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27 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 7 stories, 20 comments · first 2014-07-05 · latest 2026-09-02

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  1. v5 now has AppImage builds for Linux ARM64, x64 and x86: https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0
    comment by samaaron · 2026-09-02 · in Sonic Pi
  2. …then wrapped SuperSonic back into a native form and used it to replace scsynth in v5 of Sonic Pi ( https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0 ). I'm now working on a new audio DSP engine which builds on all this learning…
    comment by samaaron · 2026-09-02 · in Sonic Pi
  3. …I wrapped SuperSonic in a native audio framework and used it to replace scsynth in Sonic Pi v5 ( https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0 ) I'm now working on a new audio DSP engine building on this learning which…
    comment by samaaron · 2026-09-02 · in Sonic Pi
  4. …QuickStart cards. The post linked goes into more detail and the release notes go even further: https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/releases/tag/v5.0.0
    comment by samaaron · 2026-08-10 · in Sonic Pi v5
  5. …sponsored by 3 prominent elixir shops, with an original OSC server implementation by Joe Armstrong. https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/tree/dev/app/server...
    comment by bongobingo1 · 2023-08-04 · in Overtone – programmable, live music in Clojure
  6. The lead developer seems to have move on to https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi
    comment by phowat · 2023-08-04 · in Overtone – programmable, live music in Clojure
  7. As I understand it, the server is being switched over to Erlang https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/tree/dev/app/server...
    comment by rigoleto · 2023-02-14 · in Clojure Turns 15 panel discussion video
  8. Sonic Pi is essentially a frontend to Supercollider: https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/blob/dev/SYNTH_DESI...
    comment by Argorak · 2022-11-08 · in Sonic Pi – The Live Coding Music Synth for Everyone
  9. …You don't have to do anything special. Just use SQLite as a VFS and end the insanity.[4] [1] https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi [2] https://quakewiki.org/wiki/.pak [3] https://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Community_hints,_tips_and_tutori...…
    comment by sieve · 2021-08-30 · in Ask HN: Why does validating a user require 14000 files?
  10. Fun fact: Sonic pi uses supercollider! https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/blob/main/SYNTH_DES...
    comment by spdegabrielle · 2021-08-23 · in Sonic Pi – Code based live music creation tool
  11. Do look at SonicPi [0][1]. [0] https://sonic-pi.net/ [1] https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi
    comment by xipho · 2021-05-25 · in Ask HN: How to get started with audio programming?
  12. …as Ruby didn't provide good enough latency guarantees. The author goes a bit into detail here: https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi/tree/main/app/serve...
    comment by 1_player · 2021-01-30 · in Sonic Pi 3.3.0 (Beam)
  13. …else in this thread - for live music coding, got to mention Sonic Pi ( https://sonic-pi.net and https://github.com/sonic-pi-net/sonic-pi ) which is absolutely amazing at what it does; it's Ruby and not Python, but some ideas are quite…
    comment by aldanor · 2020-08-27 · in Show HN: Computer Music with Python
  14. …me on Ubuntu 19.10. There is also some effort underway to build an appimage on their forums[2]. [1] https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/INSTALL-LIN... [2] https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-as-an-appimage/274...
    comment by DarkCrusader2 · 2020-05-05 · in Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool
  15. …[3] https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/ [4] https://www.youtube.com/user/samaaronuk/videos [5] https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/wiki/Sonic-Pi-Internals [6] https://www.patreon.com/samaaron
    comment by abetusk · 2020-05-05 · in Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool
  16. …able to read source-code comments to something while listening to it is strangely satisfying. [0]: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi [1]: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/etc/example...
    comment by confounded · 2018-01-28 · in How Generative Music Works
  17. I'll just leave this here... :p Sonic Pi: http://sonic-pi.net/ On GH: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi Aerodaynamic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cydH_JAgSfg
    comment by mezod · 2017-03-24 · in TidalCycles – A language for the Live Coding pattern
  18. …that they have a dedicated "how to contribute" page with examples for non-technical stuff as well: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/HOW-TO-CONT... Prewrite some code, play around with it live...love it. Is there a curated…
    comment by kriro · 2016-02-05 · in Aerodynamic by Daft-Punk in 100 lines of code with Sonic Pi
  19. Is this somewhat equivalent of Sonic Pi? http://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi http://sonic-pi.net/ Maybe not Sonic seems focused on live performing.
    comment by tremendo · 2015-08-07 · in Music Programming for Java and JVM Languages
  20. …SuperCollider, QT): https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/167975/Sonic-Pi.msi Or build it yourself: https://github.com/samaaron/sonic-pi/blob/master/INSTALL.md#...
    comment by jweather · 2014-10-02 · in Sonic Pi – A Music Live Coding Environment for Schools