FoxDot Branch “PitchGlitch”

FoxDot Distro PitchGlitch

FoxDot was created in 2015 to try and open the pathways to Live Coding for users who may be new to programming and want to use it create music quickly and easily. It\\\\\'s an easy-to-use Python library that creates an interactive programming environment and talks to the powerful sound synthesis engine, called SuperCollider to make music. FoxDot schedules musical events in a user-friendly and easy-to-grasp manner that makes live coding easy and fun for both programming newcomers and veterans alike.

FoxDot Homepage with Default Distribution

PitchGlitch is an extended version of FoxDot Default Distribution. With this distribution I hope to support a continuance in developing FoxDot with new additions, new functionalities to the platform. This changes/additions are shown below. The videos show most new changes.

Here and additional video to explain current development on MidiIn() function:

Download here:

PitchGlitch Distro on Gitlab

In case there is trouble (I had previously):

Problem Only some synths are loading on startup!

Error: Not all synths are loaded in SuperCollider (Console) while FoxDot starts up

Solution: Run python3 -m FoxDot within your downloaded folder of your PitchGlitch git holder you cloned and installed FoxDot from

If developer should be interested in helping me to progress faster, please contact me! Your help is much appreciated. Cheers!

Release notes:

rc 0.1

SynthDefs:

loop, stretch, play1, play2, audioin, noise, dab, varsaw, lazer, growl, dirt, crunch, cicada, cricket, rave, scatter, charm, bell, gong, soprano, dub, scratch, klank, feel, glass, soft, quin, pluck, spark, blip, ripple, creep, orient, zap, marimba, fuzz, bug, pulse, saw, snick, twang, karp, arpy, nylon, donk, squish, swell, razz, sitar, star, jbass, piano, bass, sawbass, prophet, pads, pasha, ambi, space, keys, dbass, sinepad, video, viola, hydra, abass, acidbass, alva, angel, angst, bassguitar, bbass, bchaos, bellmod, benoit, birds, blips, bnoise, borgan, bounce, bphase, brass, brown, chimebell, chipsy, click, clip, cluster, combs, cs80lead, dafbass, dblbass, donkysub, donorgan, dopple, drone, dustv, ebass, ecello, eeri, eoboe, epiano, faim, faim2, fbass, filthysaw, flute, fm, fmbass, fmrhodes, garfield, glitchbass, glitcher, grat, gray, gsynth, harp, hnoise, hoover, kalimba, ladder, lapin, laserbeam, latoo, lfnoise, linesaw, longsaw, mhpad, mhping, moogbass, moogpluck, moogpluck2, mpluck, noisynth, noquarter, organ, organ2, pbass, phazer, pianovel, pink, pmcrotal, ppad, prayerbell, prof, radio, rhodes, rhpiano, risseto, rissetobell, rlead, rsaw, rsin, shore, sillyvoice, sine, siren, spacesaw, sos, sosbell, spick, sputter, square, ssaw, steeldrum, strings, subbass, subbass2, supersaw, tb303, total, tremsynth, tribell, tritri, triwave, tubularbell, tworgan, tworgan2, tworgan3, tworgan4, varicelle, vibass, vinsine, virus, waves, windmaker, wobble, wobblebass, wsaw, wsawbass, xylophone

