Creator of Sonic Pi and Tau5. Live coding artist, lover of table football and cycling.
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Last Notes npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron @nprofile…kpq7 there is no browser based synth engine in Sonic Pi. It’s all native. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron It’s been over 2 weeks since Sonic Pi v5 was released and still no major issues found. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Why is it that is seems to be more anti-capitalist to be a programmer that works in the finance industry or for large corporations in the daytime and hack on open source in your spare time… npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Sonic Pi v5 is released. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron I thought being more active on Patreon and publishing more things would help me turn things around financially - but it seems to have done the opposite and I've lost way more Patreon supporters this month than in any other month for a long time. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron It took 7 years of self-funded work, but Sonic Pi is finally at a place I'm happy with. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron I'm Sam Aaron & I've worked on free music coding software for ~20 years. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Just completed my first live coded performance using v5 of Sonic Pi powered by SuperSonic. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Hand coded in Sonic Tau by my son. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Introducing Sonic Tau npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron On Saturday I'll be delivering a talk at TEDxManchester where I hope to live code music on the phones of all the audience like an orchestra using my new tech. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron I'm speaking at TEDx Manchester this year! npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Since announcing SuperSonic a few months ago I've made more than 50 releases and almost 700 commits. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron I have a working version of a very usable subset of Sonic Pi. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron @nprofile…q6wc Indeed - and I'm pretty sure 3ms is fast enough. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron @nprofile…q6wc yes, but how slow are you prepared to accept? npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron What if your programming language didn't try and be as fast as possible but instead tried never to be slow. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Vibe Coding really should be called Vegas Coding. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron SuperSonic is a fork of SuperCollider's audio engine scsynth - modified to run in a Web Audioworklet. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron In the late 90s a synthesis engine was built for a live coding system called SuperCollider. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron A mild warning... npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron I just released version 0.10.0 of SuperSonic - my web port of the powerful SuperCollider audio synthesiser. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Just pushed 0.4 of SuperSonic - my port of SuperCollider's powerful audio synthesis engine for the web. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron New Patreon Post: SuperSonic is Ready for Tau5! npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron OMG OMG OMG - I just managed to play a pre-recorded sound in SuperSonic - my port of SuperColliders's audio engine scsynth to the web. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron This afternoon/evening I’ll be speaking at the Copenhagen Clojure meetup. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Mid-sale reminder... npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron What is Tau5? npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Tau5 is npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron People talk a lot about vibe coding. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron When working with AI coding agents always assume that the LLM produces some garbage. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Oops, I accidentally added @nprofile…u6qk Link support to Tau5. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron With the right instrument everyone is musical. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron @npub1e7m…7x48 It's a from basics course - you don't need to know anything about either music or coding - but obviously if you do that will be to your benefit. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Learn how to code music with Sonic Pi. npub169xh48jcyz2n68z0wrtrgx9r659aa47tdhttjgmm44kl6zr4yrds5z7w96 samaaron Our family home has been without a proper kitchen for 14 months due to our ongoing renovations.
