Techno from the command line
Submitted by SynthGear on May 29, 2009 – 11:53 pm 3 Comments
Haskell is a 20-year old advanced, open-source purely functional programming language. It’s designed to allow rapid development of robust and concise software.
Why is this interesting? Well Alex McLean has hacked Haskell enough to create a techno programming language. Commands for sounds, rhythms and rests are programmed from the command line, and the software plays a techno-based loop based on the input.
It sort of reminds me of tracker software, but a little more cut down, and somehow much more cool. I actually like the groove that the music gets into.
Enjoy:
Some one PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put this in the hands or Mr Richie Hawtin!!
awesome video, i love it! thanks for sharing, i’m gonna pass this around.
Thanks dear for such groovy music. being a music freak I would love to explore such areas. And that too in rapid development in such robust software makes you go crazy. Music manias would love to be a part of this. keep rocking !