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Show HN: What if your synthesizer was powered by APL (or a dumb K clone)?

via Hacker Newsoctetta8h ago

I built k-synth as an experiment to see if a minimalist, K-inspired array language could make sketching waveforms faster and more intuitive than traditional code. I’ve put together a web-based toolkit so you can try the syntax directly in the browser without having to touch a compiler: Live Toolkit: https://octetta.github.io/k-synth/ If you visit the page, here is a quick path to an audio payoff: - Click "patches" and choose dm-bell.ks. - Click "run"—the notebook area will update. Click the waveform to hear the result. - Click the "->0" button below the waveform to copy it into slot 0 at the top (slots are also clickable). - Click "pads" in the entry area to show a performance grid. - Click "melodic" to play slot 0's sample at different intervals across the grid. The 'Weird' Stack: - The Language: A simplified, right-associative array language (e.g., s for sine, p for pi). - The Web Toolkit: Built using WASM and Web Audio for live-coding samples. - AI Pair-Programming: I used AI agents

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