TidalCycles plugin for Atom

TidalCycles is a live-coding pattern language

For installation instructions, please visit: http://tidalcycles.org/getting_started.html

Then, you can:

• Open a .tidal file

• shift+enter to evaluate the current line or selection

• cmd+enter to evaluate multiple-lines or selection

To send patterns to SuperDirt, use d1 .. d9, e.g.:

d1 $ sound "bd cp"

To send patterns to classic dirt, use c1 .. c9, e.g.:

c1 $ sound "bd cp"

Configurable Boot Options

By default, Atom will use a default Tidal bootup sequence that doesn't really do anything special other than create the d1..d9 and c1..c9 Dirt connections.

If you'd like to provide a path to your own custom boot file on your computer, use the Boot Tidal Path setting to do so.

Further, if you'd like Atom to locate a BootTidal.hs file in the current directory, check the Use Boot File In Current Directory option.

Boot file order of precedence:

1. Current directory BootTidal.hs
2. Custom Boot Tidal Path
3. Default bootup provided by the package

Sample Default Boot File

If you create your own boot file, you may start with the default:

:set -XOverloadedStrings
:set prompt ""
:module Sound.Tidal.Context

(cps, nudger, getNow) <- cpsUtils'

(d1,t1) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d2,t2) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d3,t3) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d4,t4) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d5,t5) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d6,t6) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d7,t7) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d8,t8) <- superDirtSetters getNow
(d9,t9) <- superDirtSetters getNow


let bps x = cps (x/2)
let hush = mapM_ ($ silence) [d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6,d7,d8,d9]
let solo = (>>) hush

:set prompt "tidal> "

Contributing

If you'd like to contribute to this package, here are some guidelines:

JavaScript Formatting

A .jsbeautifyfc file is used to define JavaScript formatting settings. Please use a beautifier package (we recommend atom-beautify) to format your changes with these settings.