@mastersthesis {2589, title = {The ChucK Audio Programming Language}, volume = {PhD}, year = {2008}, school = {Princeton University}, abstract = {

This thesis argues for the philosophy, design, and development of ChucK, a general-purpose programming language tailored for computer music. The goal is to create a language that is expressive and easy to write and read with respect to time and parallelism, and to provide a platform for precise audio synthesis/analysis and rapid experimentation in computer music. In particular, ChucK provides a syntax for representing information flow, a new time-based concurrent programming model that allows programmers to flexibly and precisely control the flow of time in code (we call this \"strongly-timed\"), and facilities to develop programs on-the-fly - as they run. A ChucKian approach to live coding as a new musical performance paradigm is also described. In turn, this motivates the Audicle, a specialized graphical environment designed to facilitate on-the-fly programming, to visualize and monitor ChucK programs in real-time, and to provide a platform for building highly customizable user interfaces.

}, keywords = {audio, ChucK, ge wang, phd thesis, programming language}, url = {http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~gewang/thesis.html}, author = {Ge Wang} }