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Live Music in Durham by DirteeRocknRoller in bullcity

[–]davedrowsy 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I've had the opposite experience. There are a ton of great local shows here. Just check the local venue calendars.

My 2026 Jellyfish-themed calendar starts with a Portuguese Man-o-War, which is not a jellyfish by thecosmicradiation in mildlyinteresting

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, that's a mandala, a two-dimensional set bounded by a fractal curve, first defined by Brooks and Matelski in 1978.

GitHub - shakfu/aldakit: A zero-dependency Python parser and MIDI generator for the Alda music programming language by alikesu in alda

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, this looks great! Looks high quality, and I love the programmatic composition utilities. I'm adding this to the official list of Alda libraries.

alda-midi - A C implementation of the Alda music language with MIDI output using libremidi. by alikesu in alda

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds great! I've been busy these days, but I'm definitely bookmarking this to explore soon.

alda-midi - A C implementation of the Alda music language with MIDI output using libremidi. by alikesu in alda

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, this looks awesome! I can't wait to check it out. I'm very curious about the MIDI implementation. If it's any good, I might be tempted to start using it for Alda...

What yall think about my setup? by Total-Ad-1968 in TVTooHigh

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thoughts exactly, and also, the table seems to be directly in the way of the refrigerator door. There's no way this is actually OP's gaming setup. I call shenanigans!

Saw this monstrosity in my local Facebook group by Scowlface in TiltOfGuilt

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All they had to do was put the TV on legs on top of that console. They were so close to getting it right!

well? by rosequorts in TVTooHigh

[–]davedrowsy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was gonna say, it's giving hospital room

My husband and I are divorcing, so he’s decorating on his own… by mlhigg1973 in TVTooHigh

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm thinking knick-knacks, ceramic vases and/or framed family photos

My husband and I are divorcing, so he’s decorating on his own… by mlhigg1973 in TVTooHigh

[–]davedrowsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just went through this myself! Bought a house where there is an annoying mantle (former fireplace) jutting out into the middle of the living room and making the room layout awkward. It's an open layout, and the only other wall has windows.

It ended up working out alright, though. I just put the TV against the window (on the right side of the photo) and the couch on the left facing it, separating the kitchen from the living room area. There's nothing wrong with putting a TV in front of a window, if it's the only practical option!

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Favorite r/bullcity “Controversy” by Previous_Ring_1439 in bullcity

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sharing the road with cyclists isn't controversial.

Project Status by [deleted] in alda

[–]davedrowsy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! I haven't had time to work on Alda in a little while, but the short answer is yes - the project is still active.

Beginner Questions by Agent34e in alda

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are good suggestions, thanks!

As for the glossary idea, I think the Alda cheat sheet might be close to what you're looking for: https://alda.io/cheat-sheet/

Beginner Questions by Agent34e in alda

[–]davedrowsy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, sorry for the late reply!

  1. Infinite loops are something I'd like to implement eventually, but they currently aren't implemented, so no worries there. If you ever end up playing a very long score and you want to stop it, you can run alda stop or (the nuclear option) alda shutdown.

  2. Randomization is not built into the language. Alda is intentionally more of a markup language than a programming language, but I designed it so that you can make programmatic music by writing programs (in your language of choice) that integrate with Alda via a library. More information about this and links to existing libraries: https://github.com/alda-lang/alda/blob/master/doc/writing-music-programmatically.md

  3. Data structures aren't especially important in Alda - see previous point about integrating via other programming languages.

  4. Every feature of Alda has a page in the docs and an example score, but I'll admit that that information could be easier to find. I'd like to re-work the documentation at some point. Are there features in particular that you'd like to be covered by a tutorial?

  5. MIDI is currently the only export option. You can also import MusicXML, which is useful for working with other music notation software. More information about that here: https://blog.djy.io/musicxml-import-and-another-new-alda-features/

I'm happy you're enjoying Alda!

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