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Bytebeat: Experimental music from very short C programs

Bytebeat: Experimental music from very short C programs

Ville-Matias Heikkilä (viznut)
4 HN recommenders · discussed 2014–2023
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About this video

Viznut demonstrates bytebeat, experimental music generated by extremely short C programs. It is the first of a series of videos on the technique.

Why it appears in the archive

HN calls it the video that started the one-line-code music trend and recommends exploring the demoscene author's channel.

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From the Hacker News discussion

bemmu · 2014-06 · rec

You can also have procedural music. Viznut (a legendary Finnish democoder) did some experiments to see how short you could code something that still sounds at least interesting: [VIDEO] I also wrote piece of JavaScript that can play these programs in case you want to try create your own: [LINK]

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creamyhorror · 2015-10 · rec

The video that started it all: [VIDEO] The follow-up post: "Some deep analysis of one-line music programs." [LINK]

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msarnoff · 2015-11 · rec

The video was posted by an awesome demoscene dude named viznut. Check out the rest of his channel. Experimental music from very short C programs: [VIDEO] Robotic Liberation (VIC-20 demo): [LINK]

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rzzzt · 2023-06 · rec

I've seen these floating around on YouTube, so you might have some luck searching there (be aware of your volume settings when playing these!) - [LINK] - [VIDEO] And a longer write-up on the background from the second video: - [LINK] - [LINK] - [LINK]

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malnourish · 2014-06 · reference

bemmu Hopefully you see this, unfortunately your comment is dead. Because I think your comment has value I will quote it here, please let me know if you'd like it removed. "You can also have procedural music. Viznut (a legendary Finnish democoder) did some experiments to see how short you could code something that still sounds at least interesting: [VIDEO] I also wrote piece of JavaScript that can play these programs in case you want to try create your own: [LINK] "

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sitkack · 2021-03 · reference

Reminds me somewhat of "Bytebeat: Experimental music from very short C programs" [VIDEO] in its compactness. Previously from [LINK] see also Ibniz, [LINK]

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