#Something like soundflower for windows full#
#Something like soundflower for windows trial#
#Something like soundflower for windows windows#

This is where I’d like to spend a little time explaining things, which may be incorrect and incomplete, but the options here were all crucial to getting this working.įirst the s.options stuff are server options for SuperCollider. ~dirt.loadSoundFiles('/Users/digitalohm/samples/*')

#Something like soundflower for windows trial#

Most of it was trial and error and quite a bit of help from the community but it ended options that I moved into my SuperCollider startup file. After quite a few questions (possibly a barrage) in the Lurk groups, I was eventually able to get things routed out from SuperCollider through SoundFlower 64ch and into Ableton. This was important to be me because I have quite a few high quality effects and instruments, so really multi channel audio, MIDI and synchronization are top wants/needs. One of the largest hurdles I’ve come to with SuperCollider is multi channel configuration for processing things in Ableton.

#Something like soundflower for windows full#

It’s a slippery slope to full on insanity and murderous rage when try to get devices to sync perfectly so a little drift here and there is something I just deal with. I’ve tried to do some numbing here and there (see a later screenshot) but really Tidalink has been pretty solid. So far, Tidalink, has provided me a pretty solid sync for using time based effects in Ableton that process sound from SuperCollider and SuperDirt (remember that Tidal does not make any sounds, so SuperDirt through SuperCollider is what generates the sound). You can play around with this, setting cps to 120 or something lower than 0.5 (don’t forget the ‘0.’ if you are using less than 1). Slaving Tempo…Towards the Right hand side… I’ve attached a couple screenshots that show what you should see if things were successful, the second screenshot showing a message in the console “Slaving Tempo.” At that point you can use Tidal to set the cycles per second where a setting of 0.5 is 120 bpm.

Once you’ve built Tidalink and have it running make sure you click into the terminal that it is running in and press the ‘w’ key which will decrease the BPM by 1 then press the ‘e’ key which will increase it back to 120.

#Something like soundflower for windows windows#

I have not been able to get Tidalink to build on Windows (nor has anyone else as far as I know). The instructions are at an old Lurk mailing list page and so far have worked well for me on both MacOS and Linux. I think these links will end up being helpful.įirst, in order to synchronize Ableton as tightly as possible, there exists a Link plugin for Tidal that has worked pretty well for me. Personally I had wanted to see how Tidal and Live Coding in general could co-exist with Ableton live or Bitwig so I began a deep journey into synchronization and multi tracking. After reading through the tutorials the operation of Tidal made much more sense to me.Īt this point you are probably ready to go and for most people this is enough.

This was extremely useful for me, since I’m not very well versed when it comes to Haskell, but I do have experience with other languages. There are quite a few very talented live coding artists as well as some very smart people that can help you get through the errors.įrom there, I would highly recommend checking out Eric Fairbank’s 3 Part Tutorial which can help bridge some gaps between Haskell and Tidal. I would definitely suggest creating a user account and introducing yourself. If it makes a sound, then you WIN! IF not, then now is a good time to mention the live coding community talk site. So far, for all of the things I’ve wanted to do, MacOs has been insanely easier than the others, so that is what I’m sticking with.

Regardless of what you choose, run the following in your editor and make sure you hear a sound. This is a quick and easy way to start up a Linux system that uses SuperCollider and Tidal. Another option that makes things really easy to get going is to use the Docker proved by Eric Fairbank’s and try things out. Linux is a bit of a hit or miss, but I’ve had success following the instructions here. At the time of writing this post the installation instructions are at at the Tidal site and for MacOs and Windows they work well. I wanted to document some of my own findings just for the sake of reenforcing the knowledge internally as well as helping anyone that might find this while searching.įirst things first, the installation is pretty straight forward. Im not entirely sure how I found out about Tidal but since I have it’s been a bit of a journey getting things working and experimentation to fully understand some of the things that are happening. Tidal in a nutshell is a live coding language that allows you to create complex patterns riding on the SuperDirt synth in SuperCollider.