# Vibe Coding Music with Strudel

*A companion page to the Workshop 2 — Vibe Coding activity.*

[Strudel](https://strudel.cc) lets you write live-code music right in the browser — change a number, hear the beat change instantly. This page collects tracks to play with. The class activity track is **[way2.cc/caf](https://way2.cc/caf)** — open that to follow along in the workshop.

More versions will be added as we find good ones.

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## Seven Nation Army — The White Stripes

The famous E E G E D C B bassline from Jack White's 2003 riff. Everyone knows it; it's a great one to pull apart and remix.

**Hear the original first:**

{{Video|src=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY}}

### Versions to explore

**1. Class version (Track 1 from the workshop)** → [way2.cc/caf](https://way2.cc/caf)

**2. SoundFred's version** — from the YouTube tutorial *[Tutorial for Coding Music in Strudel.cc: Seven Nation Army (by The White Stripes)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59P3TbMsIFc)* by SoundFred.

Code source: [whitestripes-sevennationarmy.txt](https://github.com/manfredscheucher/strudel-loops/blob/main/whitestripes-sevennationarmy.txt) in Manfred Scheucher's *strudel-loops* repo.

```js
setcpm(124/4)

$git:note("<[52@3 52 55@1.5 52@1.5 50] [48@4 47@2 -@2]>").sound("gm_electric_guitar_muted:3")

$kick:sound("bd!4").bank("AkaiLinn").gain(1/4)

$snare:sound("[- sd]!2").bank("AkaiLinn").gain(1/4)
```

[Open in Strudel (one click)](https://strudel.cc/#c2V0Y3BtKDEyNC80KQoKJGdpdDpub3RlKCI8WzUyQDMgNTIgNTVAMS41IDUyQDEuNSA1MF0gWzQ4QDQgNDdAMiAtQDJdPiIpLnNvdW5kKCJnbV9lbGVjdHJpY19ndWl0YXJfbXV0ZWQ6MyIpCgoka2ljazpzb3VuZCgiYmQhNCIpLmJhbmsoIkFrYWlMaW5uIikuZ2FpbigxLzQpCgokc25hcmU6c291bmQoIlstIHNkXSEyIikuYmFuaygiQWthaUxpbm4iKS5nYWluKDEvNCk=)

> [!NOTE]
> **Playing in Strudel:** press **Ctrl+Enter** to start, **Ctrl+.** to stop. Try changing one number (like `124/4` or a MIDI note) and pressing Ctrl+Enter again — the beat updates live.

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## Stranger Things — Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein

The synth theme you pulled apart in Track 2 of the workshop.

### Versions to explore

**1. Class version (Track 2 from the workshop)** → [way2.cc/cae](https://way2.cc/cae)

**2. farhankk360's intro theme** — a fuller arrangement of the show's opening: warm pads, a heartbeat kick, a bass with a **slider** you can drag while it plays, plus flute and brass lines → [way2.cc/cah](https://way2.cc/cah)

**3. Another version** — a supersaw arpeggio where the filter drifts by **perlin noise**, so it never sweeps the same way twice → [way2.cc/cad](https://way2.cc/cad)

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## More real songs, live-coded — open one and remix it

Each link opens straight in strudel.cc. Press **Ctrl+Enter** to play, then change a number and listen — the same skills you just used. (Search the song name on YouTube if you want to hear the original first.)

- **Super Mario Bros. theme** — the NES classic rebuilt from two square waves, a triangle wave and white noise, exactly like the real NES sound chip. Find the `muteSquare1` switches at the top and turn channels off to hear each part alone → [way2.cc/cab](https://way2.cc/cab)
- **New Order — Blue Monday** — the 1983 club classic: drum machine, that famous bass, and an `arrange()` that builds the song section by section, with a piano-roll view drawing the notes as they play → [way2.cc/cac](https://way2.cc/cac)
- **Billie Eilish — Birds of a Feather** → [strudel.cc/?yTnr825wyd9V](https://strudel.cc/?yTnr825wyd9V)
- **Grimes — Music 4 Machines** → [strudel.cc/?sOc7cVTqJHUU](https://strudel.cc/?sOc7cVTqJHUU)
- **Outrun June '25 — shadesDrawn** — not a cover: an original synthwave piece composed *in* Strudel, layers fading in one by one over a TR-909 beat → [way2.cc/cag](https://way2.cc/cag)

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## Credits

- **Seven Nation Army** — The White Stripes (Jack White, 2003). Original: [official music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J2QdDbelmY) (The White Stripes, YouTube).
- **Stranger Things** — theme by Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (Survive), for Netflix's *Stranger Things*. Class version: Strudel cover by "eefano". Intro-theme arrangement: [farhankk360](https://youtube.com/@farhankk360) (credited in the code header). Version 3: shared Strudel patch, no author stated in the code.
- **Super Mario Bros. theme** — composed by Koji Kondo (Nintendo, 1985). Strudel cover by "Flowhacker" (credited in the code header).
- **Blue Monday** — New Order (1983). Strudel cover/remix by "Lewis" (credited in the code header).
- **Birds of a Feather** — Billie Eilish (2024). Shared Strudel patch.
- **Music 4 Machines** — Grimes. Shared Strudel patch.
- **Outrun June '25** — original composition in Strudel by "shadesDrawn" (credited in the code header).
- **Video** — *Tutorial for Coding Music in Strudel.cc: Seven Nation Army (by The White Stripes)* by [SoundFred](https://www.youtube.com/@theSoundFred) (YouTube).
- **Code** — [Manfred Scheucher](https://github.com/manfredscheucher), *strudel-loops* repo (no licence stated — used for educational classroom purposes with attribution).
- **Strudel** — [strudel.cc](https://strudel.cc), GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL).

*Classroom use, with attribution.*

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