Get Ready to Rock with Sonic Pi - The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone • Sam Aaron • GOTO 2018

GOTO Conferences · 75.8K views · 2018-05-08 · 41:47

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Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi, gives a demo-heavy GOTO Chicago 2018 talk on live coding music. He covers the history of Sonic Pi, how it evolved, and what it can do for education and professional musicians.

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HN recommends it as the best talk from Sonic Pi's creator, with live-coding examples and technical and teaching insights.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2020–2023

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Creative coding & generative art Music theory, synthesis & production Education & learning

What people said

Leszek · 2020-05 · Strong recommendation
There's also a _great_ talk from the creator (Sam Aaron) on Sonic Pi, including live-coding examples and some wonderful insights on how computer science is taught in schools: [VIDEO]
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baldgeek · 2020-01 · Strong recommendation
Sam Aaron has done several talks on Sonic Pi. It's an amazing piece of work. My favorite talk where he scratches the surface of the tech details was a 2018 talk at Goto : [VIDEO] He also has saved several of his sessions on youtube.
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wglb · 2023-01 · Reference
Don't think this is at a haskel conference, but this looks like fun: [LINK] . Their web site is [LINK] . An explanation of sonic [VIDEO]
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