SynthDefs: Extra attributes

SynthDef	Xtra Attributes
acidbass	lagtime=0.12, frange=6 (filter range), width=0.51, rq=0.4
angel	rq=0.5, cnoise=0.001 (clip noise), offnote=1.01
benoit	semione=12, semitwo=24, trackmul=2, width=0.17
blips	nharm=20, offnote=1.001
borgan	spread=0.8, lagtime=0.1
bounce	para1=2, para2=2.5, rel=0.09, nharm=3
bphase	pmindex=2
chimebell	rel=0.02, t60=8, offnote=1.001
chipsy	offnote=0.75, rel=0.009
cicada	trig_freq=0.2
click	mult=4, ptime=0.2
cluster	para1=7, mult=4, pstep=0.75
combs	rate=2, depth=0.8, regen= -3, sweep=8, rq=0.9, nharm=2
cs60lead	fatk=0.75, fdec=0.5, fsus=0.8, frel=1.0, cutoff=200, dtune=0.002, vibspeed=4, vibdepth=0.015, ratio=0.8, glide=0.15
dafbass	ffmod=1 (do not 0), level=0.8, peak=1, offnote=1.01
dblbass	freqdev=4, op1mul=0.1, op2mul=0.1, op3mul=0.1, sprd=0.5, subAmp=0.1
donkysub	frate
donorgan	rel=0.5, lforate=9, lfowidth=0.01, cutoff=100, rq=0.5
dustv	everbtime=3, roomdepth=8
ebass	pick=0.414, rq=0.5, cutoff=250
eoboe	range=0, vibrate=6, width=1, decimate=22040, decibits=2, offnote=1.005
feel	offnote=1.005
filthysaw	cf=100, t_bd=0, t_sd=0, pw=0.4
flute	ipress=0.9, ibreath=0.09, ifeedbk1=0.4, ifeedbk2=0.4
fmbass	atkfract=0.05, relfract= 0.7, modindex = 80, modratio = 1.51, subamp = 0.99, modfb = 1 fmrhodes >> vel = 0.8, modindex = 0.2, oscmix = 0.2, lfospeed = 0.4, lfodepth = 0.1
garfield	phase=0, smooth=0.5, mult=3, vibrato=1, rq=1
grat	rlpf=4000
glitcher	len =20, henA=2, henB=0.4, t=1
harp	decaytime=7, coef=0.04, blend=0.7
hoover	rel=0.09, offnote=0.5
kalimba	oscmix=0.4, relMin=2.5, relMax=3.5
linesaw	lforate1 = 5, lfodepth1 = 0.25, phasecenter1 = 0.35, lforate2 = 2.7, lfodepth2 = 0.5, phasecenter2 = 0.5, pswitch = 0 (0 or 1), fdelay1 = 0.00025, fdelay2 = 0.00015
mhpad	vibrate = 4, vibdepth = 0.02, trem=3, tremdepth = 0.5
mhping	depth=0.02
moogbass	cutoff = 1200, gain = 1.2, lagamount = 0.01, width=0.6
moogpluck	pluckfilter=4, pluckcoef=0.8, pluckmix=0.8
moogpluck2	level=0.8, legato=1, para1=0.5
pmcrotal	mod=5, atone=2, btone=4
prayerbell	decayscale=0.6, singswitch=0, lag=3
rhodes	rate=4.85, phase=0.5, cutoff=2000, rq=0.5
rhpiano	modindex=0.2, mix=0.2, lfospeed=0.4, lfodepth=0.1
rlead	bps=2, seqnote1=3, seqnote2=1, seqnote3=2
rsaw	lofreq = 800, hifreq = 4000 scatter >> level=0.8, offnote1=2, offnote2=1
shore	noiselevel=0.1, density=100
sillyvoice	level=0.5, sinefb=0.2
sine	level=0.5, sinefb=0.2
sosbell	ringamp=1, ringrel=0.9, wobbledepth=0.9, wobblemin=0.3, wobblemax=3.8, strikeamp=1, strikedec=0.05, strikerel=0.09, strikedepth=0.058, strikeharm=4, humamp=0.7
spacesaw	filterlow=100, filterhigh=2000, rq=0.3, sidepreamp=2, midpreamp=1, lfofreq=0.1, lfodepth=0.015, balance=0.5 (0 to 1), monoswitch=0 (0 or 1)
sputter	pw = 0.5, noisedepth = 0.05, pwmrate = 12, pwmdepth = 0.15, rstartf = 2000, rlf = 500, rrf = 5000, ratk = 0.5, method = 0 (0 to 4), gateSwitch = 1 (0 to 1), gateThresh = 0.5 (0 to 1), stereoWidth = 0.75 (0 to 1)
squish	xlatk=0.1, xlsus=0.01, xldur=1, xlmul=0.2, pulserate=4, pulsewidth=0.5
steeldrum	fharm=6, offnote=2.015
strings	freqlag = 0.9, rq = 0.012, combharm = 4, sawharm = 1.5
subbass	plpf=2400, plpr=1.0
subbass2	plpf=2400, plpr=1.0
supersaw	noiserate=0.5
tb303	wave=0, ctf=100, res=0.2, top=1000
tremsynth	modfreq=3
tribell	lforate = 8, lfowidth = 0.02, cutoff = 80, rq = 0.05
triwave	lforate=3, lfowidth=0.0, cutoff=400, rq=0.7
tubularbell	exciterRel=0.05
tworgan	qnt=1, fndmtl=1, nazard=1, bflute=1, trc=1, lrigot=1, sflute=1, vrate=3, vdepth=0.008, vdelay=0.1, vonset=0, vratevar=0.1, vdepthvar=0.1
tworgan2	vibrate=6.0, vibharm=1.017, fharm=5.04, rq=1, blend=0.83
tworgan3	vrate=6, vdepth=0.02, vdelay=0.1, vonset=0, vratevar=0.1, vdepthvar=0.1, fharm=5.04, rq=1, blend=0.83
tworgan4	lforate=4.85, lfodepth=0.006, cutoff=5000, rq=0.5, parfreq=400, parrq=1, pardb=3, blend=0.6
varcell	cutoff=4800, noisemix=0.5, noiserate=12, xvib=2
varsaw	offnote=1.005
vibass	vibrate=9
vinsine	noiseamp=0.02, mainsdepth=0.35, mainshz = 50, vrate = 2, vdepth = 0.005, sineclip = 0.825
windmaker	cutoff=100, rq=0.1
wobble	modfreq=4, width=0.4
wobblebass	modfreqlo=1, modfreqhi=6, gate=1, wfmax=8500, reso=0.4, iphase=0.0, offnote1=0.98, offnote2=1.025
wsaw	iphase1=0.4, iphase2=0.5, iphase3=0.0, offnote1=1, offnote2=0.99, offnote3=1.005
wsawbass	slidetime = 0.08, cutoff = 1100, width = 0.15, detune = 1.002, preamp = 4
xylophone	t60=2 virus >> prate1=1, prate2=2, len=2

