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glicol-cli
What's this?
It's a command line interface that you can use for music live coding with Glicol.
It watches a file changes and then update the music in real-time.
How to use it?
Step 1
You need to have cargo installed (see here).
Step 2
In your Terminal:
cargo install --git https://github.com/glicol/glicol-cli.git
Step 3
Create a new file called test.glicol, then run this command in your Terminal:
glicol-cli test.glicol
For more OPTIONS, call --help in your terminal:
~ glicol-cli --help
Glicol cli tool. This tool will watch the changes in a .glicol file
Usage: glicol-cli [OPTIONS] <FILE>
Arguments:
<FILE> path to the .glicol file
Options:
-b, --bpm <BPM> Set beats per minute (BPM) [default: 120]
-d, --device <DEVICE> The audio device to use [default: default]
-h, --help Print help
-V, --version Print version
Step 4
Start live coding. Edit test.glicol with your favourite editor:
// test.glicol
~t1: speed 4.0 >> seq 60 >> bd 0.2 >> mul 0.6
~t2: seq 33_33_ _33 33__33 _33
>> sawsynth 0.01 0.1
>> mul 0.5 >> lpf 1000.0 1.0
out: mix ~t.. >> plate 0.1
Load your own samples
Run the line in your terminal first:
export GLICOL_CLI_SAMPLES_PATH=/path/to/your/samples
For example:
export GLICOL_CLI_SAMPLES_PATH=~/Downloads/samples