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- [Learning resources](#learning-resources) - [Written tutorials](#written-tutorials) - [Videos](#videos) - [Books](#books) - [Research papers](#research-papers) - [Others](#others) - [Quarks, plugins and extensions](#quarks-plugins-and-extensions) - [Metacontrol, mapping and gestures](#metacontrol-mapping-and-gestures) - [Live coding](#live-coding) - [Live Performance](#live-performance) - [Controllers](#controllers) - [Network](#network) - [Physics](#physics) - [Buffer management](#buffer-management) - [Patterns](#patterns) - [Maths](#maths) - [Immersive audio](#immersive-audio) - [FX](#fx) - [Synthesis](#synthesis) - [GUI](#gui) - [Misc](#misc) - [Synthdefs](#synthdefs) - [Instruments](#instruments) - [Emulations / clones](#emulations--clones) - [Granular](#granular) - [Other](#other) - [Single board computers](#single-board-computers) - [Norns](#norns) - [Raspberry Pi](#raspberry-pi) - [Others](#others-1) - [Clients](#clients) - [Language clients](#language-clients) - [Livecode interfaces](#livecode-interfaces) - [IDE alternatives](#ide-alternatives) - [Community](#community) - [Build scripts and templates](#build-scripts-and-templates) - [Others](#others-2) - [Contribute](#contribute) - [License](#license) -  - ## Learning resources - ### Written tutorials - [A gentle introduction to SuperCollider](https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~ruviaro/texts/A_Gentle_Introduction_To_SuperCollider.pdf) – Introduction to SC by Stanford's CCRMA - [howto_co34pt_liveCode](https://theseanco.github.io/howto_co34pt_liveCode/) - Livecoding tutorial - [Nick Collins' SuperCollider tutorial](http://composerprogrammer.com/teaching/supercollider/sctutorial/tutorial.html) - Course material for a 12 week course on SuperCollider - [udk00-Audiovisual_Programming](http://redfrik.github.io/udk00-Audiovisual_Programming/) - Fredrik Olofsson's course materials for UdK Berlin - [Pseudoclasses with events](https://web.archive.org/web/20141008053015/http://www.tmroyal.com/supercollider-pseudoclasses-with-events.html) - Faking object-oriented programming in SuperCollider with Events - [SuperCollider_Tutorials](https://github.com/brunoruviaro/SuperCollider_Tutorials) - SC tutorials - [learn](https://github.com/supercollider/learn) - Official SuperCollider tutorial - [A-Practical-Guide](http://doc.sccode.org/Browse.html#Streams-Patterns-Events%3EA-Practical-Guide) - A fantastic pattern tutorial (which can also be found in your help files) - [Minibee Tutorial](http://roosnaflak.com/tech-and-research/minibee-tutorials/) - How to work with the Minibee sensors (for dance performances, etc.) in SuperCollider - [Mads Kjeldgaard's Tech and research](https://www.madskjeldgaard.dk/posts) - A blog containing a range of tips, tricks and tutorials - [Implementing a SuperCollider UGen in Rust](http://www.andrewchristophersmith.com/2015/01/01/implementing-a-supercollider-external-in-rust/) - [SolarPowered SuperCollider on a Raspberry Pi Zero](http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node/655) - Great little guide for using SC on a solar powered Pi Zero. - ### Videos - [SuperCollider Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRzsOOiJ_p4&list=PLPYzvS8A_rTaNDweXe6PX4CXSGq4iEWYC) - Tutorials by Eli Fieldsteel covering a range of subjects - [Project Free Jazz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxiG5mjjqzE&list=PLBGCHACLI2b6kawXFK7LayACsIncdyf2f) - A Four part tutorial about algorithmic composition with SuperCollider - [Audio signal processing in SuperCollider](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1Zlv_e8Lv9g2NLtDb0X_VhIw9aR7mcJ7) - A series of lectures by Zlatko Baracskai focusing on audio signal processing. - [Live Coding Tutorials](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlWmK4qVXO37vgyLeNe8ElF15pInARU6x) - Tutorials specifically about live coding - [Masterclass "The Ambisonic Toolkit"](http://www.ambisonictoolkit.net/documentation/supercollider/tutorials/) - A general introduction to ambisonics and the ATK - [Ultimate Arduino-To-Supercollider Tutorials- Control Signals for Digital Audio](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAXkVXyP6y5PF2Xy0hMWiKuIdf2Zu6xnG) - How to use the Arduino micro computers with SC - [Unity 