2.tidal

-- tutorial part 2: functions

-- we can apply functions to the patterns
d1 $ slow 4 $ sound "bd hh hh hh"
-- slow makes the pattern go slower... cool.
-- what do you think fast does?

d1 $ fast 4 $ sound "bd hh hh hh"
-- yup.

-- reversing patterns can be alright.
d1 $ rev $ sound "bd hh sn hh"

-- but it only really becomes interesting when combined with every
d1 $ every 4 (rev) $ sound "bd hh sn:2 hh"

-- of course, you can use every with every function (see what i did there?)
d1 $ every 4 (fast 4) $ sound "bd hh sn:2 hh"
-- notice that it repeats the pattern 4 times in order to fill the same amount
-- of space as the unaltered pattern!

-- this is all very deterministic...
d1 $ degrade $ sound "bd hh"
-- degrade decides not to play the pattern sometimes

d1 $ sometimes (fast 4) $ sound "hh hh"
-- you know, it does it sometimes. when it feels like it.

-- chop
d1 $ chop 32 $ sound "bd sn"
-- breaks each sample into 32 "grains" and constructs a new pattern with the
-- result. makes grainy sounds!

d1 $ chop 16 $ sound "bd ~ sn bd ~ [~ bd]/2 [sn [~ bd]/2] ~"

-- try combining these! for example
d1 $ every 4 (rev) $ chop 16 $ sound "bd ~ sn bd ~ [~ bd]/2 [sn [~ bd]/2] ~"

hush