tidal-cheat-sheet.tex

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	/Title (tidal-cheat-sheet.pdf)
	/Creator (TeX)
	/Producer (pdfTeX 1.40.0)
	/Author (Jo Kroese)
	/Subject (Tidal Cycles)
	/Keywords (tidal, cycles, live, coding)}

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			\section{Basics}
	\begintabler		
			make sound
			& d1 sound "bd" \\
			& or ~~~~~ s "bd"\\
			
			different sample
			& bd:1  \\
			& or ~ \# n "1"\\
			& or \$ n "0 2" \# sound "arpy"\\
			
			compile: one line
			& shift + enter\\
			
			compile: multi-line
			& ctrl + enter\\
			
			patterns
			& "bd sd"  bd*4  bd/4 \\
			& "[bd hh] sd" (can nest) \\
			& or bd hh . sd (easier to type) \\
			
			layering 
			& [bd bd, hh sd hh] \\
			
			different each cycle
			& "bd <arpy:0 arpy:3>" \\
			
			make quiet
			& d1 silence solo\\
			& \$ d1  mapM (\$ silence)[d1,d2,d3] \\
			& hush\\
			
			* / on groups
			& [bd sd]*2 cp \\
			& if you don't get through a whole subpattern in a cycle, it will start where it left off with the next one.\\
			& Imagine each group is a little tape loop that plays while it is its turn\\
			
			polyrhythms
			& \{bd hh cp\}\%4\\
			
			Bjorkland
			& bd(5,8) or bd(5,8,1)\\
			& bd([5,3]/2,8) \\
			& e 5 8 \\
			
			Tempo
			&  cps 1  cps (140/60/4)
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			\section{Functions}
			\subsection{Pattern Transformers}
			Unless otherwise stated, between \$ ... \$
			
