Teletype & Generative 201 - Teletype basics, probabilistic rhythm, and random sequences

All diagrams & code samples are available here: bit.ly/teletype201
Generative music is of interest to a lot of people who get into modular synthesizers, and for me one of the best tools I've found to play with generative concepts is the Monome Teletype - a computer with limited programmability that can live in the rack and control things.
This video aims to give a quick overview of the Teletype and simple examples of how to program it. I'm going to start with a generative patch built on 'normal' modules using probability & randomness, and then rebuild the same patch using the Teletype. It'll be fun!
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:05 - A quick tour
00:04:17 - Live patching using regular modules
00:08:36 - Recreating the generative patch with Teletype
00:19:18 - The complete script

[@mattbx]

Really really useful video to help learning Teletype! Would really love to see some more when you have time, this is a great way to teach new users. Thank you 🙏

[@MrMarcLaflamme]

1:28 "it's practically incomprehensible". ...RegEx enters the chat... "Hold my beer" Perl "Hey what's up guys? We meeting?"

[@rhampton1914]

i like explanation on 1:10...i still one want one and i like the very basic approach.....Enjoying this video so far

[@philipramge3432]

An eloquent and well-crafted intro. Great idea to replicate a patch in a script. For this low/medium complexity patch, it really does come together as fast as patching cables!

[@omnidivergence9846]

This is great intro and very easy to understand. Very clear explinations.

[@onezerodigits]

This is great! Thanks for putting this together and sharing.

[@victorgarcia9674]

superb! cant wait for the next one in this series!

[@maxhulker4771]

Fantastic! Looking forward to more

[@user-yw5zp9sb7y]

It is very useful for me! I learn so much from this video. When can I watch the next video about teletype? Hope it comes soon!

[@SoundVoltage]

I'm glad you found it useful. The next video shouldn't be too long - I will be showing how to recreate and expand on the Turing Machine in Teletype -- it will be in two parts, one part explaining in depth how Turing Machine works, and then the second part about how to program it in Teletype. The first video will be out tomorrow!

[@marcel_h_]

glad I found you sir,please continue

[@klacke2]

Great. Thank you very much. Please keep them coming.

[@cameronlee8764]

This is wonderful!

[@drowninreverb9067]

Wonderful tutorial as always, thank you. I now have a crazy clock generator/modulator + sequencer (and LFOs...) for 0$ since it's free on VCV Rack and I can send the voltages to my rack thanks to Expert Sleepers ES-3, great day :)

[@peamarte]

Great explanation thanks :))

[@kostantinosmag2986]

Great video nice🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@frechjo]

lol, i thought you'd be using a real teletype machine in some way, to make music. well, i learned this other teletype exists

[@SoundVoltage]

But now you've given me an idea... :)

[@phelper4554]

Would be interesting to see if chatbot gpt could write you some code ✊

[@SoundVoltage]

Sadly, Chatbot GPT has an unfortunate habit of getting things wrong. I spent a few hours over the last couple days talking to it about a range of topics from music theory to D&D to Hamlet, and in about 75% of requests, it gave me something wrong or inconsistent. Chatbot is really cool and it's exciting, but it'll be a while before I trust the code it generates :)

[@SoundVoltage]

I just tested it. It tries to write Teletype code, but it gets it completely wrong, not even the right syntax. That's really my main takeaway from my exploration of ChatGPT - it is very confident in it's responses, but also often wrong. That's a dangerous combination.

[@frechjo]

@@SoundVoltage "it is very confident in it's responses, but also often wrong" Hey, I know that guy! It's that one I see all the time, always smirking, making faces, brushing his teeth, combing his hair, cutting his mustache, staring straight into my eyes... ugh, such a punchable face. Unrelated, do you know if they make acrylic bathroom mirrors?

[@phelper4554]

Have you provided chatbot with some example code? So that it can learn?

[@frechjo]

@@phelper4554 The system does not actively learn from the users. You can imagine several reasons why it would be a terrible idea to leave it on it's own to learn from what people tell it on the internet. (I'm confident about my answer :P)