5 and SuperCollider(Custom Sound Engine)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKrJig-8xIiKIznvk_0WArP2ne036TeZV) - How to setup the Unity game engine to work with SuperCollider - [SuperCollider and Time](https://medias.ircam.fr/xb090dd_supercollider-and-time) - James McCartney (author of SuperCollider) giving a talk at IRCAM - [SoundEngraver](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRxJO2INa3EWX19IfoWqS5Q) - video demos showcasing a variety of things in SC - [Musical Sound Design in Supercollider video series](https://scsynth.org/t/musical-sound-design-in-supercollider-video-series/2080) - Videos on sound design techniques in SC, including pulsar synthesis examples. - ### Books - [Introduction to SuperCollider](https://www.logos-verlag.de/cgi-bin/engbuchmid?isbn=4017&lng=eng&id=) - Written by Andrea Valle, includes pdf. Published 2016. - [The SuperCollider Book](https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/supercollider-book) – The essential reference. Edited by Scott Wilson, David Cottle and Nick Collins. Foreword by James McCartney. Published 2011. - [Thor Magnussons Scoring Sound](https://leanpub.com/ScoringSound) - Cookbook containing synthesis recipes among other things - [Mapping and Visualization with SuperCollider](https://archive.org/details/MappingAndVisualizationWithSuperCollider) - Create interactive and repsonsive audio-visual applications with SuperCollider - [OXford Handbook of Algorithmic Music](https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190226992.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780190226992) - Not strictly speaking SuperCollider, but a great resource nevertheless. - ### Research papers - [Influx – Loose Control, Gain Influence](https://www.3dmin.org/research/open-development-and-design/influx/) - Super interesting article about Alberto de Campo's Influx system and gesture control/mapping in general - [NNdef: Livecoding Digital Musical Instruments in SuperCollider using Functional Reactive Programming](http://www.friendlyvirus.org/files/Miguel-Negrao-NNdef-FARM-2018.pdf) - ### Others - [scinterviews.com](http://scinterviews.com/) - SuperCollider interviews - ## Quarks, plugins and extensions - ### Metacontrol, mapping and gestures - [Influx](https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/Influx) - System for complex mapping of gestures - ### Live coding - [SuperDirt](https://github.com/musikinformatik/SuperDirt) - The sound engine of the TidalCycles pattern language - [JITLibExtensions](https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/JITLibExtensions) - Some extensions to the common JITLib classes - [ixiLangQt](https://github.com/thormagnusson/ixilangQt) - The ixi lang live coding environment is a simple visual system presenting a high entry-level control over synth definitions and samples in SuperCollider - [xoxo](https://github.com/lvm/xoxo) - Embedded language for SuperCollider - [INSTRUMENT](https://github.com/punksnotdev/INSTRUMENT) - This tool is aimed at the creation of musical compositions from scratch, 'on the fly'. INSTRUMENT focuses on musical language: rhythm, harmony, melody, audio processing - ### Live Performance - [CuePlayer](https://github.com/dathinaios/CuePlayer) - A tool for composing and performing real-time and mixed electronic works using SuperCollider. - ### Controllers - [Modality Toolkit](https://github.com/ModalityTeam/Modality-toolkit) - Powerful and modal controller library - [NanoKontrol2](https://github.com/davidgranstrom/NanoKontrol2) - Interface for using Korg NanoKontrol2 - [NanoKontrol](https://github.com/jesusgollonet/NanoKontrol.sc) - Simple use of the Korg NanoKontrol2 - ### Network - [Utopia](https://github.com/muellmusik/Utopia) - Network Music Apps in SuperCollider - [BenoitLib](https://github.com/cappelnord/BenoitLib) - Collaborative and synchronized performances - [OpenObject](https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/OpenObject) - Share object contents over the network via osc. - ### Physics - [TraerPhysics](https://github.com/redFrik/TraerPhysics) - A simple particle system physics engine - ### Buffer management - [PolyBuf](https://github.com/madskjeldgaard/PolyBuf) - Easily load and access a bunch of audio files into collections of buffers in