			\subsubsection{Deterministic}
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			brak &squash every other cycle to fit $1/2$ a cycle, and offset it by a $1/4$ of a cycle\\
						fast, slow &fast 2\\
						fit &\\
						iter &\\
						jux (and juxBy) &jux (rev) ~ applies function to RH only.  juxBy 0.5 brings 0.5 closer to centre\\
						linger &linger 0.25 repeats first $1/4$ cycle\\
						Beat rotation &0.25 <$\sim$ ~ shifts pattern $1/4$ cycle\\
%						palindrome &= every 2 (rev) \\
						rev &rev\\
						smash &\\
						spread &\\
						toScale &\\
						trunc & trunc 0.75 ~ plays first $3/4$ of cycle\\
						zoom & zoom (0.25, 0.75) ~ plays the section from 0.25 to 0.75 of cycle over time period of original pattern\\
			\finishtabler
			\subsubsection{Stochastic}
			\begintabler
%			degrade &removes events from a pattern 50\%\\
			degradeBy & degradeBy 0.9 removes events from pattern 90\%\\
			scramble &scramble 2 sampling with replacement\\
			shuffle & shuffle 2 sampling without replacement\\
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		\subsection{Sample}
		 \begintabler
			loopAt & loopAt 4 makes sample fit the given number of cycles\\
			gap &\\
			chop & chop 16 ~ granulator ~ granualizes every sample in order\\
			striate & striate 16 ~ granulator ~ interlaces all samples together  striate' 32 (1/16)\\
			striateL & striateL' 3 0.125 4 loops each sample chunk a number of times (2nd arg), loop count is 3rd arg\\
			stut & stut 4 0.5 0.2 ~ delay  4 echos, each one 50\% quieter than the last, with 1/5th of a cycle between them\\
			stut' & stut' 2 (1/3) (\# vowel "{a e i o u}\%2") ~ generalised stut for different functions
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		\subsubsection{Conditional}
		 \begintabler
			someCyclesBy & someCyclesBy 0.25 (fast 2) \\
			foldEvery & foldEvery 3, 4] (fast 2) equiv. to \\
			& every 3 (fast 2) \$ every 4 (fast 2)\\
			ifp & ifp ((== 0).(flip mod 2))\\
			&(striate 4)\\
			&(\# coarse "24 48")\\
			&striate on even, coarse on odd\\
			mask &\\
			every & \$ every 3 (fast 2) \$\\
			every' & every' 3 1 (fast 2)\\
			&d1 \$ sound (every 4 (fast 4) "bd*2 [bd [sn sn*2 sn] sn]")\\
			sometimesBy& sometimesBy 0.25 (fast 2)\\
			swingBy&\\
			when&\\
			whenmod& when remainder $\geq$\\
			within&\\
		 \finishtabler
		\subsection{Compositions}
		 \begintabler
			seqP&\\
			cat& cat [s "bd*2", s "arpy jvbass*2"] concatenates a list of patterns into a new pattern; each pattern in the list will maintain its original duration\\
			fastcat & new pattern’s length will be a single cycle\\
			interlace &\\
			randcat & cat but picks patterns at random\\
			append &\\
			spin &\\
			stack & d1 \$ stack [ \\
			&sound "bd bd*2", \\
			&sound "hh*2 [sn cp] cp future*4"\\
			&]\\
			superimpose &\\
			weave & applies pattern to list and is offset for each pattern d1 \$ weave 4 (pan sine)\\
			&sound "[jazz:0 hh jazz:0 hh, ~ sn]",\\
			&sound "casio casio:1"\\
			wedge &
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		\subsection{Transitions}
		 \begintabler
			anticipateIn & t1 (anticipateIn 4) \$ sound "jvbass(5,8)" \\
%			anticipate & = (anticipateIn 8)\\
			clutchIn & \\
			histpan & \\
			jump & \\
			jumpIn & \\
			jumpIn' & \\
			jumpMod & \\
			mortal & \\
			superwash & \\
			wait & \\
			wash & \\
			xfade & \\
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		\subsection{Operators}
		\# equiv. |=|
		\subsection{Synth Parameters (or effects)}
		given by \#
		\subsubsection{Sound}
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			sustain & \\
			speed & \\
			endSpeed & \\
			begin & \\
			end & \\
			loop & \\
			pan
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		\subsubsection{Envelope}
		\begintabler
		attack & \\
		hold & \\
		release
		\finishtabler
		\subsubsection{hpf}
		\begintabler
			hcutoff & \\
			hresonance
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		\subsubsection{lpf}
		\begintabler
		cutoff & \\
		resonance
		\finishtabler
		\subsubsection{bpf}
		\begintabler
		bandf & \\
		bandq
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		\subsubsection{delay}
		\begintabler
		delay & \\
		delayfeedback & \\
		delaytime
		\finishtabler
		\subsubsection{reverb}
		\begintabler
		room & //
		size
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		\subsubsection{tremolo}
		\begintabler
		tremolorate & //
		tremolodepth
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		\subsubsection{phaser}
		\begintabler
		phaserrate & //
		phaserdepth
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		\subsubsection{The Rest}
		\begintabler
			coarse & \\
			crush & \\
			cut & \\
			accelerate & \\
			legato & \\
			loop & \\
			nudge & (Should this be here? Or is this pattern) \\
			shape & \\
			sound & \\
			unit & \\
			vowel & \\
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		 \subsection{Continuous Patterns}
		 between 0,1. sine,saw,tri,square\\
		 slow 2 \$ scale 0 2 \$ sine
		\subsection{Operators}
		\subsection{Utility}
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			choose & choose[2...8] or choose[2,3..8] \\
			irand &  irand n generates a pattern random integers 0 to n-1  "amencutup*8" \# n (irand 8) \\
			pequal & \\
			rand & \\
			run & \\
			scale & \\
			up & \\
		 \finishtabler
		\subsection{Combine transforms}
		 \begintabler
			[.](\# speed "0.5") . rev
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		\section{Super Dirt}
		 \begintabler
			load own samples & $\sim$ dirt.loadSoundFiles("/path/to/samples/*");\\
			change speaker output &
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		\section{Dirt Samples}
		808 808bd 808cy 808hc 808ht 808lc 808lt 808mc 808mt 808oh 808sd 909 ab ade ades2 ades3 ades4 alex alphabet amencutup armora arp arpy auto baa baa2 bass bass0 bass1 bass2 bass3 bassdm bassfoo battles bd bend bev bin birds birds3 bleep blip blue bottle breaks125 breaks152 breaks157 breaks165 breath bubble can casio cb cc chin chink circus clak click clubkick co control cosmicg cp cr crow d db diphone diphone2 dist dork2 dorkbot dr dr2 dr55 dr\_few drum drumtraks e east electro1 erk f feel feelfx fest fire flick fm foo future gab gabba gabbaloud gabbalouder glasstap glitch glitch2 gretsch gtr h hand hardcore hardkick haw hc hh hh27 hit hmm ho hoover house ht if ifdrums incoming industrial insect invaders jazz jungbass jungle juno jvbass kicklinn koy kurt latibro led less lighter linnhats lt made made2 mash mash2 metal miniyeah moan monsterb moog mouth mp3 msg mt mute newnotes noise noise2 notes numbers oc odx off outdoor pad padlong pebbles perc peri pluck popkick print proc procshort psr rave rave2 ravemono realclaps reverbkick rm rs sax sd seawolf sequential sf sheffield short sid sine sitar sn space speakspell speech speechless speedupdown stab stomp subroc3d sugar sundance tabla tabla2 tablex tacscan tech techno tink tok toys trump ul ulgab uxay v voodoo wind wobble world xmas yeah
		\section{Nice snippets}
			linger "<1 0.5 0.25 0.125>"\\
			d1 \$ spread (\$) [fast 2, rev, slow 2, striate 3, (\# speed "0.8")]
			 ~~~\$ sound "[bd*2 [~ bd]] [sn future]*2 cp jvbass*4"\\
			d1 \$ loopAt 4 \$ chop 32 \$ sound "breaks125"
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