FoxDot Cheat Sheet

FoxDot sequences music with concise Python. Player objects (p1, d1…) are assigned patterns with >>. It needs SuperCollider running the FoxDot quark in the background.

Clock & players

Clock.bpm = 128Set the tempo

p1 >> pluck([0,2,4], dur=1/2)Assign a synth pattern to player p1

d1 >> play("x-o-")Sample-string drum pattern

p1.stop()Stop one player

Clock.clear()Stop everything

Scales & roots

Scale.default = "minor"Set the global scale

Root.default = "C"Set the global key

p1 >> pluck([0,2,4], scale=Scale.dorian)Per-player scale

Attributes (keyword args)

dur=1/2Duration of each step

amp=0.8Amplitude

oct=5Octave

sus=2Sustain

root=2Transpose the root

Patterns

P[0,1,2,3]A FoxDot pattern

P[0,1,2,3].reverse()Transform a pattern

var([0,4], 4)Time-varying value (0 for 4 beats, then 4)

PDur(3,8)Euclidean durations

Effects

.room(0.5)Reverb

.lpf(800).hpf(200) — filters

.chop(4)Chop each note into pieces

.echo(0.25)Echo

.pan([-1,1])Pan pattern

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