Bela Tutorials

Learn by doing

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The Bela IDE comes pre-loaded with over a hundred example sketches in a range of languages covering all the fundamentals of working with Bela from sensors, to debugging, from synthesis to audio effects. This section contains a series of tutorials that will guide through the Bela’s functionality and challenge to expand the code to reinforce the things you’ve learned.

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In this section:

1. C++ for Real Time Audio Programming

   1. Course Introduction
   2. Setting Up
   3. Real Time
   4. Playing Recorded Samples
   5. Wavetables
   6. Parameter Control
   7. Classes and Objects
   8. Analog I/O
   9. Digital I/O
   10. Filters
   11. Timing
   12. Latency
   13. Circular Buffers
   14. Envelopes
   15. State Machines
   16. ADSR
   17. MIDI Part 1
   18. MIDI Part 2
   19. Block-based Processing
   20. Phase Vocoder Part 1
   21. Phase Vocoder Part 2
   22. Phase Vocoder Part 3
   23. ARM Assembly Language

2. Pure Data

   Fundamentals

   1. Course introduction
   2. Hello sound
   3. Editing a project
   4. Introduction to the hardware

   Connecting

   1. Digital output
   2. Digital input
   3. Analog input
   4. Analog output

   Synthesis

   1. AM synthesis
   2. FM synthesis
   3. Drum synthesis
   4. Rubber duckie

   Audio

   1. Delays
   2. Working with samples
   3. Recording samples
   4. Pitch tracking
   5. Virtual string synthesis

   Sensors

   1. Capacitive sensing
   2. DIY pressure sensor
   3. Accelerometer
   4. Distance sensor

   Communication

   1. Oscilloscope
   2. Creating a GUI visualisation
   3. Controlling Bela from a GUI
   4. MIDI send and receive
   5. Open sound control

   Advanced

   1. Preparing for standalone
   2. Custom render
   3. Using the heavy compiler

3. Trill Sensors

   1. Designing a custom flex sensor
   2. Working with Trill Craft

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