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Bytebeat: Music from very short programs - the 3rd iteration

Ville-Matias Heikkilä (viznut) · demo · Watch on YouTube

Demoscene & retrocomputingCreative coding & generative artMusic theory, synthesis & production

What it is

Viznut's third bytebeat video presents music generated by very short C programs and JavaScript expressions. It links to online tools and deeper analysis of one-line music.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Linked in threads about algorithmic and demoscene music as the canonical introduction to bytebeat.

  • 1 people recommended it
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  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “Surprisingly complex music from very simple modular arithmetic and bit shifting.”

    Complex music from simple modular arithmetic and bit shifting.

    isoprophlex, 2024-03 · Recommendation · in “Mandala: A little plaground for testing pixel logic patterns”

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Topics: bytebeat, demoscene, generative music, bit manipulation, viznut

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