Bytebeat
From SizeCoding
Bytebeat is a technique for creating experimental music where a mathematical expression - usually in the form of a short C or JavaScript program - is repeatedly evaluated against an increasing timestamp variable, returning a byte value to be used as PCM sample output. It was first introduced in 2011 by visnut in the YouTube video 'Bytebeat: Experimental music from very short C programs'.
Bytebeat players
- HTML5 Bytebeat by Greggman - unavailable as of Feb 2022. Mirrored at Demozoo; GitHub project
- Dollchan Bytebeat composer - GitHub project
Resources
- Steady On Tim - a breakdown of Gasman's bytebeat entry from Lovebyte 2022
- Bytebeat and RPN Guide by ravary
