Atoms
5,034 knowledge atoms — one concept each, the smallest teachable units. This is the reference library, not a course: atoms back the hands-on lessons on the two course paths and are here to look up, not to learn from in order. To find something specific, use search or browse by domain, level or type.
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West Side Chicago production favored sample-free rhythmic 'beat tracks', unlike the sample-based South Side style
WGSL storage buffers are read-only by default with var<storage>; read-write access requires var<storage, read_write> and is only available in compute shaders
What separates aspiring producers from releasing is often confidence, not technical skill
When a craft choice conflicts with the livecoding ethos, the ethos wins — it is an operating constraint, not a footnote
When in doubt, an autonomous livecoding agent should wait rather than act
When multiple pipelines share resources, an explicit GPUBindGroupLayout and GPUPipelineLayout must replace the auto-generated layout
withValue (alias fmap) applies a function to every Hap's value without changing timing
WLED supports multiple named ledmaps selectable per preset
Women have participated in live coding since its inception but face structural barriers; active advocacy and women-only spaces have been necessary to sustain diversity
Wrapping a Pbind in Pdef allows live re-evaluation of patterns without stopping the stream
Wrapping edge-cell neighbor lookups with the modulo operator creates a toroidal grid topology that prevents out-of-bounds buffer access
Xenakis's screens theory distributes grains on time-frequency planes using stochastic processes
XFade2 enables smooth blend between a dry signal and a bandpass-filtered wet signal in a SynthDef
xformers memory-efficient attention reduces VRAM usage in diffusion UNets at modest speed cost
Youngblood defines expanded cinema as expanded consciousness, not a specific set of film technologies
A 24-bit container may hold only 16-bit content — verify via bit scope before mastering
A composer can encode their own decision-making as an algorithm, automating it to free attention for intuitive aspects
A cosine noise schedule gives gentler early-stage transitions than the linear schedule, improving likelihood
A dense modern rock master typically targets RMS around -10 to -9 dBFS to retain transient headroom
A digital waveguide section models wave propagation with two delay lines, six attenuators, and two summers per section
A DJ builds resilience by preparing to play any style for any crowd, not by specialising in one
A DJ set is navigation through a multi-dimensional musical space, not a linear increase in energy
A DJ's creative freedom is bounded by the room — adventurousness must be calibrated to what the audience will follow
A Euclidean string is an interval vector that becomes a rotation of itself when its first element is incremented and its last decremented
A frequency coloration that cuts across many instruments is more tractable in mastering than one isolated to two competing instruments
A generative patch drives its own pitch and rhythm from random/chaotic voltages so it plays without real-time performer input
A hardware looper at the end of a modular chain lets performers 'grab licks' and layer them without controlling the modular continuously
A large sound system must be EQ-tuned to its specific room over time to sound right
A limiter typically thins the low end slightly and brightens the top end of the material it processes
A live AV performer must hold both an inward view (technical control) and an outward view (overall flow and impact) at once
A live coder's personal pattern space is a strict subset of the language's full possibility space; creativity means expanding toward the system's edges
A Markov chain trained on pitch and rhythm sequences generates new music with the same statistical patterns
A mastering engineer listens to the full track before touching any processor
A mastering session begins with a pre-flight checklist before any processing
A multi-hour DJ set can be structured as six distinct movements, each with a different energy function relative to a peak moment
A multi-section string waveguide simplifies to a single delay line with one lowpass filter by exploiting linearity
A perfectly seamless DJ transition erases the evidence of its own achievement
A quantizer keeps improvised live playing in key, but is deliberately avoided in the studio to discover out-of-scale melodies
A RAVE prior is a model trained on latent sequences that enables generation without audio input
A recorded DJ mix needs a structural arc — from dark/minimal to climax — that mirrors a personal narrative
A short-time analog bucket-brigade delay with high/low cut EQ creates sizzling out-of-time textures for melodic lines in live techno
A single master session may need to deliver multiple format variants for different distribution contexts
A single targetRatio parameter morphs an ADSR segment's shape from near-exponential to near-linear
A society free to build on past culture is creatively richer than one under strict copyright control
A stable sonic identity requires actively resisting trend absorption rather than passively ignoring it
A SuperCollider performance piece uses ServerBoot/Tree, Pdefs, and Groups to create a hot-swappable live structure
A SuperCollider startup file auto-loads SynthDefs and buffers on server boot for live-coding readiness
A tendency mask shapes a stochastic parameter by making its random bounds move over time
A very-low-frequency shelf starting around 180–200 Hz adds perceived brightness by boosting everything above the sub-bass
Ableton Link enables multi-artist AV jams where several visual and music machines share one clock
Ableton Link synchronizes beat, tempo, and phase across multiple apps or devices over a local network without a master clock
AbletonOSC supports hot-reloading its own handler code by sending /live/api/reload, avoiding a full Live restart during development
Adaptive tuning adjusts pitches in real time by sliding down the dissonance curve toward nearby consonant intervals
Adding a new process in mastering often requires revisiting and adjusting earlier decisions in the chain
Algorave is free culture — institutional sponsorship and self-promotion risk corrupting its values
Algorave is not a protected brand — anyone can host one freely
Algorave requires the algorithmic process to be visible — not necessarily live-coded
Algorave resists headliner culture — semi-anonymity and flat billing are the norm
Algoraves should be safe spaces, supported by a published code of conduct
Algorithmic music faces a process-product tension: system elegance does not guarantee musical result, and the ear must ultimately arbitrate