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Sam Aaron live coding a DJ set with Sonic Pi

Sam Aaron · 95.4K views · 2016-04-15 · 2:25:57

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Overview

A long live-coded DJ set in which Sam Aaron creates all the music in real time by writing code in his Sonic Pi system. It demonstrates algorithmic electronic music performance.

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HN people recommend it as the most impressive demonstration of live coding music, especially to those curious about programmable music.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2020

Topics

Music theory, synthesis & productionCreative coding & generative artMusic performance & songs
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sonic pilive codingalgoraveelectronic musicruby

What people said

throwaway9482 · 2020-06 · Recommendation

Sonic Pi might interest you if you don’t know it already. It’s an alternative to DAWs where you use ruby code to make music Here’s a demo [VIDEO]

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pjc50 · 2018-07 · Recommendation

It's a species of programmable synthesiser. If it looks like a lot of work, you should see someone playing an analog modular synth. In fact, you should see someone playing classical piano; that's years of practice and a whole chunk of music theory. The most impressive thing you can do with it is live coding: [VIDEO]

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beaconstudios · 2017-04 · Recommendation

if you like that kind of thing (algorithmic chiptunes), you might enjoy the emerging school of live coding: [LINK] [VIDEO]

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