livecoding

Overview
Livecoding refers to the art of creating music which is defined in real-time entirely via standard computer interfaces, either GUI or CLI, rather than through traditional musical interfaces such as a piano-style keyboard.

Links

 * LOSS Livecode Festival: includes video demonstrations of different livecoding software
 * TopLap: Temporary Organisation for the Promotion of Live Audio/Art Programming (wiki)

News

 * 2006-10-13 Is This On?: This week, Dallas bore witness to the second installation of Laptop Deathmatch, a musical event that pits 16 people in a tournament to find the most talented laptop musicians in town. Players get three minutes to whip up whatever noise they want, as long as it comes from only a laptop and a MIDI controller.