strudel

An experiment in making a Tidal using web technologies. This is unstable software, please tread carefully.

• Try it here: https://strudel.tidalcycles.org/
• Tutorial: https://strudel.tidalcycles.org/tutorial/
• Technical Blog Post: https://loophole-letters.vercel.app/strudel

Running Locally

After cloning the project, you can run the REPL locally:

npm run setup
npm run repl

Using Strudel In Your Project

There are multiple npm packages you can use to use strudel, or only parts of it, in your project:

• core: tidal pattern engine
• mini: mini notation parser + core binding
• eval: user code evaluator. syntax sugar + highlighting
• tone: bindings for Tone.js instruments and effects
• osc: bindings to communicate via OSC
• midi: webmidi bindings
• tonal: tonal functions
• xen: microtonal / xenharmonic functions

Click on the package names to find out more about each one.

Contributing

There are many ways to contribute to this project! See contribution guide.

Community

There is a #strudel channel on the TidalCycles discord: https://discord.com/invite/HGEdXmRkzT

You can also ask questions and find related discussions on the tidal club forum: https://club.tidalcycles.org/

The discord and forum is shared with the haskell (tidal) and python (vortex) siblings of this project.