opcodes note: no unary, increment, decrement arthithmetic: + - * / % bitwise: l r & | ^ ~ "<<" is l, ">>" is r all are atoms or binary operators, so recursive compilation to a forth-like? order of ops: ~ * / % + - << >> & ^ | final console interface: #hashtag (exact) -> searches identica for tunes @username (exact) -> parses identica feed for tunes _1234... -> plays track from memory expression -> compiles and plays expression [else] -> searches greedily for a valid expression; if not found, ignores called "bytebeat". related to softsynths, demoscene. other buzzwords: Algostep, googlecore, "shortcode compos", bytetros? original (to me): 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 from http://countercomplex.blogspot.de/2011/10/algorithmic-symphonies-from-one-line-of.html main(t){for(t=0;;t++)putchar(t*(((t>>12)|(t>>8))&(63&(t>>4))));} 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 "Discovering novel computer music techniques by exploring the space of short computer programs" http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.1368 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 similar: http://yaxu.org/haskell-hack/ http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/Mozart/dice/ http://music.columbia.edu/~douglas/strange_things/?p=78