{"slug": "tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns", "title": "Tidal Cycles – Live coding music with Algorithmic patterns", "summary": "Tidal Cycles, a free/open-source live coding environment for algorithmic patterns written in Haskell, uses SuperCollider for synthesis and MIDI, and has inspired a family of similar environments including the web-based Strudel. It allows musicians to create flexible sequences of sounds, notes, and parameters through code, and is supported by a vibrant community for composition and improvisation.", "body_md": "# Tidal Cycles\n\nLive coding music with Algorithmic patterns\n\n### Free/open-source software\n\nTidal Cycles (or 'Tidal' for short) is a free/open source live coding environment for algorithmic patterns, written in Haskell. Tidal is using SuperCollider, another open-source software, for synthesis and MIDI. Tidal has inspired a open source family of similar environments adopting its model of patterns of time known as * Uzulangs*, including the web-based\n\n[Strudel](https://strudel.cc)environment.\n\n### Pattern everything\n\nTidal Cycles allows you to make patterns with code. It includes language for describing flexible (e.g. polyphonic, polyrhythmic, generative) sequences of sounds, notes, parameters, and all kind of information.\n\n### Tidal Community\n\nTidal is used by a diverse and vibrant community of musicians for composition, improvisation and exploration of algorithmic music. Check out the [Tidal Blog](https://tidalcycles.org/blog/) or submit your own [blog post](https://tidalcycles.org/blog/about). Learn about the [Tidal community](https://tidalcycles.org/docs/community/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns", "canonical_source": "https://tidalcycles.org/", "published_at": "2026-08-20 19:21:45+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-20 20:14:19.808805+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-tools", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Tidal Cycles", "SuperCollider", "Strudel", "Haskell"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/tidal-cycles-live-coding-music-with-algorithmic-patterns.jsonld"}}