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- world_debt.py + world_econ.py: US national debt + inflation (the dark half) - concept groups: "the shadow" / "the bright" — group sources by feeling - named templates: hub save_patch/load_patch + console TEMPLATES panel - editing console: runtime add/remove/set route + make_group; drag-to-patch, shift-click inspector, cmd-select grouping in the viz - planetary orbital LFOs per group; almanac + ephemeris workers - Web MIDI (out + learn) in the console; strudel/godstrument.md starter kit Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Godstrument → Strudel (and any MIDI synth)
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The destinations aren't sound on their own — they're **control signals** looking
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for a voice. The ⚙ panel's **Web MIDI out** already streams every destination to
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a MIDI port as CC (and `lead.note`/`bass.note` as notes). So *any* synth that
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speaks MIDI becomes an output that "receives sources": a hardware synth, a
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software instrument, Ableton — or **Strudel**, which reads MIDI natively and is
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free/open/self-hostable (fits the whole ethos).
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## Setup (Strudel as the sound engine, no Ableton)
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1. In `config.json` set `"midi": { "enabled": true }` (or just use the browser
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Web MIDI out from the ⚙ panel — either sends the same CCs).
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2. On macOS, open **Audio MIDI Setup → MIDI Studio**, double-click **IAC Driver**,
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tick *Device is online*. That's your virtual cable.
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3. In the ⚙ panel: **enable MIDI**, pick the IAC bus as **out**.
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4. Open **strudel.cc** (or your self-hosted Strudel), allow MIDI, set its input to
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the IAC bus, and paste the pattern below.
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## The CC map (from `config.json` → `midi.map`)
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| destination | CC | driven by (in the starter patch) |
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|------------------|----|----------------------------------|
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| filter.cutoff | 74 | the sun / your hand |
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| pad.brightness | 71 | daylight, harmony, almanac fertility |
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| wavetable.morph | 70 | your hand / Mars / almanac element |
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| delay.feedback | 93 | your hand Y / Mercury retrograde |
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| reverb.size | 91 | room light / quakes |
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| saturation | 75 | Delhi's air / **debt churn** |
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| granular.density | 76 | Wikipedia edit rate |
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| perc.density | 77 | **your dealgod market** / crypto volatility |
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| tempo.nudge | 78 | market activity / **inflation** |
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| drone.voices | 79 | aircraft / population / **the debt's weight** |
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| lfo.rate | 72 | wind / the Moon rising & falling |
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| glitch | 73 | retrogrades / wiki edits / light flashes |
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| master.space | 94 | the moon phase / quakes / inflation |
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| lead.note | note, ch 0 | **your market**, quantized (G dorian) |
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| bass.note | note, ch 1 | earthquake depth, quantized |
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## A starter pattern
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```javascript
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// bind the hub's CCs (adjust the input-binding call to your Strudel version;
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// ccn(n) returns 0..1 for controller n on the selected MIDI input)
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setcps(0.5)
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const cutoff = ccn(74), bright = ccn(71), morph = ccn(70)
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const grit = ccn(75), perc = ccn(77), drone = ccn(79)
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const space = ccn(94), lfo = ccn(72), glitch = ccn(73)
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stack(
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// LEAD — your market plays it (note on channel 0)
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note(notein()).s("sawtooth")
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.cutoff(cutoff.range(300, 5000)).lpq(morph.range(2, 12)).gain(0.5),
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// PAD — light / almanac brightness
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n("0 3 7 10").scale("C:dorian").s("gm_pad_warm")
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.room(space.range(0, 0.9)).gain(bright.range(0.15, 0.6)),
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// DRONE — the weight of the debt
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n("0").scale("C:dorian").s("sawtooth").cutoff(180)
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.gain(drone.range(0, 0.45)).room(0.7),
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// HATS — dealgod market activity drives density
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s("hh*8").gain(perc.range(0, 0.9)).pan(sine.fast(lfo.range(0.2, 4)))
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).distort(grit.range(0, 2.5)).sometimesBy(glitch.range(0, 0.4), x => x.crush(4))
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```
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## No-MIDI alternative (custom web-audio synth)
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If you'd rather build your own voices, the hub also broadcasts every value on
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`ws://localhost:8765` as JSON (`dests`, `sources`, `macros`). A ~30-line page can
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open that socket and feed the numbers straight into Web Audio nodes — no MIDI, no
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IAC. Ask and I'll scaffold it.
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```
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