Jesusonic

Jesusonic is a domain-specific language and runtime environment designed for real-time digital signal processing in audio. It allows users to write small programs that describe audio effects or simple synthesis processes, which can then be executed to process live or recorded sound within a host application or as a standalone interpreter.

The language emphasizes a compact, C-like syntax intended to be approachable for both musicians and programmers. Programs operate on audio buffers, with access to sample rate, time, and per-sample arithmetic. Users can implement oscillators, filters, envelopes, and routing operations to define signal flow. The emphasis is on immediate feedback and ease of experimentation, so script changes can yield rapid sonic results without recompilation.

In practice, Jesusonic scripts ran inside compatible hosts or as standalone tools that provided an interface for loading, editing, and applying DSP code. This made it useful for live performance, education, and exploration of digital audio processing, particularly in communities involved with DIY audio software and computer music.

Legacy and influence: Jesusonic contributed to the ecosystem of user-programmable DSP and informed later approaches to scriptable audio processing. While no longer a dominant platform, it played a role in popularizing the idea that audio effects and synthesis could be defined and shared as code. Its influence can be seen in subsequent scripting environments and in the broader movement toward accessible, live-coding approaches to sound design.