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Strudel Bench

A tour of strudel-bench, a language on top of Strudel: sections and axes, words that edit a song, the editor, mixing as a scene, one piece examined honestly.

5 parts

  1. Part 1

    A language on top of Strudel

    Strudel is a fine instrument and a poor score. What strudel-bench adds: named sections, parts with baselines, twelve knobs per part, a layer you can decompile.

    18 min read

  2. Part 2

    Say darker

    Twenty-nine English words, each a set of deltas on a song's numeric axes: how they apply, what they refuse, what saturates, and how much reads back.

    14 min read

  3. Part 3

    Knobs in the code

    A tour of the Compose page: three views on one source string that all write back through one door, and the four controls that only change what you hear.

    13 min read

  4. Part 4

    Mixing as a scene

    A mix is where things are, not how loud they are: one hall, a position each, levels by role, a played feel, and a tool that measures whether it worked.

    15 min read

  5. Part 5

    arrival

    Eight sections, 62 parts, 28 instruments, and two wills that never merge. One piece of music taken apart: what carries it, and what it cannot do.

    11 min read