Sonic Pi is a free code-based music creation and performance tool that targets both education and professional musicians. It is possible for beginners to code fresh beats, driving bass lines and shimmering synth riffs. All this whilst teaching core computer science concepts such as sequencing, functions, variables, loops, data structures and algorithms.
This talk will briefly introduce Sonic Pi before taking a deep technical nose-dive into some of the interesting requirements of live coding systems. We’ll touch on concurrency, distributed programming, temporal logic, deterministic randomisation, event streams, hot swapping code and domain specific languages.
Finally we’ll take a sneak peak of the future of Sonic Pi with a live demo of new experimental tech which can turn a room full of phones into an well-timed orchestra of live coded synths.
Expect plenty of live code, live demonstrations, noise and psychedelic imagery!
Sam Aaron
Sonic Pi
Recorded at Jfokus 2024 in Stockholm 7th of february
www.jfokus.se