v1.0.0 Geburtstagskuchen

These are the release notes for Strudel 1.0.0 aka "Geburtstagskuchen"

This release marks the 2 year anniversary of the project, the first commit was on the 22nd January 2022 by Alex McLean.

If you generally need a heads up on what happened to Strudel in the last year, read the 2023 recap (you might need to hard refresh your browser to see it)

v1-teaser.mp4

A lot has happened since then, and also since the last release 16 weeks ago.

Let me write up some of the highlights:

Breaking Change

This version changes the default cps value from 1 to 0.5 to give patterns a little bit more time by default.
If you find your existing patterns to be suddenly half the speed, just add a setcps(1) to the top and it should sound as it did before!

• make 0.5hz cps the default by @yaxu in #931

New Domain

Strudel is now available under strudel.cc. The old domain still works but you might not get the most recent version.

• replace strudel.tidalcycles.org with strudel.cc by @felixroos in #768

Strudel on Mastodon

Strudel now has a mastodon presence: https://social.toplap.org/@strudel

New Audio Engine Features

superdough, the audio engine of strudel has gotten some new features:

• Create phaser effect by @daslyfe in #798
• Multichannel audio by @daslyfe in #820
• Audio device selection by @daslyfe in #854
• Better convolution reverb by generating impulse responses by @Bubobubobubobubo and @felixroos in #718
• Add 'white', 'pink' and 'brown' oscillators + refactor synth by @Bubobubobubobubo and @felixroos in #713
• New noise type: "crackle" by @Bubobubobubobubo in #806
• Add support for using samples as impulse response buffers for the reverb by @vasilymilovidov in #717
• Compressor by @felixroos in #729
• Adding vibrato to Superdough sampler by @Bubobubobubobubo and @felixroos in #706
• Further Envelope improvements by @daslyfe in #868
• Add more vowel qualities for the vowels function by @fnordomat in #907
• pitch envelope by @felixroos in #913

Slider Controls

The new slider function inlines a draggable slider element into the code, bridging the gap between code and GUI.

• widgets by @felixroos in #714
• Slider afterthoughts by @felixroos in #723
• add xfade by @felixroos in #780

Improved MIDI integration

Pattern params can now be controlled with cc messages + you can now send a MIDI clock to sync your DAW with strudel.

• Midi in by @felixroos in #699
• add midi clock support by @felixroos in #710

hydra

hydra, the live coding video synth can now be used directly inside the strudel REPL.

• Hydra integration by @felixroos in #759
• add options param to initHydra by @kasparsj in #808
• Hydra fixes and improvements by @atfornes in #818

Vanilla REPL

The codemirror editor and the repl abstraction have been refactored from react to vanilla JS!
This should give some performance improvements and less dependency / maintenance burden:

• Vanilla repl 2 by @felixroos in #863
• Vanilla repl 3 by @felixroos in #865
• more work on vanilla repl: repl web component + package + MicroRepl by @felixroos in #866
• main repl vanillification by @felixroos in #873
• final vanillification by @felixroos in #876

Doc Changes

Plenty of things have been added to the docs, including a showcase of what people have been done with strudel.

• Showcase by @felixroos in #885
• Recipes by @felixroos in #742
• Document striate function by @ilesinge in #766
• Document adsr function by @ilesinge in #767
• Add function params in reference tab by @ilesinge in #785
• Update first-sounds.mdx by @bwagner in #794
• Update recap.mdx by @bwagner in #797
• Update pattern-effects.mdx by @bwagner in #796
• Update first-effects.mdx by @bwagner in #795
• Document pianoroll by @ilesinge in #784
• Add doc for euclidLegatoRot, wordfall and slider by @ilesinge in #801
• Improve documentation for synonym functions by @ilesinge in #800
• Add and style algolia search by @ilesinge in #827
• Fix a typo by @drewgbarnes in #830
• add mastodon link by @felixroos in #884
• adds a blog by @felixroos in #911
• community bakery by @felixroos in #923
• Blog improvements by @felixroos in #919
• 2 years blog post by @felixroos in #929

Other Features

There is a lot more:

• mini notation: international alphabets support by @ilesinge in #751
• Add shabda shortcut by @ilesinge in #740
• add play function by @felixroos in #758 (superseded by next)
• tidal style d1 ... d9 functions + more by @felixroos in #805
• add vscode bindings by @Dsm0 in #773
• Implement optional hover tooltip with function documentation by @ilesinge in #783
• samples loading shortcuts: by @felixroos in #788
• add option to disable active line highlighting in Code Settings by @kasparsj in #804
• Color hsl by @felixroos in #815
• Patterns tab + Refactor Panel by @felixroos in #769
• patterns tab: import patterns + style by @felixroos in #852
• Export patterns + ui tweaks by @felixroos in #855
• Pattern organization by @felixroos in #858
• Sound Import from local file system by @daslyfe in #839
• bugfix: suspend and close exisiting audio context when changing interface by @daslyfe in #882
• add root mode for voicings by @felixroos in #887
• scales can now be anchored by @felixroos in #888
• add dough function for raw dsp by @felixroos in #707 (experimental)
• support mininotation '..' range operator, fixes #715 by @yaxu in #716
• Add pick and squeeze functions by @daslyfe in #771
• support , in < > by @felixroos in #886
• public sharing by @felixroos in #910
• pick, pickmod, inhabit, inhabitmod by @yaxu in #921
• Mini-notation additions towards tidal compatibility by @yaxu in #926
• add pickF and pickmodF by @geikha in #924
• Make splice cps-aware by @yaxu in #932
• Refactor cps functions by @felixroos in #933
• Add useful pattern selection behavior for performing. by @daslyfe in #897

