Strudel

Today I wrote a song with Strudel, a JavaScript DSL for making music. Here’s my first program, the introduction to the song “Zero” by the Smashing Pumpkins. setcpm(60 / 4); const lead = "59 58 51 51 51 51 51 59@2 58 58 51 51 51 51 51"; $: note(lead).sound("sawtooth").gain(0.5); $: note(lead).transpose(-12).sound('sawtooth').gain(0.5); $: note("~ ~ ~ 82 79 75 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 82 79 75@2 ~") .transpose(12) .sound('sawtooth') .gain(0.5); $: s("bd ~ bd ~, ~ sd ~ sd, oh*4").fast(2).gain(0.6); $: s("<cr ~>").fast(2).gain(0.6); A couple of learnings: you can create an octave with transpose, ~ are rests, and you can make a distorted guitar with a sawtooth wave. ...