80 pointsby stagasMay 18, 2026

12 Comments

xnxMay 18, 2026
Cool tool. Gets posted a lot. Anything new?
stagasMay 18, 2026
Nothing new, just felt like reposting :)
hmokiguessMay 18, 2026
This is super cool, I really like the inline visualization and controls.

Why is this embedded in this Whop thing? That sounds like something on its own

stagasMay 18, 2026
Thanks! Whop is a funding platform like buymeacoffee but it had crypto as well (well, buymeacoffee also has now).
can16358pMay 18, 2026
It looks cool but I wasn't able to get any audio when I started playing.

iOS 26.4.2, Safari, sound is on.

chr15mMay 18, 2026
> iOS

Speaking from experience, it requires a disproportionate amount of effort to get web audio apps working reliably across different versions of iOS.

GarlefMay 18, 2026
No sound for me
bryzaguyMay 18, 2026
I had the same problem on iPhone. Turning my ringer on solved it.
alex7oMay 18, 2026
Obligatory https://strudel.cc/ mention, same thing bit different, have made music in any of them. But I follow artists that use strudel.
F3nd0May 18, 2026
Is it libre software?
skrebbelMay 18, 2026
yes
F3nd0May 18, 2026
Ah, I overlooked that info, not expecting to see it in the very readily shown ‘welcome’ tab. Looks like it’s copylefted, too. And present on the Fediverse. Very nice!

https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel

xrdMay 19, 2026
Where did you find links to artists using strudel?

My favorite so far is charstiles.

Any others you can point me to? Or communities where I can explore?

prophesiMay 19, 2026
Not an exhaustive list, but the site has a Showcase page[0]. The readme[1] also has a link to their Discord server along with their forum.

[0] https://strudel.cc/intro/showcase/

[1] https://codeberg.org/uzu/strudel

[2] https://club.tidalcycles.org/

shevisMay 18, 2026
Shoutout to Sonic Pi (https://sonic-pi.net/) for still being the best at this.
cgannettMay 18, 2026
I really want to see what would happen if you got a musically talented math teacher to teach a bunch of kids trig, music, and programming with this...
soundworldsMay 18, 2026
https://strudel.cc has been the most intuitive music livecoding experience I've come across. In-line piano rolls and waveform visualizers, highlighting current notes - I love it. I'm currently halfway through making an album entirely in Strudel
xrdMay 19, 2026
Can you share anything so interested parties can follow you? I love strudel as well.
ShadowmistMay 19, 2026
I wanted to embed it on my blog but couldn’t because of the license.
jppopeMay 19, 2026
well done! flipped to 1 4 5 just to see what would happen and it didn't miss a beat (literally and figuratively).
jaynateMay 19, 2026
Simply... amazing
ichbinsoftwareMay 19, 2026
This is awesome, the filters sound excellent and UI is great.
_spduchampMay 19, 2026
I'm just going to mention Pure Data here, because I'm always surprised when people don't know about it. https://puredata.info/

I use it in my art and music practice to interface with hardware like a GameTrak controller, and to control drone motors for bowing/drumming physical things for computer controlled electroacoustic music. I also use it at a university lab for the development of assistive musical instruments for disabled musicians. It is both an extremely useful tool, and an incredibly fun musical playground for the mind.

The Plugdata variant of Puredata is particularly handy. https://plugdata.org/

Plugdata can run as a plugin in your DAW, compile to a standalone plugin, and compile and load sketches onto a Daisy Seed (https://electro-smith.com/products/daisy-seed).