Interesting how his command line glows and shows CRT-like distortions. Is that actually how it looks, or is that post-processing applied to the video?
I think it's a little of column A and a little of column B.
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#12Interesting how his command line glows and shows CRT-like distortions. Is that actually how it looks, or is that post-processing applied to the video?
If on OSX, you may be interested in this:
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#13It was amazing to watch him write the flawless LISP code. The project itself is interesting, but very niche.
For the purpose of the video, it was probably transcribed from existing code.
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#14Interesting how his command line glows and shows CRT-like distortions. Is that actually how it looks, or is that post-processing applied to the video?
I'm guessing he had emacs open in a "Cathode":http://www.secretgeometry.com/apps/cathode/ session. The extra warping at the end of the video can be achieved by fiddling with the "distress" parameters in Cathode's preferences.
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#15I'm so glad that somebody built a better front-end for SuperCollider. It's badly in need of a better guide and tutorial for new users, and this seems like an excellent way to go about it.
Is SuperCollider really that complicated? I've seen some incredible things built with it by musicians who have learnt to code specifically for it.
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#16Overtone looks fantastic, and I've been meaning to really look into it for a while now. It seems to be an active project with a lot of momentum. I was writing something similar in Clojure, but more directly musically focused rather than on sound synths, before I found overtone. I tried installing it once a while ago, but had trouble getting SuperCollider to install and work with overtone. Are there any overtone-relat…
Hey mcav, you should definitely head over to the Overtone mailing list on google groups: http://groups.google.com/group/overtone. We should be able to sort out your SC install Overtone troubles easily :-)
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#17Sounds (and looks) interesting.
BTW After watching it I've finally submitted my first Ask HN:
What are your music prototyping solutions?
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#18It was amazing to watch him write the flawless LISP code. The project itself is interesting, but very niche.
For the purpose of the video, it was probably transcribed from existing code.
I practiced writing that code for about a day before I could write it flawlessly in one take. I guess, in a similar fashion to how a musician will practice using an instrument before going on stage.
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#19This is what Hollywood thinks most coding is like in the world. One shot, no bugs and pure creation. All in a highly customized and beautifully responsive editing environment. Seriously though, thanks for posting this. I think music coders deserve special attention because they mix creativity and logic together so well.
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I'd be happy to get some code review feedback for the Overtone codebase: http://github.com/overtone/overtone
Pull requests would be even nicer...
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#20Interesting how his command line glows and shows CRT-like distortions. Is that actually how it looks, or is that post-processing applied to the video?
Sadly it's just post-processign FX. However, a terminal that looked like that would be totally badass.