Sonic Pi
 Screenshot of Sonic Pi
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| Developer(s) | Sam Aaron and others |
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| Initial release | 2012 |
| Stable release | 4.5.0
/ 18 October 2023
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| Written in | Ruby, Erlang, Elixir, Clojure, C++, and Qt |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows, Raspberry Pi OS |
| Type | Live coding environment |
| License | MIT License |
| Website | sonic-pi |
Sonic Pi is a live coding environment based on Ruby, originally designed to support both computing and music lessons in schools, developed by Sam Aaron in the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory in collaboration with Raspberry Pi Foundation.
Uses
Thanks to its use of the SuperCollider synthesis engine and accurate timing model, it is also used for live coding and other forms of algorithmic music performance and production, including at algoraves. Its research and development has been supported by Nesta, via the Sonic PI: Live & Coding project.
See also
Further reading
- Aaron, Samuel; Blackwell, Alan F.; Burnard, Pamela (2016). "The development of Sonic Pi and its use in educational partnerships: Co-creating pedagogies for learning computer programming". Journal of Music, Technology & Education. 9 (1): 75–94. doi:10.1386/jmte.9.1.75_1. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Aaron, Sam. (2016). "Sonic Pi–performance in education, technology and art". International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media. 12 (2): 17–178. doi:10.1080/14794713.2016.1227593. S2CID 193662552.
- Sinclair, Arabella (2014). "Educational Programming Languages: The Motivation to Learn with Sonic Pi" (PDF). PPIG: 10. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Aaron, Samuel; Blackwell, Alan F. (2013). "From sonic Pi to overtone". Proceedings of the first ACM SIGPLAN workshop on Functional art, music, modeling & design. Farm '13. ACM. pp. 35–46. doi:10.1145/2505341.2505346. ISBN 9781450323864. S2CID 18633884. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- Aaron, Samuel; Blackwell, Alan F.; Hoadley, Richard; Regan, Tim (2011). A principled approach to developing new languages for live coding (PDF). International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- Aaron, Samuel; Blackwell, Alan F. (2013). "From sonic Pi to overtone: creative musical experiences with domain-specific and functional languages". Proceedings of the First ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Functional Art, Music, Modeling & Design: 35–46. doi:10.1145/2505341.2505346. S2CID 18633884.