# Making Liveness **URL:** https://forum.toplap.org/c/making-liveness/7.md [Latest](https://forum.toplap.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.toplap.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the Making Liveness category](https://forum.toplap.org/t/about-the-making-liveness-category/66)
**Author:** [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)\ **Replies:** 0
This category is for open exchange of ideas around making live coding systems. It’s not specific to any particular live coding environment, rather an opportunity to bridge any tech-focused community to get at more genera… --- ## [Live coding and language models (speculative query)](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-and-language-models-speculative-query/2547)
**Author:** [@jamshark70](https://forum.toplap.org/u/jamshark70)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [16 August 2026 09:39 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-and-language-models-speculative-query/2547 "2026-08-16T09:39:46Z")
Something I hadn’t thought of until, well, yesterday: Like it or not, LLMs are a new form of HCI, and (also like it or not) there’s some non-trivial probability of agentic workflows replacing some, or a lot, of what we … --- ## [Line - A tiny command-line MIDI step sequencer for live coding](https://forum.toplap.org/t/line-a-tiny-command-line-midi-step-sequencer-for-live-coding/1952)
**Author:** [@pd3v](https://forum.toplap.org/u/pd3v)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [31 March 2026 11:57 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/line-a-tiny-command-line-midi-step-sequencer-for-live-coding/1952 "2026-03-31T11:57:58Z")
Hi, this a 2,5 years old tiny command-line MIDI sequencer for live coding. Some fresh improvements. 202K KB :grinning\_face:. or https://x.com/search?q=%23linelivecoding&src=typed\_query&f=live --- ## [What coding is really being done, though, in 'Live Coding'](https://forum.toplap.org/t/what-coding-is-really-being-done-though-in-live-coding/2431)
**Author:** [@TimMusicWorld](https://forum.toplap.org/u/TimMusicWorld)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [11 April 2025 08:06 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/what-coding-is-really-being-done-though-in-live-coding/2431 "2025-04-11T08:06:28Z")
What coding is really being done, though, in ‘Live Coding’. Because if you were developing you’d be designing first i.e. you’d would sit there and say, ok I need a ‘for loop’ to loop around some data structure with eg so… --- ## [Remote Sets: Livecoding In Its Purest Form](https://forum.toplap.org/t/remote-sets-livecoding-in-its-purest-form/2327)
**Author:** [@geikha](https://forum.toplap.org/u/geikha)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 May 2024 00:07 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/remote-sets-livecoding-in-its-purest-form/2327 "2024-05-28T00:07:55Z")
Regardless of the bold title, here’s my first post in the TOPLAP blog. Includes opinions and technical aspects about remote livecoding! --- ## [Using cellular automata for livecoding](https://forum.toplap.org/t/using-cellular-automata-for-livecoding/2319)
**Author:** [@iota-xSK](https://forum.toplap.org/u/iota-xSK)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 May 2024 11:01 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/using-cellular-automata-for-livecoding/2319 "2024-05-12T11:01:08Z")
So I’ve been thinking about creating a big and complex cellular automaton for livecoding as I really like 2D systems like orca. The reason I want to make it complex is because I’ve tried making music with simpler automat… --- ## [How do you use (neo)VIM/Emacs for live coding?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/how-do-you-use-neo-vim-emacs-for-live-coding/2251)
**Author:** [@fmiramar](https://forum.toplap.org/u/fmiramar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [20 December 2023 16:40 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/how-do-you-use-neo-vim-emacs-for-live-coding/2251 "2023-12-20T16:40:56Z")
Hi all! I am interested in learning how people use vim/emacs style of editors for live coding music. I have the impression that the “regular” usage of vim/emacs tends to favor editing (more specifically editing multipl… --- ## [How your livecoding system works (running code, etc.)](https://forum.toplap.org/t/how-your-livecoding-system-works-running-code-etc/632)
**Author:** [@EvanR](https://forum.toplap.org/u/EvanR)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [21 November 2023 18:08 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/how-your-livecoding-system-works-running-code-etc/632 "2023-11-21T18:08:37Z")
In my naked self-interest I started this thread because I’m writing something on how livecoding systems work - how code is triggered to be compiled, etc. This is probably of interest to more than just me, and I thought … --- ## [Exploring granular synthesis](https://forum.toplap.org/t/exploring-granular-synthesis/2097)
**Author:** [@sdclibbery](https://forum.toplap.org/u/sdclibbery)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [7 December 2022 08:50 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/exploring-granular-synthesis/2097 "2022-12-07T08:50:40Z")
Hiya, this was fun to do and I thought it might be interesting. Using only a standard sample player with very short duration playback events and carefully set start times, it’s possible to do a form of granular synthesis… --- ## [Live coding on the Raspberry Pi](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-on-the-raspberry-pi/1765)
**Author:** [@Maitecaj](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Maitecaj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [19 August 2022 16:06 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-on-the-raspberry-pi/1765 "2022-08-19T16:06:53Z")
Hi there! We have seen this topic at the Toplap page and wondering if it is there is any more development on working with live coding + raspberry pi + kids. We would like to do a workshop on this subject, Live Coding … --- ## [The cultural differences between Live Coding and Algorave](https://forum.toplap.org/t/the-cultural-differences-between-live-coding-and-algorave/673)
