Strudel
Music Coding Evironment
Strudel is a music coding playground. Create beats, melodies, and evolving sound patterns by writing and editing code in real time. Built on the TidalCycles pattern language, it offers an accessible way to explore algorithmic composition and live performance—no installation required.
WAX Pro perpetual, or $30 a year
Start free
Play in your browser or use WAX in your DAW with limited integration.
VST3 & AU · macOS & Windows
Wired into your session automatically.
Strudel is a music coding playground. Create beats, melodies, and evolving sound patterns by writing and editing code in real time. Built on the TidalCycles pattern language, it offers an accessible way to explore algorithmic composition and live performance—no installation required.
Connected to your session.
Your web instruments & effects. Your DAW. One connected workflow.
Session connected
Embracing Web Technologies
A page inside WAX can use the same technologies a browser does, and play them in the session.
- WorkletsProcess audio on the audio thread.
- WebAssemblyRun fast DSP written in various languages.
- Web SocketsKeep a live link to a server or another program.
- WebRTCShare audio and video.
- CameraWatch the player and turn motion into sound.
- StreamingSend or receive picture and sound while the track plays.
From browser to first sound in three steps
Install it, load it, play it. About five minutes from download to first sound with Strudel.
Download WAX and install it
Run the installer and rescan plugins in your DAW. WAX shows up as an instrument, an audio effect and a MIDI effect.
About two minutes
Load WAX as an instrument or effect.
Then, open Strudel or any app from the built-in library, or paste a URL. The page loads inside the plugin window, already talking to your session.
About thirty seconds
Play it
WAX puts Strudel on a track in your DAW. Audio, MIDI, and DataTree integrate with your session. Upgrade to WAX Pro for deeper DAW integrations.
VST3 and Audio Unit · macOS 11+ and Windows 10+
Unlock Full DAW Integration with WAX Pro · $30More from the WAX library
One WAX Pro license covers every app in the library, hundreds of instruments, effects and tools. A few more in the same category as Strudel:
$30 unlocks hundreds of plugins.
One WAX Pro license covers the whole library, Strudel included. Unlimited devices, preset recall with your project, and the Hack Panel for live tweaking. Pay once, or $30 a year.
- Every app in the WAX library: hundreds of instruments, effects and tools
- Unlimited custom page devices
- Full MIDI & Automation
- Full preset recall with your project
- Hack Panel for live page tweaking, plus full-screen mode
- The same library, same as Perpetual
- Billed yearly, switch to perpetual whenever you want
- Unlimited devices and preset recall
$0 forever · Full Browser · Limited DAW Integration
Unlock Strudel in your DAW.
Buy WAX Pro, install it, and load Strudel on a track.
