Velato: A programming language where source code must be a valid MIDI music file

Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by mb7733 on Monday March 04, 2024 @11:41AM (#39592432)

> Keep in mind that this set of notes is not the actual program; if a MIDI file is created from this progression of notes, the concurrent notes might be interpreted in a different order in the file, and create an invalid program.

Is the order of notes within a chord the _only_ extra info required on top of a musical score? If so, with some "tie-breaker" I think you could encode any Velato program unambiguously in sheet music.

For example, if notes in a chord were interpreted as commands from lowest to highest pitch, you could move notes up and down by octaves to determine the command order. Just a thought... I like the idea of piece-as-program.

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Re:Velato: A programming language where source code must be ... by xpointer on Monday March 04, 2024 @12:40PM (#39593314)

I favored the flexibility of ordering concurrent notes differently in MIDI over having the sheet music uniquely define a program. It gives the programmer more choices in how notes can be combined.

But there could be a default ordering -- I would think reading a chord from bottom to top -- for a piece of music where the score came first and the MIDI representation or performance of that score second.

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