**Author:** [@Rythmos](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Rythmos)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [7 May 2022 13:45 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/the-cultural-differences-between-live-coding-and-algorave/673 "2022-05-07T13:45:47Z")
Hey all. I’ve been spending some time on chat.toplap.org recently and I saw an interesting discussion take place in which someone was pointed in the direction of an algorave room and said, in essence, that they did not r… --- ## [Experiment/Survey: Prototype (Proof-of-concept) JS live coding UI to try out](https://forum.toplap.org/t/experiment-survey-prototype-proof-of-concept-js-live-coding-ui-to-try-out/1946)
**Author:** [@Sophie1](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Sophie1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 February 2022 14:04 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/experiment-survey-prototype-proof-of-concept-js-live-coding-ui-to-try-out/1946 "2022-02-08T14:04:25Z")
Please help improve live coding collaboration on the web by helping with this experiment, to inform my research on the collaborative live coding editor prototype I am developing for my Ph.D. I would really appreciate it… --- ## [Live coding with live guitar](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-with-live-guitar/1863)
**Author:** [@sdclibbery](https://forum.toplap.org/u/sdclibbery)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 September 2021 20:44 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-with-live-guitar/1863 "2021-09-26T20:44:44Z")
Hi, I’ve been collaborating with a live guitarist, processing the guitar through my live coding software ‘Limut’, and live coding an accompaniment. Here’s a couple of examples: Ambient: Limut Ambient Guitar Jam - YouTub… --- ## [Live coding a live coding language from scratch live stream(s) - any interest?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-a-live-coding-language-from-scratch-live-stream-s-any-interest/1810)
**Author:** [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [21 July 2021 23:09 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-a-live-coding-language-from-scratch-live-stream-s-any-interest/1810 "2021-07-21T23:09:11Z")
I’ve been thinking it could be fun to do a live stream where I try to re-implement Tidal from scratch, and talk through my thoughts while I’m doing it, with people asking questions or making suggestions in the live chat…… --- ## [Let's connect our OSC namespaces](https://forum.toplap.org/t/lets-connect-our-osc-namespaces/1787)
**Author:** [@craig](https://forum.toplap.org/u/craig)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 July 2021 10:11 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/lets-connect-our-osc-namespaces/1787 "2021-07-12T10:11:49Z")
Greetings. Have you implemented an OSC namespace for your system? I’d like to speak it! I’d like to implement as many of our OSC namespaces as I can find documentation for, so that I’m more likely to be able to collabora… --- ## [Live Coding Survey](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-survey/1799)
**Author:** [@Sophie1](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Sophie1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 July 2021 07:31 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-survey/1799 "2021-07-06T07:31:13Z")
Thank you to everyone who responded to the previous survey 10 mins Survey on Live Coding Collaboration. Your responses have led me to a further survey on the UX design of Live Coding IDEs to support remote collaboration. … --- ## [What's your computer setup like?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/whats-your-computer-setup-like/128)
**Author:** [@w1n5t0n](https://forum.toplap.org/u/w1n5t0n)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [25 May 2021 04:25 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/whats-your-computer-setup-like/128 "2021-05-25T04:25:37Z")
I sometimes forget that computers themselves, not just the code we write using them, are also living instruments that grow organically together with their user and usage. I’m in the process of setting up my first “seriou… --- ## [10 mins Survey on Live Coding Collaboration](https://forum.toplap.org/t/10-mins-survey-on-live-coding-collaboration/1616)
**Author:** [@Sophie1](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Sophie1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [11 January 2021 15:09 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/10-mins-survey-on-live-coding-collaboration/1616 "2021-01-11T15:09:01Z")
Hi, I am a Ph.D. student developing a collaborative live coding system. Please help improve live coding collaboration on the web by filling out the following form on what your experience using a web-based platform was l… --- ## [Sonic Pi: Live\_audio server input (◎\_◎;)? HELP](https://forum.toplap.org/t/sonic-pi-live-audio-server-input-help/1503)
**Author:** [@LambKebab](https://forum.toplap.org/u/LambKebab)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [17 November 2020 16:17 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/sonic-pi-live-audio-server-input-help/1503 "2020-11-17T16:17:01Z")
Hi! I am new to Sonic Pi, so maybe this is a straightforward problem but I can’t figure it out by googling or in any other threads. I want to get a live audio input either from a USB mic or the computer’s microphone. I r… --- ## [Repl.it useful for us?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/repl-it-useful-for-us/1377)
