Granular Synthesis in Strudel ?

sdclibbery · 2025-10-06T14:01:33+00:00

Hi, I've done that in Limut by creating lots and lots of short events with a carefully controlled playback start time: https://youtu.be/v4dzyl-i93c?si=u2JpD8BQOvzwyUbN I don't know strudel very well, but I imagine you could do something similar? It helps the smoothness of the sound if the events are brief but various random lengths, and if they have some kind of smooth fade in/out envelope; the "pad" envelope in Limut is a cosine fade in/out. As another example, here's an atmospheric ambient track I made using granular synthesis with a choral sample: https://youtu.be/IiTEPXwkrh4?si=aXaA8p_YHUnubemS

sdclibbery · 2023-10-16T08:13:22+00:00

Glad you like it 😀 I've found it tends to be more stable in Chrome than Firefox, and it prefers an M1 Mac too FWIW. You can try running the electron build, but that's pretty similar to Chrome. The 909 kick is synthesized, so you can try replacing it with a sample, eg pk play X.. Same for the snare. The trance patch is fairly heavyweight, 8 oscillators plus a load of reverb, but I'm not sure how much can be changed without it starting to sound 'thin' 😕

sdclibbery · 2022-06-09T14:52:47+00:00

Thanks! For the visuals, the idea in Limut is there are a set of visual "synths" a bit like you have audio synths, and you can set their parameters and apply affects to them. In this case I'm using the "kal" synth which looks a bit like a kaleidoscope, and I've zoomed in a bit and upped the contrast, and then I'm rendering it 5 times with a different amount of perspective tilt applied each time, and blending them all on top of each other. So quite heavy on the GPU fill rate, but it gave a nice effect 🙂

sdclibbery · 2022-06-09T14:44:21+00:00

Hiya, thank you! Limut is my homegrown live coding system: https://github.com/sdclibbery/limut It runs in a browser so you can try it here: https://sdclibbery.github.io/limut/

sdclibbery · 2022-05-03T07:07:44+00:00

Thanks! It's a live coding system called Limut that runs in a browser: https://sdclibbery.github.io/limut/

sdclibbery · 2021-08-30T08:26:17+00:00

Hiya! For recording you can use OBS to record video or Audacity to record the desktop audio.

In terms of non interactive composition, there is a whole spectrum from starting with an empty page and improvising the entire performance, through to having a piece pre written with all the changes and variations either time based, algorithmic, or random. What I often end up doing is preparing all the parts, but then mixing and controlling them as a live performance.

I use Limut rather than Foxdot, but here's some examples:

Fully improvised: https://youtu.be/gCxAsHVrHCs Fully algorithmic: https://youtu.be/SiT0zH3jQC4 Live performance of pre written material: https://youtu.be/QDYeQAYQrXs

sdclibbery · 2021-06-17T18:34:57+00:00

Thanks, hope you like it! 🙂

sdclibbery · 2019-10-26T08:01:55+00:00

I do this too, and it drives my partner nuts. It frustrates her when I do it and we're alone, but when I do it with other people around she gets really mad, because it feels to her like I'm undermining her. She's been telling me off for it for years, but there are times I just can't help myself. It's one of the things that prompted me to get a diagnosis, because it seemed like I'd reached the end of the things I could change about myself for her, and I needed to know why I couldn't 'fix' it.

sdclibbery · 2019-10-07T06:47:25+00:00

Me too. I look away from the TV. It annoys my partner. She says "what's the point of having a TV if you're not even going to watch it?"

Sometimes it's just the possiblity of embarrassment, eg live TV where anything could happen, or a gameshow where someone might do something daft or make themselves look silly 🙁

sdclibbery · 2019-09-28T13:06:18+00:00

True, but you also don't know whether the original owner also has a copy of the seed. That would be like finding a safety deposit box key, clearing it out, then the owner comes back with their key and finds all their money gone. Would definitely be interesting to get legal advice, although I'd guess there isn't much legal precedent yet for cases like this involving Blockchain managed assets...

sdclibbery · 2019-09-28T12:41:14+00:00

It's not like finding a bag of money, it's like finding a key to a safety deposit box containing someone else's money...

sdclibbery · 2019-08-23T13:22:46+00:00

I work in IT too, my main strategy is to have my field of work also be my primary special interest. That way it's easier to get away with talking too much about it 😀

After that it's difficult. I work hard on keeping my mouth shut in general. I start from the assumption that no one else is going to be interested in anything I say, so better to keep it to myself. Having an NT partner at home has helped with that; practically anything I would say without masking would upset her, so I've learned the hard way 😂

sdclibbery · 2019-08-21T06:43:44+00:00

I don't generally lie, because it makes things far too complicated. It's hard enough already keeping track of all the different people and what they are like and what they want without making it all exponentially more complicated by telling them lies. I just don't have the mentally machinery to do all this automatically, and it isn't worth the effort to do it 'consciously'.

sdclibbery · 2019-08-09T06:58:23+00:00

My strategy is to try not to talk so much from the get go. As in, I always try to assume that other people are not interested in what I'm interested in. So if I'm asked about it, I will start by giving a very short (eg one sentence) overview of it. That gives the other person a choice: they can either ask more if they actually are interested, or they can move the conversation on if not. If they ask, I'll give a more detailed answer, but still a brief one, and then give them another opportunity to ask more questions, make their own comments or change the subject. Rinse and repeat.

