Tomorrow is the deadline for the #libremusicchallenge, and I think my #synthwavefromscratch track is in a good enough place for it.

For those of you just joining in, for the past month, I've been making a synthwave track from scratch: no DAW, no plugins. Just C code and some scripting languages on top of that. In other words, I'm using my #sndkit and #gest projects.

The code for the song can be found here:

https://git.sr.ht/~pbatch/gest/tree/master/item/examples/synthwave.lil

...if you don't believe me, compile and render it yourself ;)

More progress with my #synthwavefromscratch track today for the #libremusicchallenge! (I am building a synthwave track without a DAW, using just low-level C code with a small scripting language on top.)

Starting to use my gesture sequencer to work out melodies and make automation curves. Also added some a delay-throw on the melody.

I'm up to a 8-16 bar loop now. Hoping to add a little bit more. Another section perhaps? I need to leave enough time to make sure I can publish all the source code before the deadline!

Here's a classic subtractive 3osc synth bass sound. #synthwavefromscratch #sndkit

set key 36;env [metro [expr (4 * 96) / 60]] 0.001 0.01 0.12;blsaw [mtof $key];blsaw [mtof [expr $key - 11.8]];add zz zz;blsaw [mtof [expr $key + 11.9]];add zz zz;mul zz 0.2;chorus zz 1.0 0.5 0.02 0.1;dcblocker zz;butlp zz 1000;butlp zz 1000;mul zz zz;wavout zz "synthbass.wav";computes 10;

hihat sounds! #synthwavefromscratch

env [metro 8] 0.001 0.01 0.01;mul [noise] 0.5;butlp zz 4000;buthp zz 8000;mul zz zz;wavout zz "hh.wav";computes 10;

synthesized snare with gated reverb. also for #synthwavefromscratch

metro 1;hold zz;regset zz 0;regget 0;env zz 0.001 0.07 0.07;mul [noise] 0.1;butlp zz 5000;peakeq zz 8000 8000 2;peakeq zz 200 1000 5;buthp zz 200;mul zz zz;dup;dup dup;bigverb zz zz 0.97 10000;drop;dcblocker zz;regget 0;env zz 0.001 0.08 0.1;mul zz zz;add zz zz;wavout zz "snare.wav";regget 0;unhold;computes 10;

synthesized kick drum sound using #sndkit and #LIL. This will be used #synthwavefromscratch track.

metro 2;hold zz;regset zz 0;gensine [tabnew 8192];regget 0;dup;expon zz 1 0.1 0.001;scale zz 60 500;tphasor zz zz 0;phasewarp zz 0.2;oscfext zz zz;mul zz 0.5;regget 0;env zz 0.001 0.1 0.1;mul zz zz;regget 0;modalres zz 3000 3;add zz zz;wavout zz "kik.wav";computes 10;regget 0;unhold zz;