==== Tidal Cycles ====

http://tidalcycles.org/


====installing on osx with emacs====

in terminal

  * brew install cabal-install   
  * cabal update 
  * cabal install tidal 

emacs

  * package-install haskell-mode

in supercollider

  * Quarks.gui 

  * (install SUperDirt)
  * include("SuperDirt")
  * SuperDirt.start

  
edit .emacs

<code lisp>
  (require 'haskell-mode)
  (require 'tidal) 
  (setq tidal-interpreter "/usr/local/bin/ghci")))
</code>

edit a file like test.tidal in emacs
 
  * M-x tidal-start-haskell

tides


===adding samples & instruments===

in sc3 get location of folder

 Quarks.folder 

  * samples in  <Quarks.folder>/Dirt-Samples 
  * instruments in  <Quarks.folder>/SuperDirt/synths/default-synths.scd

in tidal

~dirt.loadSoundFiles("path/to/my/samples/*")


===further ===

  * creating patterns http://tidalcycles.org/patterns.html
  * function reference http://tidalcycles.org/functions.html
  * http://ask.tidalcycles.org/
  * http://learnyouahaskell.com/introduction