_ _ _ | |__ _ _| |_ ___| |_ _ _ _ __ ___ ___ | '_ \| | | | __/ _ \ __| | | | '_ \ / _ \/ __| | |_) | |_| | || __/ |_| |_| | | | | __/\__ \ |_.__/ \__, |\__\___|\__|\__,_|_| |_|\___||___/ |___/ players for bytebeat music. ./bin/bytetunes.sh is a shell wrapper to compile C tunes (with gcc) and play them back (with aplay) ./bytetunes.py is a python program to parse and play (to stdout/aplay) tunes in "normal" C-syntax ./bytetunes.cpp is an interactive microcontroller program (for libmaple and ARM Cortex-M3 controllers) with PWM audio output that parses and plays tunes in limited S-EXPR syntax ### Example Tunes The original (to me) UNIX one-liner: echo "main(i){for(i=0;;i++)putchar((i*(i>>8|i>>9)&46&i>>8)^(i&i>>13|i>>6));}" | gcc -x c - && ./a.out | aplay My favorite tune (thus far): (t*9&t>>4|t*5&t>>7|t*3&t/1024)-1 ### References projects: http://wurstcaptures.untergrund.net/music/ http://shackspace.de/?p=2509 (The Noiseplug) http://hackaday.com/2011/11/01/annoy-your-sound-guy-even-more/ (Noiseplug HaD) https://github.com/erlehmann/libglitch opcodes: http://paste.ubuntu.com/733764/ HTTP://0Xa.kuri.mu/2011/10/09/bitop-videos/ GlitchMachine: http://www.umlautllama.com/w2/?action=view&page=GlitchMachine listings: http://shackspace.de/wiki/doku.php?id=project:algorithmicsoundscapes http://pelulamu.net/countercomplex/music_formula_collection.txt commentary, other: http://countercomplex.blogspot.de/2011/10/algorithmic-symphonies-from-one-line-of.html http://countercomplex.blogspot.de/2011/10/some-deep-analysis-of-one-line-music.html http://countercomplex.blogspot.de/2011/06/16-byte-frontier-extreme-results-from.html http://canonical.org/~kragen/bytebeat/ http://pouet.net/topic.php?which=8357 http://royal-paw.com/2012/01/bytebeats-in-c-and-python-generative-symphonies-from-extremely-small-programs/ http://www.metafilter.com/111959/Todays-formulaic-music http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1368 "Discovering novel computer music techniques by exploring the space of short computer programs" similar: http://yaxu.org/haskell-hack/ http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/Mozart/dice/ http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/strange_things/?p=78