SuperCollider - [Convenience](https://github.com/salkin-mada/Convenience) - Load entire sample banks or folder structures (folders within folders) of audio files into easily accessible collections of buffers. And more. - ### Patterns - [Repetition.sc](https://github.com/lvm/Repetition.sc) - A set of tools to build a Stream of Events using symbols and a sort of language in the language - ### Maths - ### Immersive audio - [The Ambisonic Toolkit](https://github.com/ambisonictoolkit/atk-sc3) - Toolkit for working with spatial sound in the ambisonic domain - ### FX - [vstplugin](https://git.iem.at/pd/vstplugin/releases) – IEM's VST Plugin integration for SuperCollider (and Pure Data) - [Vowel](https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/Vowel) - Convenience Class for Vowel Creation - [PitchShiftPA](https://github.com/dyfer/PitchShiftPA) - Phase Aligned pitch shifting - [DWGReverb](https://github.com/sonoro1234/DWGReverb) - A virtual room generator: It has a FDN reverb for the late response but also early reflections generator based on room dimensions - ### Synthesis - [CaosPercLib](https://github.com/josecaos/caosperclib) - a Collection of Percussion Classes for SuperCollider - [CaosBox](https://github.com/josecaos/caosbox) - a not-so-common LiveCoding/AlgoRave music GUI secuencer/processor for the CaosPercLib - [f0plugins](https://github.com/redFrik/f0plugins) - chip tune UGens - [Particular](https://github.com/madskjeldgaard/Particular) - particle synthesis on a per particle basis (to be used with patterns) - ### GUI - [wsGUI](https://github.com/dyfer/wsGUI.quark) - User interfaces displayed in a web browser, locally and over the network - [Automation](https://github.com/neeels/Automation) - Record and playback live GUI activity in supercollider audio synth - ### Misc - [miSCellaneous_lib](https://github.com/dkmayer/miSCellaneous_lib) - various SuperCollider extensions and tutorials: patterns, fx sequencing, granulation, wave folding, sieves, combined lang and server gui control, live coding, single sample feedback, generalized functional iteration synthesis - ## Synthdefs - [Synthdefs](https://github.com/everythingwillbetakenaway/Synthdefs) - Synthdef Pool - [SynthDefPool](https://github.com/supercollider-quarks/SynthDefPool) — a public library of handy SynthDefs - [SCLOrkSynths](https://github.com/brunoruviaro/SynthDefs-for-Patterns) — Collection of SuperCollider SynthDefs (synth definitions) for use with Patterns - ## Instruments - ### Emulations / clones - [DX7-SuperCollider](https://github.com/everythingwillbetakenaway/DX7-Supercollider) - accurate Yamaha DX-7 clone. Programmed in Supercollider - [Benjolis](https://scsynth.org/t/benjolin-inspired-instrument/1074/2) - Instrument inspired by Rob Hordijk's chaotic Benjolin synth - ### Granular - [granular-synth](https://github.com/cagnolone/granular-synth) - A simple granular synth GUI, with a handy time/frequency graph - [granular from Discrete Structures course](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redFrik/udk18-Discrete_Structures/master/udk171214/granulator.scd) - loads a folder of files into buffers and granulates everything. - ### Other - [LNX Studio](http://lnxstudio.sourceforge.net/) - a Digital Audio Work Station. [Repository](https://github.com/neilcosgrove/LNX_Studio) - [TXmodular](http://www.palemoonrising.co.uk/) - TXmodular is a production environment fully written in SC - ## Single board computers - ### Norns - [Monome norns, SuperCollider and Lua](https://medium.com/@kidsputnik/monome-norns-supercollider-and-lua-part-1-d97646306973) - Nice tutorial on getting started with SuperCollider/LUA on the Norns platform - ### Raspberry Pi - [Solar powered SuperCollider](http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node/655) - Running SC on a Solar powered Raspberry Pi Zero - [Notes for setting up a Raspberry Pi 4 for audio work](https://madskjeldgaard.dk/posts/raspi4-notes/) - A comprehensive guide for tuning Raspbian and using (latest version of) SuperCollider - [Networked audio using Raspberry Pi 4, zita-njbridge and SuperCollider](https://madskjeldgaard.dk/posts/raspi-zita-njbridge/) - Do networked audio on the Pi using SuperCollider - [Prynth](http://prynth.github.io/) - Prynth are programmable sound synthesizers powered by