diff --git a/website/src/content/blog/year-2.mdx b/website/src/content/blog/year-2.mdx index 78773193..3299d4a7 100644 --- a/website/src/content/blog/year-2.mdx +++ b/website/src/content/blog/year-2.mdx @@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ tags: ['meta'] author: froos --- -import { YouTube } from '@astro-community/astro-embed-youtube'; -import LiteYouTubeEmbed from 'react-lite-youtube-embed'; import 'react-lite-youtube-embed/dist/LiteYouTubeEmbed.css'; Strudel is now 2 years old! This was the first commit to the strudel repo: @@ -67,8 +65,8 @@ In my opinion, the reasons why people seem to choose strudel for teaching are: - in-code and behind-code visualizations help learners to understand what the system is doing - the interactive documentation - the simple javascript syntax, which is very similar to [hydra](https://hydra.ojack.xyz) -- tidal's intuitive mini notation + its deep pattern engine is also interesting for the most advanced users -- strudel might also be a "gateway drug" for tidal, which is probably the most used live coding language +- tidal's mini notation for playful expression of rhythms (based on the [Bol Processor](https://bolprocessor.org/)'s polymetric expressions) +- its range of functions for transforming patterns for those getting deeper into exploring strange rhythms ## Performances @@ -130,6 +128,16 @@ stack( `} /> +### Import Sounds + +In the "sounds" tab, you can now press "import sounds" to select sounds from your local disk, allowing you +to use your own samples without the need to upload them! Keep in mind that if you share a pattern that uses local samples that the samples will fail to load on other people's machines.. + +### Community Bakery / Patterns Tab + +You can now share your patterns publicly to the [Community Bakery](/bakery/), via the "Share" button! +The Community Patterns are also listed in the new "patterns", where you can also save your own patterns locally! + ### Quality of Life Improvements You can now change the theme and font of the editor: @@ -253,3 +261,10 @@ Let's end the recap with some naked numbers: - 20 open PRs (+18), 515 closed (+292) - 32 contributors (+17) - 12 releases (+4) + +## Thank you 💗 + +A big thanks to everyone contributing to this project in one way or another, +be it by writing code, fixing typos, asking questions or making sounds! +I am very grateful for how all of this came together and I'm looking forward to year 3! +If you have some spare cash to support the tidal project, we'd be happy if you can [insert some coins here](https://opencollective.com/tidalcycles).