Pattern Languages

Sardine comes out of the box with three pattern languages for you to play with :

• Sardine Pattern Language: the default pattern language used everywhere.
• Ziffers: a pattern language specialised in writing chords and melodies.
• Vortex: a Python port of the TidalCycles patterning language.

It is up to you to know if you'd prefer to use one or the other. They are both very capable but one of them might be more suitable for certain tasks. Ziffers is generally more terse and easier to use for melodic writing. The SPL is good at generating data patterns and interesting pattern transformations.