i've spent the last couple years experimenting with LLMs that write procedural, ambient music: instead of generating an audio file, we're using systems that write actual source code (supercollider synths) so the music runs live and can be embedded in and controlled in real time by software like games. a surprising amount of the work is taste -- prompt engineering and curating an aesthetic so the generated code reliably compiles and sounds good, with a compiler and automatic repair in the agent loop when it doesn't build. today, it produces single-synth musical systems, but I'm researching how to orchestrate multiple synths into fuller, evolving compositions with deep musical form and structure. LLMs make algorithmic music far more accessible to artists, and I'm eager to hear the new kinds of music that come out of it. hit me up if you're an audiophile interested in collaborating.

listen (or remix!) a couple examples:

https://underscore.audio/s/cmp_3d4ee881-1ec/elegy_lattice

https://underscore.audio/s/cmp_a2baeae6-3f2/supreme_ember

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The basic idea is "music with source code." Instead of prompting for finished audio files, you use an LLM to help write and revise a SuperCollider-based system that runs in the browser via WebAssembly [1]. The result is executable music: inspectable, editable, versionable, and controllable at runtime.

I’m especially interested in adaptive sound for software: games, creative tools, meditation apps, AI agents, interactive art. Places where a static audio file feels too dead, but hiring a composer/sound designer for every variation is unrealistic.

It’s early, but the thesis is that LLMs make algorithmic music much more approachable because code becomes a conversational medium. I wrote a longer piece about the idea here: https://x.com/osetinsky/status/2053674503801028944?s=20

You can check it out here: https://underscore.audio

[1] shout outs to:

- Sam Aaron for building SuperSonic, allowing for SuperCollider in the browser as an AudioWorklet: https://sonic-pi.net/supersonic/demo.html. Earlier, pre-LLM versions of Underscore relied on low-latency WebRTC implementations for streaming SC synths running on servers to browsers in real-time

- James McCartney, creator of SuperCollider: https://supercollider.github.io/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEC6-pBFj2Q&feature=youtu.be

Very half baked, even took that demo site featured in the video down. Intended to run hundreds of "channels" of music, each of which could support thousands of independent sessions (think cloud gaming but for audio/music).

Uses Pion WebRTC, Gstreamer, JACK, SuperCollider and a simple Golang API for converting http requests to OSC toggles to manipulate audio running on a cloud server in realtime over the internet.

Questions – is this crazy? Would game makers ever be interested in adopting a third party SDK for their music needs? What if that music had to be streamed over the wire (not baked into their console/mobile client builds)? Is the prospect of game player input influencing the sounds/music they're listening to compelling, or not really?

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Text based interfaces and audio programming languages such as SuperCollider open up a whole new world of musical creativity, and would lend themselves to collaboration (IMO) better than GUI based ones. The obvious hurdle for people is learning how to create things/music/art with text.

https://supercollider.github.io/ http://sccode.org/ music written with supercollider: https://open.spotify.com/track/4VecDB1uhp44posWgt85yN

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