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

76K views · May 8, 2018 · 41:47 · 2 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2020–2023

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.

Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as the best talk from Sonic Pi's creator, with live-coding examples and technical and teaching insights.

“There's also a _great_ talk from the creator (Sam Aaron) on Sonic Pi”HN comment, 2020

What Hacker News said 3

Strongly recommendsbaldgeekJan 2020

“My favorite talk where he scratches the surface of the tech details was a 2018 talk at Goto”

Sam Aaron's talk touching on Sonic Pi's technical details

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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 : this video He also has saved several of his sessions on youtube.

in “The live coding language that lets you be an actual rock star” · view on HN
Strongly recommendsLeszekMay 2020

“There's also a _great_ talk from the creator (Sam Aaron) on Sonic Pi”

Live-coding examples and insights on teaching computer science

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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: this video

in “Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool” · view on HN
Cites itwglbJan 2023

Explanation of Sonic Pi

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Don't think this is at a haskel conference, but this looks like fun: link . Their web site is link . An explanation of sonic this video

in “Common Lisp and Music Composition” · view on HN