ChucK

Music Programming Language

Strongly-Timed | Concurrent | On-the-Fly | Audiovisual


ChucK Team | 2003 => now
latest version: 1.5.5.7 (chai)
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chuck verb, to throw carelessly.

ChucK is a programming language for real-time sound synthesis and music creation. ChucK offers a unique time-based, concurrent programming model that is precise and expressive (we call this strongly-timed), dynamic control rates, and the ability to add and modify code on-the-fly. ChucK supports MIDI, OpenSoundControl, HID device, multi-channel audio, and more! It is open-source and freely available on macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's fun, easy to learn, and offers composers, researchers, and performers a powerful programming tool for building and experimenting with complex audio synthesis/analysis programs, and real-time interactive music.


Welcome to ChucK!




Artful Design Ren
Programming for Musicians and Digital Artists
kadenze
A photo-comic introduction to ChucK
excerpt from Artful Design
(a comic book on design—and why we design)