Tilde: Collaborative Multi-Modal Music Making on the Web

Ashvala Vinay (Georgia Institute of Technology)*; Ian Clester (NoneType)

Tilde: Collaborative Multi-Modal Music Making on the Web
Image credit: Ashvala Vinay (Georgia Institute of Technology)*; Ian Clester (NoneType)
  • The registration for this workshop is managed by the workshop chairs. A sign-up form will be circulated in late May
  • Type: Hybrid
  • Room Location: 401
  • Morning (9am-1pm)
  • Signup Deadline: June 19th AoE (first-come first-served)
  • Contact Email: here

Abstract:

This workshop introduces Tilde, a browser-based collaborative music environment where audio, MIDI, code, patches, timelines, and notation coexist as first-class objects on an infinite canvas. Language runtimes for general-purpose languages (Python, JavaScript, C++) and computer music languages (Faust, ChucK, Csound, Pure Data) execute in the browser via WebAssembly, so no installation is required beyond a modern browser. Multiple users can interact with the same canvas simultaneously, and canvases are shareable via URL. After a guided introduction in which attendees join a single collaborative canvas, participants form small groups to build musical works together on shared canvases, closing with a facilitated discussion on how a polyglot, multi-paradigm environment shapes creative collaboration.