beaconstudioson Hacker News • Recommends
On “A Mind is Born”
if you like that kind of thing (algorithmic chiptunes), you might enjoy the emerging school of live coding: link link to this video
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Sam Aaron live coding a DJ set with Sonic Pi
Sam Aaron
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- Recommended by 3 people: 3 on Hacker News.
- A classic. People kept recommending it from 2017 to 2020.
- Presented by Sam Aaron, creator of Sonic Pi
Beginner. No background in the topic needed.
95K views10 years ago3 recommendations
Graphics and audioAudio and DSPCreative coding
Sam Aaron performs a live-coded electronic music set, generating all sounds in real time using the Sonic Pi programming environment.
In this video all the music is being created through code using my live coding system Sonic Pi which is free to download here: sonic-pi.net Take the Sonic Pi Tutorial: sonic-pi-studio.teachable.com/p/sonic-pi-introduction Please consider supporting me on Patreon: patreon.com/samaaronWhy it's here
3 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an impressive demonstration of live coding and algorithmic music performance.
pjc50on Hacker News • Recommends
On “Sonic Pi: Compose electronic music with code”
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: link to this video
throwaway9482on Hacker News • Recommends
On “Ask HN: Those who left software development for a different technical field?”
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 link to this video
birracervezaon Hacker News • Mentions
On “Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool”
…t it only sends the current file to the Sonic Pi session and has no autocompletion, which is fairly necessary during a live-coding music session to keep the tunes flowing. If I'll ever get around to understand how to develop an extension I'll try my hand at it, I guess. But otherwise yeah, it's some good stuff and has lots of unexplored potential. link to this video…