Raspberry Pi - [supercolliderStandaloneRPI2](https://github.com/redFrik/supercolliderStandaloneRPI2) - Standalone for Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 with Raspbian Stretch including the full IDE - [supercolliderStandaloneRPI1](https://github.com/redFrik/supercolliderStandaloneRPI1) - Standalone for Raspberry Pi 1 or Zero with Raspbian Stretch including the full IDE - [Building SuperCollider for piCore Linux](http://fredrikolofsson.com/f0blog/?q=node/672) - Great guide for installing stuff on PiCoreLinux - ### Others - [Bela](https://blog.bela.io/2017/10/29/bela-and-supercollider-live-coding-sensors/) - Bela is an embedded computing platform for creating responsive interactive applications - [OpenBCI-SuperCollider](https://github.com/krisztian-hofstadter-tedor/OpenBCI-SuperCollider) - SuperCollider classes for communicating with Open Brain Computer Interface - [IBVA-BlueVAS-SuperCollider](https://github.com/krisztian-hofstadter-tedor/IBVA-BlueVAS-SuperCollider) - - A SuperCollider class for communicating with the IBVA EEG brain wave measurement headset - ## Clients - ### Language clients - [SuperColliderJS](https://crucialfelix.github.io/supercolliderjs/) - JavaScript client - [hsc3](http://hackage.haskell.org/package/hsc3) - Haskell client - [Lua2SC](https://github.com/sonoro1234/Lua2SC) - Lua client - [ScalaCollider](https://github.com/Sciss/ScalaCollider) - Scala client - [supriya](https://github.com/josiah-wolf-oberholtzer/supriya) - Python client - [cl-collider](https://github.com/byulparan/cl-collider) - CommonLisp client - [sc_client](https://github.com/tonikasoft/sc_client) - Rust client - ### Livecode interfaces - [TidalCycles](http://tidalcycles.org/) - Haskell based live coding environment for patterns - [FoxDot](https://foxdot.org/) – Python based live coding environment running on top of SuperCollider - [Overtone](http://overtone.github.io/) - Collaborative live coding using Clojure - [xi](https://github.com/xi-livecode/xi) - A domain-specific language for live coding musical patterns in Ruby - ## IDE alternatives - [atom-supercollider](https://github.com/crucialfelix/atom-supercollider) - SuperCollider integration for Atom - [scvim](https://github.com/supercollider/scvim) - Vim plugin - [scnvim](https://github.com/davidgranstrom/scnvim) - NeoVim plugin - [scel](https://github.com/supercollider/scel) - Emacs interface - [vscode_supercollider](https://github.com/salkin-mada/vscode_supercollider) - Supercollider syntax for Visual Studio Code - [Hadron](https://github.com/htor/hadron-editor) - Simple editor with help browser and post window - ## Community - [scsynth.org](http://scsynth.org/) - Official SuperCollider forum - [sccode.org](http://sccode.org/) - A website containing SuperCollider code. Many years worth of good ideas in here. - [Slack](https://scsynth.slack.com/) - The SuperCollider Slack - [Lurk](https://talk.lurk.org/channel/supercollider) – Livecode chat - [Mailing list](https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/ea-studios/research/supercollider/mailinglist.aspx) - Official mailing list - [Telegram](https://t.me/supercollider_en) - Telegram SuperGroup - [Telegram ES](https://t.me/supercollider_es) - Telegram SuperGroup in Spanish - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/groups/supercollider/) - The SuperCollider facebook group - ## Build scripts and templates - [Build script for Linux](https://github.com/lvm/build-supercollider) - Easily build SuperCollider with plugins from source on Linux (Ubuntu/Debian) - [Cookiecutter template for SuperCollider quarks](https://github.com/madskjeldgaard/cookiecutter-quark) - A SuperCollider package (quark) generator using the Cookiecutter cli program. The fastest way to get setup for a quark - [Cookiecutter template for SuperCollider plugin](https://github.com/supercollider/cookiecutter-supercollider-plugin) - cookiecutter project for SuperCollider server plugins - ## Others - [superfomus](https://github.com/smoge/superfomus) - bindings to Fomus Music Notation (FOrmat MUSic) - [SuperColliderAU](https://github.com/supercollider/SuperColliderAU) - SuperColliderAU is an AudioUnit wrapper that allows using SuperCollider servers inside AudioUnits hosts on macOS. The embedded server may be controlled over OSC as usual