Description:

A whimsical introduction to making music and live coding beats with Python, during this talk I will use FoxDot, Supercollider and write Python code while exploring different techniques for coding beats. We will code some music during the course of the talk and conclude with a fun live little musical live demonstration where i might even play an instrument along with the Python generated music provided the demo gods stand by my side!!

Here is the proposed outline for the talk:

• (2 min) Introduction to live-coding
  • whoami
  • what is live-coding
• (10 mins) Foxdot 101
  • Architecture - TkinterGUI + Supercollider
  • Installation and Setup
  • Musical constructs in FoxDot
    • Basic Player object states
    • Scheduling methods on objects
    • Time variables i.e Clocks
    • Coding repeatable Patterns
    • Custom Samples and Synths
• (3 min) Beatmaking 101
  • What goes into a beat
• (5 mins) Programming Constructs == Musical Contructs
  • Live loops are just Loops !!
  • Intervals are just Arrays !!
  • Synths and Samples
  • Basic beat + Synth Loop
• (5 mins) Conclusion
  • Demo the Beat
  • Add some synth + Magical ✨ instrument
  • Possibilities !! Concurrency + Custom samples + Randomization and much more

Prerequisites:

Prior knowledge of basic Python and Programming constructs is expected which I bet everyone at a Python conference should have! This talk will be fairly easy to follow for anyone with little or no music or live-coding experience

Speaker Info:

My name is Sangarshanan and I am a Software Engineer from planet Earth. I love making stuff that helps and amuses me in equal measure and standing upside down while holding a banana. When I'm bored you can find me making absurdist memes, yet another spotify playlist or staring straight into the void

Speaker Links:

• Github: https://github.com/sangarshanan
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sangarshanan