pd~ or Max/MSP as playback engine. Code lives in SVN. Some kind of Tuneable Grid.

To make real-time music, the act of multiple developers checking in over time needs to be squeezed down over a shorter length of time

default soundset. (like a song instrumentation) zen. default sound for silence / no activity. hook it up to logfiles. monitor fast-feeds like digg.

Variables:

• Meta:
  • username
  • music preferences
    • via last.fm
    • shared iTunes
    • myspace
• Content-based:
  • percent contribution of checkin to project size (LoC or kbytes)
  • binary files
  • file extensions
  • number of past commits
  • does code pass lint checks e.g. is the code AS2 / AS3?
• Historical:
  • percent of total checkins by this user
  • percentage of the most recent ten checkins
• raspberries:
  • .fla code instead of .as
  • huge binary files

References / Inspirations:

• Real DJs Code Live
• CIA checkin tracker
• Digg Spy