BuboQuark/README.md

BuboQuark: Simple, hassle-free live coding

This repository is a collection of methods and hacks that I found to make live coding easier on SuperCollider. A secondary goal is to make that setup easy to install on other computers. This Quark is not bringing a lot of new features and it twists the language in a way that is highly personal. Internally, it relies a lot on JITLib, Patterns and NodeProxies. It truly feels like a collection of tips and hacks found on the internet.

Gated control-rate modulations

Ever wished to use a control-rate modulation for any of your Pbind parameters? I have added a Pdyn pseudo-class that allows you to do that fairly easily. Take a look at the following example :

(
[
"test2", i: "modulo",
  scale: Scale.minor,
  octave:3,
  // This is the line you need to look at
  ffreq: Pdyn({XLine.ar(5000, 200, c.beatDur * 2)}), 
  deg: "[0 7 0 5]^2.0 [0 3 0 5]^2.0 [~ ~ ~ ~]".p,
].pat.play;
~test2.fx(100, 0.35, {arg in; JPverb.ar(in, size: 10)});
)

Pdyn will wrap a Ndef and repeat it every time for every event. This is fairly hacky but it works rather well!

NodeProxy

The NodeProxy roles are sometimes a bit verbose to my taste. I have tried to make the syntax easier on the eye by creating the fx, wet and infx methods. Here is a demo of how I use it:

(
  // Adding a tiny bit of reverb on slot 10 with a wet of 0.2
  ~test.fx(10, 0.2, {
    arg in; GVerb.ar(in)
  });
)

~test.wet(10, 0.5) // bring the reverb up with the wet method

There is also .fxin and .wet functions, shortcuts for the \filter and \filterIn NodeProxy mechanisms. I have also added some rather shady functions that automatically pick up a slot for a specific fx: fx1, fx2, up to fx9.