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Write what a node does. Field is Infinite's own small language: one program can be a shader, a synth, an effect, a note pattern or a mesh deformer, and the compiler works out where it runs.

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Field language
JavaScript sketches
OSC on 127.0.0.1:9100

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What you get

One language, many nodes

Field Pixel, Field Synth, Field Effect, Field Notes, Field Primitive and Field Modifier share one syntax. Types and rates are inferred, so a sine reads the same on the GPU and at 48 kHz.

JavaScript sketches

A Sketch node draws 2D images from JavaScript, and a 3D sketch builds meshes. The library has Lorenz and Clifford attractors, Lotka-Volterra and Rule 110, running live.

Everything can be driven

Modulate any knob, script a patch over OSC on 127.0.0.1:9100, or render it headless from the command line. Patches are plain text.

Where your code runs

Each of these nodes takes a few lines of Field or JavaScript.

The Field Pixel node as it looks in Infinite — **Field Pixel**A shader in a few lines.

The Field Synth node as it looks in Infinite — **Field Synth**A per-sample audio kernel.

The Field Modifier node as it looks in Infinite — **Field Modifier**Deform and shade a mesh.

The Sketch node as it looks in Infinite — **Sketch**Draw from JavaScript.

The Render 3D node as it looks in Infinite — **Render 3D**Lights, materials and shadows.

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Change two numbers

This is the Phyllotaxis Bloom preset from the library: each seed sits at the golden angle from the last. Change the seed count and the turn, the two params the preset exposes.

turn

seeds

param float seeds = 420.0 [60.0, 1500.0];
param float turn = 8.0 [-90.0, 90.0];
// ...
sc = 0.46 / sqrt(seeds);
rot = turn * 0.0174533 * t;
sa0 = kk0 * 2.399963 + rot;   // golden angle

Abridged Field source from the Phyllotaxis Bloom preset. The canvas is the same formula as WebGL.

Maths you can open

Each one is a free patch that runs live.

Start with

Field templates Lorenz attractor Clifford attractor Rule 110 Lotka-Volterra

Each one is a free patch you can download and open.

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