll need Cargo and Just.
Rust: Cargo is the rust package manager for Rust. Install cargo by installing Rustup.
You can install from this source code by cloning this repo and then running:
You'll also need to install Just - a cool cross-platform command runner.
You can install from this source code by cloning this repo and then running:
just install
Usage: weresocool [COMMAND]
Commands:
new Create a new .socool file from the template
play Render a .socool file.
--watch On file save, the composition will be re-rendered
demo Hear a cool sound
print Print a .socool composition to a file
--output_dir <output_dir>
--wav print a wav file (default)
--mp3 print an mp3
--oggvorbis print an oggvorbis file
--csv print a csv file
--json print a json file
--stems print stems as a zip file
--sound print all sound file types
--all print all file types
help Help of the given subcommand(s)
Rust: Rust is a great language. Install it with Rustup.
Just: Commands are issued via Just.
You'll need also need to install the following packages:
brew install lame libvorbis
sudo pacman -S lame vorbis-tools
sudo apt-get install lame vorbis-tools
sudo apt-get install libmp3lame-dev libasound2-dev
just build
just test
This wouldn't exist in a million years if it wasn't for Antonis Stampoulis' help with language design or the help of friends/programmers like Sönke Hahn, Hao Lian, Catharine M, Matt Handler, Alex David, Lee Pender, Amanda Doucette, Khaled Alquaddoomi, Alex Kestner, everyone else that has sat down to program with me.
Of course, special thanks to Maria for always listening to my new_weird_sounds and programming problems. - Danny
Copyright (C) 2023 - Danny Meyer
This program is free software, licensed under the GPLv3 (see LICENSE).