Glicol Reviews and Details

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• Sonic Pi v5 Released

  Congratulations on your release, Sam! Are you still considering hardware demos, such as those on Raspberry Pi? If anyone here also wants to try a different syntax, check out http://glicol.org/. - Source: Hacker News / 5 days ago

• Introduction to Computer Music [pdf]

  Note: Nick Collins and Alex McLean created Algorave. The time I spent learning from the Algorave community was crucial to my later work on Glicol (https://glicol.org/). Btw, I have a feeling that if you want to learn about computer music, you can send the PDF to LLM and ask what the chapter is about and how to represent it using csound or supercollider. My experience is that with computer music, you have to keep... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago

• Embassy: Modern embedded framework, using Rust and async

  I'm rewriting glicol (https://glicol.org/) with no std, and embassy-rs + 2350 is my go-to choice. Highly recommand this stack if you're planning to start working with embedded systems in 2026. - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Programming Languages Used for Music

  Relevant to this discussion - my project Glicol (https://glicol.org) addresses this space. Currently working on a no_std rewrite, demo coming next year :). - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Show HN: MTXT – Music Text Format

  Some simple thoughts: I feel that one challenge of programming languages is how to remember these rules, formats, and keywords. Even if you're using familiar formats like YAML or JSON, how do you match keywords? When developing Glicol (http://glicol.org/), I found that if it's based on an audio graph, all node inputs and outputs are all signals, which at least reduces the matching problems. The remaining... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Show HN: I built a synth for my daughter

  Great finish. I was busy designing and soldering the prototype synthesizer during the summer, but I had to put it on hold because my baby was born in September. I had the same problem back then: injection molding is quite expensive to start. But you could consider a more creative approach: using a PCB directly as the panel, such as a TE's Pocket Operator. Alternatively, you could use 3D printing; there are many... - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Show HN: I made a generative online drum machine with ClojureScript

  " when you have more and more interactions on the gui web audio api will become a problem, check out audioworklet. I am developing https://glicol.org/ and it has a js port on https://glicol.js.org/ a typical usecase is drum machine with very high time accuracy. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago

• JavaScript retro sound effects generator

  Love the wav download option I tried to create a tone in Glicol (https://glicol.org/) with some random idea there and it works quite well: ```. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Experimental imperative-style music sequence generator engine

  Renoise is super cool. If you're interested in live coding, you might also want to check out Glicol (https://glicol.org). Its parser and audio engine are also implemented purely in Rust, and it supports declarative, dynamic updates. A no_std version for embedded systems is also in development. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Sapf: New Music Language Inspired by Supercollider, APL, and Forth [video]

  I have starred this language for a while. I considered similar form when I designed the Glicol syntax, but I still wanted it to be more readable in live performance. If you are looking for a language that can be used on Linux, you might want to try Glicol: https://glicol.org/ You can use it directly through wasm on the web page, and there is also a cli version: - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Brian Eno's Theory of Democracy

  Reading about Eno's ideas on organization and variety makes me want to share some perspectives directly from my experience with music performance practice, specifically in live coding. For a long time, the common practice in live coding, which you might see on platforms like Flok.cc (https://flok.cc) supporting various interesting languages, has been like this: Everyone gets their own 'space' or editor. From... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: Beatsync – perfect audio sync across multiple devices

  Have you considered using webtransport? When I was developing Glicol (https://glicol.org/) sync, the main challenge is network jitter. Had to remove it eventually. Furthermore, have you factored in the synchronization as perceived by the listener? Also, it seems system-level differences, particularly in audio output latency across various OS and hardware setups, would need to be considered. What I mean is, the... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Migrating Away from Rust

  I completely understand, and it's not the first time I've heard of people switching from Bevy to Unity. Btw Bevy 0.16 just came out in case you missed the discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43787012) after 2 years. I start from embedded devices, switching to crates like Chumsky, and I feel the ecosystem has improved a lot compared to before. So I still have 100% confidence in Rust. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)

  After trying to start a business for a year, I basically gave up negotiating with VCs. My current goal is to spend half of my time on the development and maintenance of open source projects, such as Glicol (https://glicol.org/). The other half of my time is to do some profitable business. I just found that the VC model is not suitable for my current situation. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Graphics Livecoding in Common Lisp

  There are similar trends in music and sound art, which can be experienced with Glicol (https://glicol.org/) as well as many other languages here: https://github.com/toplap/awesome-livecoding. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Variable duty cycle square waves with the Web Audio API

  For that case I guess AudioWorklet would be a more recommanded way to experiment you might also be interested in Glicol (https://glicol.org/) especially this example: https://glicol.org/tour#meta2 it's rust -> wasm -> sab -> audioworklet. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• The demoscene as a UNESCO heritage in Sweden

  Really interesting to read about this! That's wonderful validation for a vital digital culture and its heritage. As the creator of Glicol (https://glicol.org/), based in Oslo and working in the digital arts space, I'm always fascinated by how different countries foster creative technology. Sweden's approach in recognizing the demoscene this way is particularly encouraging. It makes me reflect on the pathways to... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: I built website for sharing Drum Patterns

  I would be happy to port some patterns to Glicol (https://glicol.org/) only suggestion: support https... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Show HN: I made a Sonic Pi MCP to create music with prompts

  I am also working on MCP for Glicol (https://glicol.org/). But I think Gemini's multimodality may be more suitable than Claude. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Adults can learn perfect pitch

  Limut implements WebAudio and WebGL, and FoxDot-like patterns and samples: https://github.com/sdclibbery/limut https://Draw.Audio/ "Using the Web Audio API to Make a Modem" (2017). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Hedy: Textual Programming Made Easy

  Love the mission! My project Glicol (https://glicol.org/) also has a lot of classroom practice. But I think what children need most is to provide very simple to complex examples for modification. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago