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> [!WARNING]
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> As of 2024-09-10, I'm working hard to bring this project back
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> to a usable state (as seen e.g. [here](https://mastodon.social/@unspeaker/112752419822653484)).
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>
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> I reached the limit of how much of the UI I can write imperatively,
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> and started refactoring it in a more declarative style. I'm quite
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> excited about how the interface logic is turning out!
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> Your moral support means a lot to me.
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> Feel free to [contact me on Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@unspeaker)!
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> (Especially if you know how to host LV2 plugin UIs in `winit` 😁)
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>
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> - the author ❤️
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# tek
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Tek is a [MIDI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI) sequencer, sampler, and plugin host
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for the Linux terminal. It's written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/), and targets
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[JACK](https://jackaudio.org/) (or [Pipewire](https://www.pipewire.org/)'s JACK implementation).
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My goal is to have a pop-up scratchpad for musical ideas that doesn't get in the way
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of building upon them. Kind of like [Ableton](https://www.ableton.com/) — but for free systems,
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and without all the bloat!
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Besides Ableton, I'm also inspired by the workflow of trackers and various old-school hardware
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sequencers (of which I've broken several). I've found that every existing music-making tool
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takes me about 80% of the way to the music I want to make. And so, after a decade of fucking
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around, I've decided it's finally time to make good on my old dream to build the instrument
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that will take me 100% there.
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A secondary goal is to make my music making environment extensible, programmable, and
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interoperable; the intended project format is an
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[S-expression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-expression)-based notation
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([EDN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clojure#Extensible_Data_Notation),
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[Steel](https://github.com/mattwparas/steel), or similar... though I've also been
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looking for an excuse to embed a
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[Forth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)) 😏)
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You can follow my progress, my tragicomical struggles with maintaining
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mental health as a rogue knowledge worker in a cyberpunk dystopia, and various
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other trials'n'tribulations, on [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@unspeaker).
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---
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See `demos/project.edn` for the initial contents of the session.
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## Requirements
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* Linux
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* Rust toolchain
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* JACK or Pipewire
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### Recommended
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* MIDI controller
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* Samples at ~/Lab/Music/pak
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* Odin2 LV2 ~/.lv2/Odin2.lv2
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## Overview
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Tek is inspired by "clip launching" workflows as exemplified by Ableton Live, Bitwig Studio,
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Ardour, and probably others. The main view consists of three sections:
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* The **arranger view** corresponds to Ableton's Session and Arrangement views.
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It allows you to put together a musical composition as a sequence of **phrases**,
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playing simultaneously across multiple **tracks**.
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* The **sequencer view** allows you to edit phrases, which consist of MIDI events.
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* The **chain view** allows you to add **devices** to each track. Devices determine
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how a given phrase will sound. Currently, there are two devices implemented:
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**sampler** and **plugin**.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Use `Tab` to switch focus between views. Use `Enter` to exclusively focus the highlighted view,
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> and `Esc` to unfocus it. When a view is focused, use the `Arrow Keys` and `Enter` to navigate.
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> Use `;` (semicolon) to open the command palette, which will list the remaining keybindings.
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## TODO:
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* Control:
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* [ ] Customize key map
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* [ ] MIDI map
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* [ ] Scriptable
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* [ ] Command panel
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* [ ] Search panel
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* Save project:
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* [ ] Preserve EDN layout
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* Samples:
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* [x] Sample browser
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* [ ] Resample
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* [ ] Repitch
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* [ ] Sample editor
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* [ ] Envelope
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* [ ] Stretch sample to BPM
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* [ ] Set BPM from sample
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* [ ] Map MIDI note to sample
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* [ ] Multisample
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* Sequencer/Arranger:
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* [x] Fix next/prev clip
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* [ ] Move clip/track/scene
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* [ ] Set track gain
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* [ ] Play from one clip, record into another
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* [ ] Offbeat of next clip starts during end of first
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* [ ] Pattern chain
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* [ ] Actually sync
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* Chain:
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* [ ] Add device
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* [ ] View and connect device ports in chain view
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* [ ] Open LV2 GUI
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* [ ] Pin favorite FX parameters with `*`
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* [ ] Parallel monitoring chain
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* [ ] Support CLAP plugins
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* [ ] Support VST2
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* [ ] Support VST3
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* Transport:
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* [x] Focus transport to set BPM/sync/quant with `.,`
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* [ ] Double/halve BPM with `xX`
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* Rendering:
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* [ ] LineBuffer for scroll?
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* [ ] Buffered rendering with e.g. needs_update (only needed if the release build becomes slow)
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* [x] Buffered sequencer
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* [ ] Buffered chain view
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