Other Fixes

• fix: finally repair envelopes by @felixroos in #861
• fix: reverb regenerate loophole by @felixroos in #726
• fix: reverb roomsize not required by @felixroos in #731
• fix: reverb sampleRate by @felixroos in #732
• consume n with scale by @felixroos in #727
• fix: hashes in urls by @felixroos in #728
• [Bug Fix] chooseWith: prevent pattern from stopping audio when selection is >= 1 or < 0 by @daslyfe in #741
• Fix addivite synthesis phases by @felixroos in #762
• fix: scale offset by @felixroos in #764
• fix zen mode logo overlap by @felixroos in #760
• fix: share copy to clipboard + alert by @felixroos in #774
• fix: style issues by @felixroos in #781
• Fix scope pos + document by @felixroos in #786
• don't use anchor links for reference by @felixroos in #791
• remove unwanted cm6 outline for strudelTheme by @kasparsj in #802
• FIXES: palindrome abc -> abccba by @bwagner in #831
• Bug Fix #119: Clock drift by @daslyfe in #874
• bugfix: sound select indexes out of bounds by @daslyfe in #871
• Error tolerance by @felixroos in #880
• fix: make sure n is never undefined before nanFallback by @felixroos in #881
• fix: invisible selection on vim + emacs mode by @felixroos in #889
• fix: autocomplete / tooltip code example bug by @felixroos in #898
• Fix examples page, piano() and a few workshop imgs by @shiyouganai in #848
• fix: trailing slash confusion by @felixroos in #743
• fix: try different trailing slash behavior by @felixroos in #744
• Fix krill build command in README by @ilesinge in #748
• Fix for #1. Enables named instruments for csoundm. by @gogins in #662
• fix: missing hash for links starting with / by @felixroos in #845
• fix: swatch png src by @felixroos in #846
• Fix edge case with rehype-urls and trailing slashes in image file paths by @shiyouganai in #849
• fix: multiple repls by @felixroos in #813
• Fix chunk, add fastChunk and repeatCycles by @yaxu in #712
• Update tauri.yml workflow file by @vasilymilovidov in #705
• vite-vanilla-repl readme fix by @felixroos in #737
• completely revert config mess by @felixroos in #745
• hopefully fix trainling slashes bug by @felixroos in #753
• Update vite pwa by @felixroos in #772
• Update to Astro 3 by @felixroos in #775
• support multiple named serial connections, change default baudrate by @yaxu in #551
• CHANGES: github action checkout v2 -> v4 by @bwagner in #837
• CHANGES: pin pnpm to version 8.3.1 by @bwagner in #834
• CHANGES: github action pnpm version from 7 to 8.3.1 by @bwagner in #835
• ADDS: JetBrains IDE files and directories to .gitignore by @bwagner in #840
• Prevent 404 on Algolia crawls by @ilesinge in #838
• Add in fixes from my fork to slashocalypse branch by @shiyouganai in #843
• improve slashing + base href behavior by @felixroos in #842
• CHANGES: pnpm 8.1.3 to 8.11.0 by @bwagner in #850
• add missing trailing slashes by @felixroos in #860
• move all examples to separate examples folder by @felixroos in #878
• Dependency update by @felixroos in #879
• Update Vite version so hot reload works properly with newest pnpm version by @daslyfe in #892
• prevent vite from complaining about additional exports in jsx files by @daslyfe in #891
• fix some build warnings by @felixroos in #902
• Remove hideHeader for better mobile UI and consistency by @rjulian in #894
• Fix: swatch/[name].png.js static path by @oscarbyrne in #916
• rename @strudel.cycles/* packages to @strudel/* by @felixroos in #917
• pick now accepts lookup tables, with alternate cycle squeezing behaviour as new inhabit function by @yaxu in #918
• Revert "pick now accepts lookup tables, with alternate cycle squeezing behaviour as new inhabit function" by @yaxu in #920
• Fix pattern tab not showing patterns without created date by @daslyfe in #934

New Contributors

• @ilesinge made their first contribution in #748
• @Dsm0 made their first contribution in #773
• @kasparsj made their first contribution in #802
• @atfornes made their first contribution in #818
• @drewgbarnes made their first contribution in #830
• @shiyouganai made their first contribution in #843
• @rjulian made their first contribution in #894
• @fnordomat made their first contribution in #907
• @oscarbyrne made their first contribution in #916
• @geikha made their first contribution in #924

Full Changelog: v0.9.0...v1.0.0