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ByteLabs

Create music and audio using the power of bytes and bitwise operations. A new approach to algorithmic sound generation.

3 developers
Building the future of audio
Rust rewrite
Performance and reliability
01
Math
Generate audio as a function of time
02
Bitwise
Transform counters into patterns
03
Create
Craft evolving soundscapes
about / bytebeat

Turn small, or large formuale into actual sound.

ByteLabs is a creative audio tool for writing small expressions that turn numbers into raw sound. It sits somewhere between a bytebeat composer, an algorithmic music sketchbook, and a compact sound design lab.

What it is

A place to type formulas, hear them immediately, and shape noisy, melodic, glitchy, or rhythmic audio from code.

What it counts as

ByteLabs counts as algorithmic music software: the instrument is math, and the output is generated sample by sample.

How bytebeats work

A counter called time increases constantly. A formula transforms that counter into values, and those values become audio samples.

time counter

t climbs through integers very quickly.

formula
t * ((t >> 5) | (t >> 8))
audio output

Patterns emerge as pitch, rhythm, texture, and distortion.