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TidalCycles (also known as Tidal) is a live coding environment which is designed for improvising and composing music. Technically, it is a domain-specific language embedded in the functional programming language Haskell, and is focused on generating and manipulating audiovisual patterns. It was originally designed for heavily percussive and polyrhythmic…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TidalCycles | Developers | Alex McLean, others | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | License | GPLv3 | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Release | 2009; 17 years ago (2009) | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Repository | https://codeberg.org/uzu/tidal/ | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Stable release | 1.10.0 / 8 June 2025; 14 months ago (2025-06-08) | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Type | Live coding environment, algorave | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Website | tidalcycles.org | 1.00 | infobox |
| TidalCycles | Written in | Haskell | 1.00 | infobox |
| algorave | instance of | although its cyclic approach to time means that it affords use in repetitive styles | 0.80 | text |
| TidalCycles | related to background | Alex McLean | 0.60 | section |
| TidalCycles | related to background | Haskell | 0.60 | section |
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