# NodaLab: patterns as a graph instead of code

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**Created:** [28 October 2026 11:35 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/nodalab-patterns-as-a-graph-instead-of-code/6249 "2026-10-28T11:35:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![valentinMachado](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/valentinmachado/32/3694_2.png) [@valentinMachado](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/valentinMachado)\
**Post date:** [28 October 2026 11:35 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/nodalab-patterns-as-a-graph-instead-of-code/6249/1 "2026-10-28T11:35:49Z")

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Hi everyone,

A cousin of live coding, built with a graph rather than code: NodaLab. Scales, chords, Euclidean rhythms and phrases are nodes; operators transpose, stretch, reverse or canon them, and the graph keeps playing as you rewire it.

Two pieces in the demo you might enjoy (no account):

- Steve Reich's Piano Phase, rebuilt from nodes: [Demo · NodaLab](https://nodalab.app/demo.html#/collection/composing/piano-phase)

How it looks while building, a backing track wired from scratch (8 min, with sound):

![demo_nodalab_1](https://uzu.lurk.org/uploads/default/original/2X/b/baefb46314ee21f919e8e8c80ee59dbe6c178499.gif)

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6MkzGpdc0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6MkzGpdc0)

With a free account, graphs can be shared and taken apart by others: a profile, people to follow, groups for a class or a band, private messages, a discussion under each project and a forum.

It's a free alpha, and I'd be curious how it feels to people who write patterns in code.

Val