cl-collider
A SuperCollider client for CommonLisp.
It is an experimental project, so changes to the API are possible.
Videos:
- tempo-clock on cl-collider
- cl-collider on Windows10
- Tutorial - Due to API changes, this video is deprecated. A new tutorial video is coming soon.
- Live Coding Demo 1
- Live Coding Demo 2
Dependencies:
- SuperCollider
- Quicklisp
- ClozureCL or SBCL or ECL
- Jack - Only on GNU/Linux and BSD distributions.
- net-tools - On Windows, scsynth should bind to a port before sending a message to CL.
Contrib:
If you have your own additional libraries, please report me. I will add here.
- sc-extensions - extension library
- cl-patterns - patterns/sequencing library
- bdef - file/buffer management/convenience library
- sc-vst - VSTPlugin support library
Usage:
- package:
sc
,sc-user
(use this package) - named-readtable:
sc
(ql:quickload :cl-collider)
(in-package :sc-user)
(named-readtables:in-readtable :sc)
;; please check *sc-synth-program*, *sc-plugin-paths*, *sc-synthdefs-path*
;; if you have different path then set to
;;
;; (setf *sc-synth-program* "/path/to/scsynth")
;; (setf *sc-plugin-paths* (list "/path/to/plugin_path" "/path/to/extension_plugin_path"))
;; (setf *sc-synthdefs-path* "/path/to/synthdefs_path")
;; `*s*` defines the server for the entire session
;; functions may use it internally.
(setf *s* (make-external-server "localhost" :port 48800))
(server-boot *s*)
;; in Linux, maybe you need to call this function
#+linux
(jack-connect)
;; Hack music
(defvar *synth*)
(setf *synth* (play (sin-osc.ar [320 321] 0 .2)))
;; Stop music
(free *synth*)
;; Quit SuperCollider server
(server-quit *s*)
Create SynthDef
(defsynth sine-wave ((note 60))
(let* ((freq (midicps note))
(sig (sin-osc.ar [freq (+ freq 2)] 0 .2)))
(out.ar 0 sig)))
(setf *synth* (synth 'sine-wave))
(ctrl *synth* :note 72)
(free *synth*)
Create Proxy
(proxy :sinesynth
(sin-osc.ar [440 441] 0 .2))
(proxy :sinesynth
(with-controls ((lfo-speed 4))
(sin-osc.ar (* [440 441] (range (lf-pulse.ar [lfo-speed (+ lfo-speed .2)]) 0 1)) 0 .2))
:fade 8.0)
(ctrl :sinesynth :lfo-speed 8)
(ctrl :sinesynth :gate 0)
Create Musical Sequence
(defsynth saw-synth ((note 60) (dur 4.0))
(let* ((env (env-gen.kr (env [0 .2 0] [(* dur .2) (* dur .8)]) :act :free))
(freq (midicps note))
(sig (lpf.ar (saw.ar freq env) (* freq 2))))
(out.ar 0 [sig sig])))
(defun make-melody (time n &optional (offset 0))
(when (> n 0)
(at time (synth 'saw-synth :note (+ offset (alexandria:random-elt '(62 65 69 72)))))
(let ((next-time (+ time (alexandria:random-elt '(0 1 2 1.5)))))
(callback next-time #'make-melody next-time (- n 1) offset))))
(make-melody (quant 4) 16)
(make-melody (+ 4 (quant 4)) 16 12)
Non-real-time Rendering to File
(setf *synth-definition-mode* :load)
;; Redefine the saw-synth ugen
;; The SynthDef file will be written to the *sc-synthdefs-path*
(defsynth saw-synth ((note 60) (dur 4.0))
(let* ((env (env-gen.kr (env [0 .2 0] [(* dur .2) (* dur .8)]) :act :free))
(freq (midicps note))
(sig (lpf.ar (saw.ar freq env) (* freq 2))))
(out.ar 0 [sig sig])))
;; We can use a similar function to make a melody, but we don't need to schedule the callbacks
(defun make-melody (time n &optional (offset 0))
(when (> n 0)
(at time (synth 'saw-synth :note (+ offset (alexandria:random-elt '(62 65 69 72)))))
(let ((next-time (+ time (alexandria:random-elt '(0 1 2 1.5)))))
(make-melody next-time (- n 1) offset))))
;; Render audio file
(with-rendering ("~/Desktop/foo.aiff" :pad 60)
(make-melody 0.0d0 32)
(make-melody 8.0d0 32 12)
(make-melody 16.0d0 32 24))
Record Audio Output
;;; write a single channel to disk
;; we can write to buffer number out_buf_num by reading in from the 0 bus
(defsynth disk_writer ((out_buf_num 99))
(disk-out.ar out_buf_num (in.ar 0)))
(setf mybuffer (buffer-alloc (expt 2 17)))
mybuffer
;; start a disk_writer synth
(setf writer_0 (synth 'disk_writer))
;; make it output to buffer you allocated
(ctrl writer_0 :out_buf_num (bufnum mybuffer))
;; continuously write the buffer contents to a file
(buffer-write mybuffer "/tmp/foo.aiff" :leave-open-p t)
;; now play whatever sounds you like
;; e.g.
(proxy :blah (sin-osc.ar 440))
(free :blah)
;; then when you are done
;; stop the disk_writer synth
(free writer_0)
;; close and free the buffer
(buffer-close mybuffer)
(buffer-free mybuffer)
;; then you can play what you recorded with a utility like mpv:
;; mpv /tmp/foo.aiff