**Author:** [@jamshark70](https://forum.toplap.org/u/jamshark70)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [15 July 2020 08:07 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/repl-it-useful-for-us/1377 "2020-07-15T08:07:07Z")
I’d just heard of a collaborative coding site, http://repl.it – seems like it might be right up our alley. I wonder if there is some way to hack it to run code locally, like Troop does? Asking in part because I’m not in… --- ## [Live coding IDEs?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-ides/1122)
**Author:** [@sandcobainer](https://forum.toplap.org/u/sandcobainer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [28 February 2020 01:59 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/live-coding-ides/1122 "2020-02-28T01:59:36Z")
Can live coders interact with IDEs (Integrated/Intelligent DE) to play music? The proposed system provides interaction with your editor to generate short snippets of code that are often referred to as “musical simples”. … --- ## [Can we talk about REPL interaction?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/can-we-talk-about-repl-interaction/533)
**Author:** [@efairbanks](https://forum.toplap.org/u/efairbanks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [14 February 2020 13:28 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/can-we-talk-about-repl-interaction/533 "2020-02-14T13:28:07Z")
There’s a lot of chatter about live-coding systems, but not much regarding the middleware we use to send code to them. For some systems, there are already nice REPL-plugins available, but I’ve noticed that many live-codi… --- ## [What is this live coding system that you have made?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/what-is-this-live-coding-system-that-you-have-made/69)
**Author:** [@yaxu](https://forum.toplap.org/u/yaxu)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [5 February 2020 08:17 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/what-is-this-live-coding-system-that-you-have-made/69 "2020-02-05T08:17:18Z")
This is a new category on the site, for discussion around the creation and development of live coding systems, both imaginary and real. I thought a good starting point for discussion would be for us to try to describe w… --- ## [Synchronizing with multiple Languages?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/synchronizing-with-multiple-languages/395)
**Author:** [@parkellipsen](https://forum.toplap.org/u/parkellipsen)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [4 February 2020 23:57 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/synchronizing-with-multiple-languages/395 "2020-02-04T23:57:56Z")
I guess i’m not the first who worked on that, but currently we’re trying to collaborate in an environment with multiple languages (TidalCycles, plain ScLang, my own language, etc). The idea would be using an OSC clock t… --- ## [Help with choose platform - beginner](https://forum.toplap.org/t/help-with-choose-platform-beginner/1014)
**Author:** [@ivo](https://forum.toplap.org/u/ivo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [7 January 2020 10:38 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/help-with-choose-platform-beginner/1014 "2020-01-07T10:38:43Z")
Hi , I can.t doing decision about my new machine (platform) for learning and first steps in music-coding area. I have some experiences in mainstream DAW area, badroom composing… mainly on Windows machines… my budget arou… --- ## [The Sounds of Live Coding](https://forum.toplap.org/t/the-sounds-of-live-coding/609)
**Author:** [@midigirl](https://forum.toplap.org/u/midigirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [27 June 2019 08:31 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/the-sounds-of-live-coding/609 "2019-06-27T08:31:30Z")
Can anyone point me in the direction of writing on the sounds and sonic-ness of live coding? --- ## [Synthesis oriented dilemas](https://forum.toplap.org/t/synthesis-oriented-dilemas/582)
**Author:** [@gabochi](https://forum.toplap.org/u/gabochi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [14 June 2019 15:10 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/synthesis-oriented-dilemas/582 "2019-06-14T15:10:03Z")
Hi! I’ve made a Rampcode tutorial video in spanish: https://youtu.be/-02ac-z\_\_6E. Anyway, I think it is possible to look at the code an the oscilloscope and understand what’s happening. There is an Atom package available… --- ## [Screenreader based live-coding](https://forum.toplap.org/t/screenreader-based-live-coding/536)
**Author:** [@josephwilk](https://forum.toplap.org/u/josephwilk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [31 May 2019 22:35 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/screenreader-based-live-coding/536 "2019-05-31T22:35:17Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently working with musicians and programmers who use screen-readers to interact with computers. I’ve been testing out a lot of live-coding languages and finding various barriers: Custom editors… --- ## [Why re-invent music environments?](https://forum.toplap.org/t/why-re-invent-music-environments/117)
**Author:** [@sicchio](https://forum.toplap.org/u/sicchio)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [26 May 2019 15:02 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/why-re-invent-music-environments/117 "2019-05-26T15:02:37Z")
Serious tools question here - why do people spend so much time re-inventing music environments? Evan is in new territory. I am doing something very different. Why make another way to program a synth? Is live coding stu… --- ## [Videos or photos of you performing](https://forum.toplap.org/t/videos-or-photos-of-you-performing/467)
**Author:** [@Pulsaare](https://forum.toplap.org/u/Pulsaare)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [30 April 2019 15:38 UTC](https://forum.toplap.org/t/videos-or-photos-of-you-performing/467 "2019-04-30T15:38:05Z")
I think it’s cool to see yourself performing, good memories and see how much you evolved. I have this tiny video of my first audio live coding during a Shader Showdown with the Cookie Collective at GROW Paris (I’m in th… [Next page](https://forum.toplap.org/c/making-liveness/7.md?page=1)