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User: Is this a known programming language or scripting language for creating music?

Is this a known programming language or scripting language for creating music?

Assistant: Short answer: Yes — this is a known live-coding music language.

Short answer: Yes — this is a known live-coding music language. It’s Strudel (a Tidal-like music DSL that runs in the browser).

What you’re looking at

This screenshot is Strudel, a browser-based live-coding environment inspired by TidalCycles. Clues that give it away:

1. Pattern syntax

n("<0 4 9 7>16").scale("g# minor").trans(-12)

This is classic Tidal-style pattern language.

2. Built-in functions

• acidenv(...)
• duck(...)
• detune(rand)
• supersaw
• .pianoroll() These are Strudel-specific additions (not native to TidalCycles).

3. UI features

Your screenshot shows:

• Sliders inside the code (slider 0.718)
• A generated piano-roll preview These are Strudel UI features, not SuperCollider or TidalCycles.

4. Page style

The editor theme and the blue pattern-preview bar match the Strudel playground layout exactly.

What Strudel is

• A JavaScript-powered, browser-run music live-coding language
• Inspired by TidalCycles, but easier to use
• No Haskell or SuperCollider needed
• Can run entirely in the browser
• Great for electronic/EDM/trance patterns (exactly like in your screenshot)

Summary

You found Strudel, a modern Tidal-style live-coding music environment with an integrated piano roll and interactive sliders. It’s a legit tool widely used for algorithmic music and live coding.

If you want, I can:

• Show you how to write your own patterns
• Explain how this syntax works (Murach-style)
• Help you set up a workflow for generating loops and stems for your projects