SynthDefs: New functionalities

print(Player.get_fxs()) >> Lists all filters and effects available for each SynthDef instrument.

Example:

print(Player.get_fxs())

Output:

('vib', 'vibdepth', 'slide', 'sus', 'slidedelay', 'slidefrom', 'glide', 'glidedelay', 'bend', 'benddelay', 'coarse', 'striate', 'buf', 'rate', 'pshift', 'hpf', 'hpr', 'lpf', 'lpr', 'spf', 'spr', 'spfslide', 'spfend', 'swell', 'bpf', 'bpr', 'bpnoise', 'mpf', 'mpr', 'bits', 'amp', 'crush', 'dist', 'tmp', 'chop', 'chopmix', 'chopwave', 'chopi', 'tremolo', 'beat_dur', 'echo', 'echotime', 'spin', 'cut', 'room', 'mix', 'formant', 'shape', 'drive', 'squiz', 'comp', 'comp_down', 'comp_up', 'triode', 'krush', 'kutoff', 'leg', 'tanh', 'fdist', 'fdistfreq', 'fdistc', 'fdistcfreq1', 'fdistcfreq2', 'fdistcfreq3', 'fdistcfreq4', 'fdistcm1', 'fdistcm2', 'fdistcm3', 'fdistcm4', 'fdistcq1', 'fdistcq2', 'fdistcq3', 'fdistcq4', 'chorus', 'chorusrate', 'sample_atk', 'sample_sus', 'position', 'ring', 'ringl', 'ringh', 'lofi', 'lofiwow', 'lofiamp', 'phaser', 'phaserdepth', 'room2', 'mix2', 'damp2', 'revatk', 'revsus')

print(Player(NAME_OF_SYNTH).get_extra_attributes) >> Lists all extra attributes of a particular SynthDef instrument.

Example:

print(Player("wobblebass").get_extra_attributes())

Output:

\'modfreqlo\': \'1\', \'modfreqhi\': \'6\', \'gate\': \'1\', \'wfmax\': \'8500\', \'reso\': \'0.4\', \'iphase\': \'0.0\', \'offnote1\': \'0.98\', \'offnote2\': \'1.`

Sample Player: sdb >> New attribute for a sample player SynthDef to easy switch between entire sample data bases.

Example:

b1 >> play(Z, dur=4, sample1, sdb=1, amplify=1/8)

Hint: You can set your default number for a sample database in menu option Open Config File

Midi: MidiIn+++ >> Additional functionalities to MidiIn()

Call MidiIn()

midi = MidiIn()

Check all available devices

midi.device.get_ports()

Enable midi message print

midi.print_message(True) ``

Select midi device

midi = MidiIn(PORT)

Get played midi note from keyboard

midi.get_note()

Get velocity of keyboard key or pad

midi.get_velocity()

Get value from controller like knobs

midi.get_ctrl(MIDI_CHANNEL)

Midi: TempoTapper >> Implemented functionality for project TempoTapper

Project: TempoTapper

Check for TempoTapper device

midi = MidiIn() midi.device.get_ports()
Setup TempoTapper device

tempotap = MidiIn(PORT) tempotap.tempo_tapper(True)
Update tempo clock with TempoTapper

def updateBPM():
Clock.bpm = tempotap.tempo_tapper_bpm()
Clock.future(1, updateBPM)
updateBPM()