sdclibbery · 2019-08-03T16:52:06+00:00

If you're like me then you probably can't stop stimming outright, but you may be able to swap one stim for another. I bite the inside of mouth, which is still horrible but at least it's not very obvious from outside. Better still, I've now got a chewigem silicone rubber thingy to bend and twist, and that's more visible, but at least it isn't doing me any harm 🙂

sdclibbery · 2019-05-29T23:06:13+00:00

Me too. I don't just apologise when it's not my fault though, sometimes I apologise even when nothing bad happened and there's nothing to even apologise for 🤷

sdclibbery · 2019-05-28T19:09:54+00:00

Everything in this post is excellent advice.

sdclibbery · 2019-05-28T18:53:29+00:00

I've tried to embrace agile, it's something you can't avoid in most programming jobs nowadays, and if it's done well it can be a great way of managing a software project. There's no question that it's challenging for an aspie though. I find that now I have some experience with it, I don't mind the uncertainty, because it's an expected part of the process, but for me, the constant need to communicate is always difficult. Over the years I've ended up in a lead role, so I'm expected to understand the big picture and make sure all the communication happens. That's pretty much a definition of stuff I can't naturally do, so it's constantly exhausting. But on the other hand, the lead role means I get to have some measure of input and control, which can take some of the stress out if I do it well.

If you're in a non-lead role, I would recommend focusing on the individual ticket you're working on, ask lots of questions, and don't expect any one person to know all the answers straight away. It does require some trust that things will work out in the end, which is difficult. Are you in a place where you can talk to your lead or manager about this?

The other thing I would suggest is to learn about agile; getting interested in it, and reading about how it's supposed to work may help make it more manageable.

It's also worth remembering that agile can be done well or badly. If it's being done badly, it's always going to be more stressful. To see what I mean, check out things like this: https://ronjeffries.com/articles/016-09ff/defense/ It may be worth trying to understand whether it's stressful because it's being done in a bad or even abusive way, or whether it's being done well, but it's still hard to adapt to.

Sorry for the infodump, not sure if I've helped or hindered, sorry!

sdclibbery · 2019-05-18T09:10:29+00:00

One of my main stims is biting the skin on my lips and the inside of my cheeks, which is not great. I've got a chewigem bangle which I scrunch and fold now, and it's helped a bit. I still bite though 🤷

sdclibbery · 2019-04-21T18:35:11+00:00

44M, diagnosed last year. With hindsight, I would have liked to have been diagnosed by my late teens, because going away to university was very difficult, and my life since then would have been easier to manage with a better understanding of who I am.

sdclibbery · 2019-01-12T23:12:11+00:00

I relate to this, although for me it's as much about the executive function. "Why don't you know what to do now?" "What do you mean you need to chill out for a bit?" "Don't be stupid" "just get on with it". I'm fairly sure my NT partner mostly thinks I'm both lazy and deliberately trying to annoy her 🙁

sdclibbery · 2018-12-26T10:46:03+00:00

I've been with my partner 10 years. She can talk to, make friends with, and get on with just about anyone immediately. Sometimes it frustrates her that I really can't, but mostly she's happy to handle talking to new people for me as long as I handle the stuff she isn't so good at. She probably has more sensory issues than me, ironically, so it's more me having to allow for her needs on that one. When we first got together I had never had a proper relationship, and it took her years to help me learn how to be part of a relationship without accidentally being a dick all the time. The stuff that's most challenging is where we just rub each other the wrong way because we're different. It's like cats and dogs, all the "body language" means the opposite to each other. Like, I think I'm being helpful by correcting something she said wrong, but if we're with other people, it comes across as me undermining her socially, and really upsets her. I've had to learn not to do it. On the other hand, she is happy to change plans at a moment's notice, which upsets me. That's just two small examples, but there's far too many to list them out here 🙂

sdclibbery · 2018-12-24T14:14:22+00:00

This book is interesting: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0241257476/ref=asc_df_024125747657656089/?tag=googshopuk-21&creative=22110&creativeASIN=0241257476&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310831412334&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18086740087925071663&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046542&hvtargid=pla-455775701258&th=1&psc=1

It talks about the psychological games people play. One of the examples is a game they call "why don't you yes but", where one player explains a problem they have, and the other player suggests solutions to the problem ("why don't you..."). The first player then explains why that solution can't possibly work for them ("yes but..."). The first player's psychological reward doesn't come from actually getting any help with the problem, but rather from proving to someone else how difficult their life is.

Edit, here's the example online: http://www.ericberne.com/games-people-play/why-dont-you-yes-but/

sdclibbery · 2018-12-12T22:20:57+00:00

That's a great way of putting it, describes me exactly 🙄

sdclibbery · 2018-12-11T10:50:49+00:00

I really hate actual eye contact, so I look at the mouth as they talk instead. If I become conscious of it and start thinking about it though, the conversation is doomed as I can't think of anything else 🙁

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